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[QUOTE="fanfanclubclub, post: 48040, member: 787"]
Come on Tristan, surely you are familiar with advanced metrics, linear regression, etc.

You can't just bury your head in the sand regarding all advanced statistics, and say that Scoop was "one of the best pgs in the Big East" simply because he racked up a lot of basketball card stats. Efficiency matters.

Similarly, you must also be aware that the vast majority of basketball professionals who immerse themselves in advanced scouting and statistics are highly critical of Scoop: and they back up their arguments with a truck load of stats.

Tristan, you are just 100% incorrect to say, absurdly, that "was better than triche in almost every category (and probs dion too)." Aren't you a financials guy?  Do you pick investments without checking the advanced stats?  Of course not: you know the value of empiricism.

So why do you make sweeping statements hyping Scoop without checking the advanced metrics?   I know its fun to be contrarian, but come on, at least give a good effort with some empiricism.  If you define "category" the same way NBA scouts do, then Scoop was actually worse in almost every category than Triche, Dion, KJo, etc.  Here's some [URL='http://kenpom.com/player.php?p=6691']KenPom[/URL] for you (every other advanced statistical system generally agrees on Scoop's poor efficiency).

We all know about Scoops lousy points-per-shot ratio, his poor offensive efficiency metrics, his poor defensive metrics, etc. Let's hope he improves.
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