Jarnell Stokes

Unskewing the Stats: Jarnell Stokes and Alex Len

November 9, 2012 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

The raw statistics I start with when evaluating college prospects are skewed. The per game statistics that are the basis for handing out awards and a lot of the quickie analysis we see and hear in the media never tell the entire story. That’s why we start the unskewing process by turning per game numbers into per minute numbers. Those numbers are then adjusted for pace, because a team that plays at a fast pace is going to put up more impressive numbers than a team that slows it down. It’s also a … [Read more...] about Unskewing the Stats: Jarnell Stokes and Alex Len

NBA Draft 2013: Early look at the Power Forwards

August 23, 2012 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

This is a pretty good group... potentially of course. Like the SFs there’s a lot of depth here. It’s a good mix of promising sophs and college veterans with one last chance to sparkle. With the incoming freshman class also being deep in big men, 2013 should be a good year for the bigs, which means a strong year for college basketball and a deep 2013 draft. I’m going to adopt the term “stretch 4” to replace combo forward. Combo suggests they play both SF and PF. In reality such players are … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2013: Early look at the Power Forwards