Comments on: NBA scorekeepers, inflated stats and the Thunder

By: Lefty

Lefty — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:32:36 +0000

Yeah! And he needs to shave, too! Beards are James Harden’s thing now!

By: Cpt. C-Note

Cpt. C-Note — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:24:13 +0000

I’m ready to run Nick out of town!
His every tweet should be politically correct and say nothing but generic praise for Oklahoma.(Even though he’s really funny and has great humor.)
No other state or region should be in his mind or heart. No way we should root for a hard-working, intelligent, team-player who shows up every night to go to work against bigger, more talented opposition. It’s everything we need to distance ourselves from. (sarcasim in da house…)

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:50:35 +0000

Nick “The Weather Man” Collison

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:18:54 +0000

Right…I want to hear “fantastic”

By: Chas

Chas — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:02:49 +0000

I can’t believe he said “good day” instead of great. Let’s tell Traber!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:31:25 +0000

yet another reason to believe your EYES while watching the game and not place too much importance the stats. Stats are cool and all, but they don’t tell the whole story and apparently, they can easily be fudged.

I would be curious to see how they chose scorekeepers. You would think that since there is a high degree of subjectivity, there would be some sort of protocol.

I would also really like to see which cities have the most biased scorekeepers. You could look at stats to see which teams recorded the lowest rebounding and assist stats for each team they played compared to how those same teams play in other cities. You would have to account for the quality of oponents of course, but it would be interesting.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:19:50 +0000

Thought this was a pretty amusing tweet from Collison:

“Good day in okc.Good workout @ practice facility w/ByronMullens &Serge Ibaka then had successful day o house hunting.Btw weather is flawless.”

By: Nix

Nix — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:17:48 +0000

This is all very interesting…I’m a huge stat fan and have always questioned the qualification for an assist. I’d always heard that it’s an assist if they receiving player scores with in 3 seconds of getting the ball.

I’m not really sure how you would fudge Rebounds or Blocks though.

I’ve also considered steals awkward because I feel like it should go to the guy who poked the ball free not the guy who recovered the loose ball.

One thing is for sure…You couldn’t have fudged Robert Swift’s rebounds, it was monumental when he got one.

By: Royce

Royce — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:04:20 +0000

@Chas Yeah, his numbers are pretty close, but I bet you're right. Other guys like Chris Paul too where scorekeepers just assume an assist because of the name attached.

By: Chas

Chas — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:49:01 +0000

@Jax Raging Bile Duct You're exactly right. Real fans know and accept that MJ probably pushed Russell out of the way in '98 and the refs looked the other way. This kind of stuff happens all the time and I believe it is to keep the casual fan interested and excited when they tune in to Sports Center or read the paper the next day. I wonder when there could be a day that the NBA would no longer worry that much about casual viewer-ship. Maybe never, and we will always have to temper our excitement for supposed achievements. Such as when Dwyane Wade gets 10 blocks but he more than likely should have been called for fouls on most of those.