Comments on: Nichols and Dime: TPS, a New Method for Evaluating Players http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/10/02/nichols-and-dime-tps-a-new-method-for-evaluating-players/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Wed, 23 May 2012 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jon Nichols http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/10/02/nichols-and-dime-tps-a-new-method-for-evaluating-players/comment-page-1/#comment-23153 Jon Nichols Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3357#comment-23153 If I was building a championship team, you know I would start with Ben Wallace at the point. In all seriousness, Wallace's high score is due to a number of factors: 1. His Composite Score is high, so any rating that factors in Composite Score will make him look good. 2. He has a surprisingly high assist rate of 16.8. To put that into perspective, that's only slightly lower than Daniel Gibson's assist rate. Perhaps it's because Wallace never does anything on offense except move the ball to someone else. 3. Similarly, his Pure Point Rating is pretty high, especially for a power forward. If I was building a championship team, you know I would start with Ben Wallace at the point.

In all seriousness, Wallace’s high score is due to a number of factors:

1. His Composite Score is high, so any rating that factors in Composite Score will make him look good.
2. He has a surprisingly high assist rate of 16.8. To put that into perspective, that’s only slightly lower than Daniel Gibson’s assist rate. Perhaps it’s because Wallace never does anything on offense except move the ball to someone else.
3. Similarly, his Pure Point Rating is pretty high, especially for a power forward.

]]> By: Roberto Alsina http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/10/02/nichols-and-dime-tps-a-new-method-for-evaluating-players/comment-page-1/#comment-23051 Roberto Alsina Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:29:23 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3357#comment-23051 Ben wallace is an 86 playmaker? :-) Ben wallace is an 86 playmaker? :-)

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