Comments on: KG and the new math http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/11/19/kg-and-the-new-math/ Exploring the soft underbelly of sports Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:32:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ramon http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/11/19/kg-and-the-new-math/#comment-55424 ramon Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:07:30 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/11/19/kg-and-the-new-math/#comment-55424 "Without delving into the realm of statistical value, which usually makes Brandon and Jon hate us..." Make that the three of us. “Without delving into the realm of statistical value, which usually makes Brandon and Jon hate us…”

Make that the three of us.

]]> By: Dave MN http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/11/19/kg-and-the-new-math/#comment-55420 Dave MN Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:49:56 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/11/19/kg-and-the-new-math/#comment-55420 <i>Wilt: 9989, Sam Cassell: 2, Karl Malone: -45.</i> If the stat was "number of 'little mexican girls' hunted" it would look like this: Wilt: 0, Sam Cassell: 0, Karl Malone: 1 Wilt: 9989, Sam Cassell: 2, Karl Malone: -45.

If the stat was “number of ‘little mexican girls’ hunted” it would look like this:

Wilt: 0, Sam Cassell: 0, Karl Malone: 1

]]> By: Joker http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/11/19/kg-and-the-new-math/#comment-55418 Joker Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:04:31 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/11/19/kg-and-the-new-math/#comment-55418 jama They're also fogetting an important stat that NBA players keep track of. NWSW (Number of Women Slept With). It's compares people like Wilt Chamberlain who slept with 10,000 different women, to people like Sam Cassell who looks like he got punched in the face as a kid (a lot). It also subtracts the number of illegitimate children they had. Wilt: 9989, Sam Cassell: 2, Karl Malone: -45. jama

They’re also fogetting an important stat that NBA players keep track of. NWSW (Number of Women Slept With). It’s compares people like Wilt Chamberlain who slept with 10,000 different women, to people like Sam Cassell who looks like he got punched in the face as a kid (a lot). It also subtracts the number of illegitimate children they had. Wilt: 9989, Sam Cassell: 2, Karl Malone: -45.

]]> By: jama http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/11/19/kg-and-the-new-math/#comment-55416 jama Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:24:45 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/randball/2008/11/19/kg-and-the-new-math/#comment-55416 If it weren't for stats Derek Jeter wouldn't be the most overrated defensive player in the history of the world. He'd also have 7 more groupies and 11 more children. If it weren’t for stats Derek Jeter wouldn’t be the most overrated defensive player in the history of the world. He’d also have 7 more groupies and 11 more children.

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