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Message: [QUOTE="longtimefan, post: 135186, member: 212"] Always take the assist rate with a grain of salt. There is, unfortunately, way too much subjectivity involved. I saw a piece on line a couple of weeks ago (can't remember where) concerning the validity of assist totals. The writer-researcher had reviewed tapes of more than a few games, and compared the play-by-play transcripts with what he was viewing. He found big differences from one home court to another. I seem to remember that Pitt was a major offender. He pointed out a couple of glaring instances where bogus assists were credited (probably to Woodall). In one case, at least two passes ensued between the assister's pass and the scoring shot; in another, the person credited with an assist did not even touch the ball on that possession. [/QUOTE]