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Thinking Basketball

Ben Taylor · 14 Mar 2022

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Every claim below was made in this piece, quoted word for word and numbered in the order the piece makes them, so you can read it there rather than take our word for it. The sentence above each quote is our reading of the claim, not their wording. Each quote was checked against a stored copy of the page at build time; where the two differ, the quote is the fact.

  1. Our reading

    Superstars almost always require secondary stars to win.

    Their wordsBut as I've mentioned before, superstars almost always require secondary stars to win!

  2. Our reading

    NBA basketball impact follows the Pareto principle.

    Their wordsNBA basketball follows the Pareto principle, or an "80-20 rule" - most of the impact comes from a small number of players.

  3. Our reading

    Three All-Star seasons are comparable in value to a single MVP season.

    Their wordsSo even with some wiggle room in these models, it still looks like three All-Star seasons is comparable to a single MVP season.

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