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Who are the best 'shot creators' in the WNBA?
In a previous piece about potential assists in the WNBA, I mentioned that I didn't have the numbers to calculate a metric SB Nation's Tom Ziller created called "creation ratio" (CR). I took a bit of a break from writing in between the women's pro and college seasons, but I did get the numbers I...
2011 WNBA Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus: Who Were The Top Offensive & Defensive Performers?
Yesterday I took a look at plus/minus ratings with a focus on four-year Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus as a metric that measures player impact (click here to revisit that). Today, I continue looking at RAPM, but narrow the scope to a one-year perspective to get a sense of how RAPM matches...
Plus-Minus: A Primer & The Value Of Four-Year WNBA Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus (RAPM)
Just yesterday in a comment on the 2011 WNBA All-Playoff Team post, Shannon correctly pointed out that I had sort of loosely tossed out the term "plus/minus" without sufficient explanation. The confusion, as I described briefly there, was that there are two forms of plus/minus currently publicly...
2011 WNBA "All-Playoff" Team: Which Players Did The Most For Their Teams In The Post-Season?
As I was digging through some of our old college coverage in preparation for the upcoming NCAA season I wondered, Why not have a WNBA "All-Tournament team" for the playoffs? The moment passed as the playoffs are sort of a weird beast given that people played anywhere between 2 and 8 games, but the...
Atlanta Dream vs. Minnesota Lynx: How A Duel Of Dominant Perimeter Scorers Can Explain An Outcome
Fans of both the Atlanta Dream and the Minnesota Lynx had reason to find the officiating in Game Two of the WNBA Finals unsatisfactory. Regardless of whatever we think about the nature of the nature of the calls made - whether the game was called "too tight" or whistles blown in response to...
Atlanta Dream 94, Indiana Fever 77: Iziane 's Dream Performance Sets Up Decisive Eastern Conference Matchup on Tuesday
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Minnesota Lynx Once Again Show Off Their Impressive Balance In Game 1 Of The 2011 WNBA Finals
Ray Floriani often refers to the importance of the first four minutes in setting the tone of a basketball game and I actually didn't think it was possible that we'd see the Minnesota Lynx - or any team this season for that matter - play as well as they did in the first four minutes of Game One of...
2011 WNBA Award Winners List: MVP Tamika Catchings Led All Vote Getters For Her Sixth All-WNBA First Team Selection
The major individual WNBA awards have finally been announced and it was a great year for Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, despite falling short of the ultimate goal: her first WNBA championship. A listing of all of the award winners and links to our commentary - as well as yours - after the...
2011 WNBA Playoff Series Preview: #2 Connecticut Sun vs. #3 Atlanta Dream - Eastern Conference, First Round
Who: #2 Connecticut Sun vs. #3 Atlanta Dream What: WNBA playoffs, Eastern Conference, first round When: First game - Friday, September 16 at 7 p.m. EDT (NBA TV/WNBA LiveAccess) in Connecticut (full schedule) Season series: 2-2 split (click here for summary) Preview: Peachtree Hoops Atlanta Dream...
2011 WNBA Awards (Part 3b): Defensive Player of the Year & All-Defensive Team Selections
After the extended discussion with Richard Cohen about 2011 WNBA defensive awards posted yesterday, the only thing left to do is to stop playing around and actually make the picks. We did most of the work in that conversation as we ended up generally agreeing on the Defensive Player of the Year...
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