http://www.82games.com/simmons.htm
We get lots of great requests to produce original statistics governing all kinds of the finer points relating to NBA teams and players. While sadly we don't get around to cranking out the numbers for many of these suggestions, the Jan 12th, 2006 column by Bill Simmons, aka The Sports Guy, caught our eye.
In it, Bill discusses his theory that Doc Rivers is a lousy coach for the Celtics, and that Boston would be better served by getting a new coach than trading away their best player Paul Pierce. Indeed, he states:
Somebody on this planet needs to come up with stats to determine things like "double-digit leads blown in the fourth quarter," "crunch-time field goal percentage," "24-second violations in the fourth quarter," "botched two-for-one possessions at the end of a quarter," "number of games in which your coach accidentally ran out of timeouts" and "number of times your final play of the quarter caused your fans to scream obscenities and throw a remote control." If these stats existed, the 2005-06 Boston Celtics would be seen in an entirely different light. I promise you.
Well, when it comes to NBA statistics, we've got game.
