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Ringer Article Most Underrated (Marcus Smart #10)
« on: January 17, 2019, 10:47:11 AM »

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Fun Ringer article, comparing Real +/- compared to wikipedia page views as a real time proxy for how discussed/searched/intheconversation someone is. Has a rough linear correlation, then the deviation from the line of best fit tells you how underrated someone is.

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/1/17/18185850/most-objectively-underrated-players-nba



I was annoyed that they didn't label the scatter plot, so I added a few labels as best I could, for the sake of interest.



Re: Ringer Article Most Underrated (Marcus Smart #10)
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2019, 11:58:43 AM »

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This is definitely an interesting way to go about it. The biggest problem, for me, is just using Real +/- as a kind of be-all, end-all for what is a good player. But it's still interesting and nice to see Marcus getting some love. Hopefully he makes an All Defense team this year.
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