Ben Taylor
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YouTube channel and more historical data
🕑 Added 2018-12-13 16:35:27 +0000 UTC Hey everyone -- just a quick update. I've started a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3HPbvB6f58X_7SMIp6OPYwThe plan is to make a series of player profiles this year and go from there. I'm tentatively thinking of profiling the top rookies, some of the sophomores and then a top-10 player series at the end of the year. Please subscribe and share and if you have additional ideas let me know here.
I've also been working on getting you access to data in a better format than a shared spreadsheet. I'd like to have this live by the end of the year depending on how much holiday time I have -- it would be live stats for all current players on passer rating, creation, my box plus-minus model, etc.
There's also some additional historical stuff I'll share that I finished over the summer. Basketball-reference was set to publish it, but they've tabled that until the off season, so I'll give you guys first access in the interim.
Thanks again for the support!
-Ben
Comments
Interesting thought -- I haven't seen much on this. Are you thinking that they share some on-ball responsibilities with those players? I'll look into this more if I have a chance.
I have a question with respect to the value of point guards in the general analytics community. Is it fair to say that point guards get penalized for playing alongside talented combo guards in terms of overall value...especially in slower-paced offenses? It just seems like Isiah Thomas and John Stockton both experience drops in their value with respect to general metrics when paired up with Joe Dumars and Jeff Hornacek in their respective careers.
Great stuff Ben! Loving all the content
