Basketball On Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis

Oliver, Dean

ISBN 10: 1574886886 / ISBN 13: 9781574886887

Editore: Potomac Books, Inc., 2004

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Very large, thick, sturdy softcover, glossy wrappers with a color-illustration close-up of basketball on front wrapper, a yellow sheet with plays als, black spine, white back wrapper, 376 pages, many charts and tables throughout. Light wear to bottom front tip. Near Very Fine.

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• Titolo: Basketball On Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis
• Editore: Potomac Books, Inc.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1574886886
• ISBN 13: 9781574886887
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Fine

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Riassunto

Journey "inside the numbers" for an exceptional set of statistical tools and rules that can help explain the winning, or losing, ways of a basketball team. Basketball on Paper doesn’t diagram plays or explain how players get in shape, but instead demonstrates how to interpret player and team performance. Dean Oliver highlights general strategies for teams when they’re winning or losing and what aspects should be the focus in either situation. He describes and quantifies the jobs of team leaders and role players, then discusses the interactions between players and how to achieve the best fit. Oliver conceptualizes the meaning of teamwork and how to quantify the value of different types of players working together. He examines historically successful NBA teams and identifies what made them so successful: individual talent, a system of putting players together, or good coaching. Oliver then uses these statistical tools and case studies to evaluate the best players in history, such as Magic Johnson, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Charles Barkley and how they contributed to their teams’ success. He does the same for some of the NBA’s "oddball" players-Manute Bol, Muggsy Bogues, and Dennis Rodman and for the WNBA’s top players. Basketball on Paper is unique in its incorporation of business and analytical concepts within the context of basketball to measure the value of players in a cooperative setting. Whether you’re looking for strategies or new ideas to throw out while watching the ballgame at a sports bar, Dean Oliver’sBasketball on Paper will give you amazing new insights into teamwork, coaching, and success.

L'autore

Dean Oliver founded the Journal of Basketball Studies and has contributed to Basketball Digest and the Association for Professional Basketball Research. He currently consults with the Seattle SuperSonics and the WNBA. He lives in Oakland, California.