07-18-2023, 01:33 PM
(07-18-2023, 01:13 PM)The Jom Wrote: This seems to me like a strange way to support your argument. It’s a combo of 2 very different stats—one entirely about offense and one entirely about defense. If we take the top 2 offenders (Dame and Kawhi), both outliers statistically, it’s pretty clear their max contracts are due to offense and not defense. If we look at the top 2 defenders (Alex and Derrick), both outliers too, it’s obviously not their offense that gets em paid, and obvious that their pay is nowhere close to any of the rest of the group, all of whom are way better offensively.
Yes, Josh today is closer to Alex and Dwight than to Dame and Kawhi in many, many ways. But if you’re suggesting he won’t get paid based on his offense, I’m not following the logic. And if you’re saying this combo stat is a fair way to value players, the guys who write the NBA contracts plainly don’t agree.
Or maybe I just misunderstand the point you’re making?
The point he is making is Caruso is good. That is showing his on court impact (which includes both offense and defense) and that Caruso defense is so good it makes up for his modest offense. I just posted above some very questionable results from this analysis. It appears there is too much noise in RAPM, even for a 5 year sample. Its why the best comprehensive advanced stats (EPM, DPM) leverage something in addition to on/off.