Samuel Dalembert leads the NBA in....

[lefty]

Opening tip off wins


Yay !

[Red Hawk #21]

Meaningless stat and meaningless thread.

[lefty]

Meaningless stat and meaningless thread.
I agree on both counts

[AussieFanKurt]

i found it to be a very informative thread actually

[lefty]

i found it to be a very informative thread actually
It is, considering how many games Philly has lost

[mogrovejo]

Dalembert is another noteworthy candidate for MIP. There are better ones, but he's been playing very well this season. Not the offensive liability he was last season.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Opening tip off wins


Yay !

Heh. Funny you mention that. I was wondering this week what the correlation between winning the opening tip and winning the game was. Given Dalembert leading the league, it's likely not too strong. :lol

[lefty]

Heh. Funny you mention that. I was wondering this week what the correlation between winning the opening tip and winning the game was. Given Dalembert leading the league, it's likely not too strong. :lol
:lol

[Xylus]

Where did you read such a stat?

[lefty]

Where did you read such a stat?
I heard it while watching highlights of a Sixers game on a Canadian sports network

I guess they think opening tip off wins are as important as face off wins :lol

[SomeCallMeTim]

Where did you read such a stat?

I guess it speaks to the relative unimportance of jump balls that it is a stat that is not even tracked.

This was not always so; in basketball's early days, every made basket resulted in a jump ball at center court.

If that were still the case, Dalembert would be pulling a max contract. He might even be in the running for MVP. :lol

[8FOR!3]

i found it to be a very informative thread actually

More so than any Lakers thread I've seen this year. That's for sure.

[Phillip]

yup. this proves that the mavs should have traded for him instead.