Time to geek out--MIT Sports conference papers available online

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Here ya go, geeks: several free NBA-related papers among those posted online from the MIT Sports Conference.

http://www.sloansportsconference.com/?page_id=462

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Okay, I'm just digging in on these myself.  This paper concludes Ray Allen is the second best shooter in the league--behind Steve Nash and ahead of Kobe Bryant.  (Dirk N. is fourth.)

http://www.sloansportsconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Goldsberry_Sloan_Submission.pdf

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Sorry it's just me here, but this paper suggests the most potent "Big 2" combo is a multi-faceted high-scoring wing and a productive post player (high scoring, rebounds and blocks).

Moving to the most potent "big 3" combo, you add a high-scoring, high assists, steals and turnovers PG who likely doesn't shoot a lot of 3s.

Interesting. 

http://www.sloansportsconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Robert-Ayer-Sloan-Sports-Analytics-Conference.pdf

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Excellent.. I'll snatch these and start reading right away! Thanks for sharing the link, tp!