TDfan2007
01-21-2011, 02:17 PM
According to this site, Tim's only noticeable drop off has been in post offense efficiency. The numbers and the argument seem to make sense. Hopefully Tim gets his post game into gear by the time the playoffs start. The Spurs are going to need it badly.
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Timothy Theodore Duncan
Tim, The Foundation, Big Fun
Role: Big in all seasons, Two-way game without weakness, anchor
This is not the book on Tim Duncan and the Spurs. That subject would require entire sections of the Library of Congress. This is just the extra-heavy pamphlet on what a Tim Duncan season looks like in box scores, and the different ways we have of evaluating players now. If your idea of fun is tables and tabulations, historical comparisons and classifications, then take a load off and get out your slide rule.
Star-divide
I don't think 'advanced stats' is the perfect name for the whole mess of new metrics available to compare NBA players, but using that term at least tells you where to look. In the Advanced table on player pages on Basketball-Reference.com, there's a summary of most of what gets recorded in NBA games, if perhaps in an unfamiliar format. Despite the unfamiliarity, these metrics are still drawn from the box score statistics that have been a part of NBA life for decades.
Whether 'advanced' is the right marketing or not, they let us compare Tim Duncan's from different seasons more clearly. For example, take rebounds and rebound rate:
Keep reading here (http://www.poundingtherock.com/2011/1/20/1941520/advanced-stat-profile-tim-duncan)
__________________________________________________ ______________
Timothy Theodore Duncan
Tim, The Foundation, Big Fun
Role: Big in all seasons, Two-way game without weakness, anchor
This is not the book on Tim Duncan and the Spurs. That subject would require entire sections of the Library of Congress. This is just the extra-heavy pamphlet on what a Tim Duncan season looks like in box scores, and the different ways we have of evaluating players now. If your idea of fun is tables and tabulations, historical comparisons and classifications, then take a load off and get out your slide rule.
Star-divide
I don't think 'advanced stats' is the perfect name for the whole mess of new metrics available to compare NBA players, but using that term at least tells you where to look. In the Advanced table on player pages on Basketball-Reference.com, there's a summary of most of what gets recorded in NBA games, if perhaps in an unfamiliar format. Despite the unfamiliarity, these metrics are still drawn from the box score statistics that have been a part of NBA life for decades.
Whether 'advanced' is the right marketing or not, they let us compare Tim Duncan's from different seasons more clearly. For example, take rebounds and rebound rate:
Keep reading here (http://www.poundingtherock.com/2011/1/20/1941520/advanced-stat-profile-tim-duncan)