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Thinking Basketball

Ben Taylor · 14 Dec 2019

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  1. Our reading

    Lineup net ratings require samples of more than a few hundred minutes and diverse opponents to be considered trustworthy.

    Their wordsTo "trust" raw lineup data, we almost always want samples that are more than a few hundred minutes and we want them to have played diverse opponents.

  2. Our reading

    A sample of two hundred minutes is generally an unstable sample for assessing lineup data.

    Their wordsEven two hundred minutes (or 400-something possessions) is generally an unstable sample.

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