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2011 WNBA Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus: Who Were The Top Offensive & Defensive Performers?
Yesterday I took a look at plus/minus ratings with a focus on four-year Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus as a metric that measures player impact (click here to revisit that). Today, I continue looking at RAPM, but narrow the scope to a one-year perspective to get a sense of how RAPM matches...
Plus-Minus: A Primer & The Value Of Four-Year WNBA Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus (RAPM)
Just yesterday in a comment on the 2011 WNBA All-Playoff Team post, Shannon correctly pointed out that I had sort of loosely tossed out the term "plus/minus" without sufficient explanation. The confusion, as I described briefly there, was that there are two forms of plus/minus currently publicly...
Shock and Awe
Seattle Storm center Lauren Jackson pretty much summed up the way I felt after their heartbreaking 77-75 loss to the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals last night. "It's numb, like the rest of me right now," Jackson said referring to the hip she injured earlier in the...
Phoenix Mercury Turn The Tables On The Seattle Storm In 92-83 Win In Game 2 Of WNBA Semifinals
After the Seattle Storm's dominant 49-35 rebounding performance in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals, it seemed highly unlikely that the Phoenix Mercury would fare any better in Game 2 unless center Nakia Sanford returned from injury. Apparently, Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner agreed, as...
2011 WNBA Award Winners List: MVP Tamika Catchings Led All Vote Getters For Her Sixth All-WNBA First Team Selection
The major individual WNBA awards have finally been announced and it was a great year for Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, despite falling short of the ultimate goal: her first WNBA championship. A listing of all of the award winners and links to our commentary - as well as yours - after the...
2011 WNBA Playoffs Preview: Seattle Storm vs. Phoenix Mercury - Western Conference, First Round
Who: #2 Seattle Storm vs. #3 Phoenix Mercury What: WNBA playoffs, Western Conference, first round When: First game - Thursday, September 15 at 10 p.m. EDT (ESPN2) in Seattle (full schedule) Season series: 3-1 Storm (click here for summary) #2 Seattle...
2011 WNBA Awards (Part 1): MVP, All-WNBA, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Woman, Most Improved Player
The most difficult part of figuring out end of season awards is that no matter who you select someone will take it as a slight to their favorite player. That's especially true this year as you get to MVP and All-WNBA voting: trying to pick just four guards across two teams, for example, is a...
WNBA MVP Rankings: Tamika Catchings Leads A Strong Field Of Candidates
Normally by this point in a WNBA season, 3-5 players have really separated themselves from the rest as clear favorites for the MVP award. This year is not nearly as clear. Even if we were all to agree on one precise definition of "value" - which, I suspect, will not happen in my lifetime - there...
Top 15 WNBA Players Of All Time: An Unofficial Honorable Mention List
Unlike the release of the 2006 All-Decade team, the WNBA did not have an honorable mention list for its Top 15 WNBA Players of All Time list released during 2011 All-Star game on Saturday. But it's not for a lack of nominees that are deserving of mention either. So returning to the Hall of Fame...
2011 WNBA All-Star Reserves: Who Were The Biggest Snubs?
The WNBA announced its 2011 All-Star starters last week and today they have announced their reserves, listed as follows: Eastern Conference MEV PER +/- Western Conference MEV PER +/- Essence Carson 12.31 23.24 -3.9 Penny Taylor 21.66* 25.98 +16.9 Crystal...
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