There’s no doubt that Pete Maravich was an incredible ball player. The numbers that he put up were unheard of for a guard – plus he did it without the benefit of the three point shot. However, as good as he was, I don’t think anyone would ever call him the greatest ball player ever. [...]
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Dean Oliver’s Four Factors
In his groundbreaking book “Basketball on Paper”, Dean Oliver hypothesized that there were four elements to basketball success, shooting, turnovers, rebounding, and free throws. He referred to them as the “Four Factors”, a name which has been pretty much universally accepted by the APBRmetrics community. These factors can be thought of as applying both offensive [...]
