Stat Analysis: New York Liberty split the first two after the break
Numbers aside, New York Liberty forward Plenette Pierson's return is significant if New York is to put together a second half run of any importance.
Numbers aside, New York Liberty forward Plenette Pierson's return is significant if New York is to put together a second half run of any importance.
Today, I continue looking at RAPM, but narrow the scope to a one-year perspective to get a sense of how RAPM matches conventional wisdom about the top performers of the 2011 WNBA season.
There are two forms of plus/minus currently publicly available to WNBA fans: the type that shows up in the boxscore and "net plus/minus" often used for to evaluate player seasons. Here we introduce a third: Regularized Adjusted Plus/Minus (RAPM).
As part of WNBA Breast Health Awareness Week, the New York Liberty hosted Breast Health Awareness Night during their 58-56 win against the visiting Seattle Storm at the Prudential Center last night.
According to her twitter account (@ppierson234), Plenette Pierson has been suspended indefinitely after sitting out practice in Turkey over a financial dispute.
If you're looking for reasons for the New York Liberty's franchise-record eight consecutive wins, star guard Cappie Pondexter is a pretty good place to start. In fact, as others have already noted, if the WNBA Most Valuable Player award was based on second-half performance, Pondexter would have a strong case to win it. That's just the beginning of the Liberty's success.
Transitional Phase: Can the New York Liberty refine their offense into one that runs instead of jumps?
Storm at Liberty: Game Thread
On Monday morning when word swept throughout the WNBA circles of the trade between the New York Liberty and the Tulsa Shock involving Plenette Pierson, many started placing the onus - and blame -...