This article will use Win Score and Estimated Wins Produced, statistical models created by Professor David Berri from the Wages of Wins Journal, to measure how much a player's boxscore statistics contributed to their team's performance. An average player produces an estimated 0.100 wins per 48 minutes (EWP48), a star player produces 0.200+ EWP48 and a superstar produces 0.300+ EWP48. More information on these stats can be found at the following links:
Simple Models of Player Performance
Wins Produced vs. Win Score
What Wins Produced Says and What It Does Not Say
Introducing PAWSmin — and a Defense of Box Score Statistics
Game Recap
Whenever I heard a radio/TV analyst talk about the Miami Heat, they always said that a team like Orlando could beat them since Miami lacks enough size in the middle to stop Dwight Howard. The Howard argument is a cute magic trick haters liked to use before the Heat destroyed the Magic 96-70 in their home-opener at American Airlines Arena.
The problem with the Howard argument is that it wasn't a complete magic trick. It only had two o ...
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Miami Heat Expose Dwight Howard and Orlando Magic As Illusions With No Prestige
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