Comments on: The Short Supply of Tall People http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/ More Stories from The Wages of Wins Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:09:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Competitive Imbalance Continues in the NBA « The Wages of Wins Journal http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-57135 Competitive Imbalance Continues in the NBA « The Wages of Wins Journal Tue, 20 May 2008 16:07:55 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-57135 [...] The Short Supply of Tall People [...] [...] The Short Supply of Tall People [...]

]]> By: More on KG and the M2P « The Wages of Wins Journal http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-56384 More on KG and the M2P « The Wages of Wins Journal Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:11:01 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-56384 [...] current leader in Wins Produced is Dwight Howard. But Paul has a higher WP48. Plus, because of the “short supply of tall people”, it’s harder for a guard to lead the league in Wins Produced. In other words, what Paul has [...] [...] current leader in Wins Produced is Dwight Howard. But Paul has a higher WP48. Plus, because of the “short supply of tall people”, it’s harder for a guard to lead the league in Wins Produced. In other words, what Paul has [...]

]]> By: The Super-Star Theory or How to Win an NBA Title « The Wages of Wins Journal http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-33753 The Super-Star Theory or How to Win an NBA Title « The Wages of Wins Journal Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:32:08 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-33753 [...] The Short Supply of Tall People [...] [...] The Short Supply of Tall People [...]

]]> By: Annon http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-29380 Annon Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:16:05 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-29380 To the people commenting on baseball read Moneyball before you talk about the sport. The author makes it clear that a lot the problems in baseball stem from false perceptions of what a good baseball player is and what factors contribute most to wins. It still continues today and I think that if the "powers at be" (the management) start looking for players who will help contribute most to wins and not ones who just look good (you will know what I mean if you read the book) then the sport will even out be a lot more 81/81 (theoretically) with teams deviating standardly from there (there will be very few 100 win teams). What would really happen would be: the baseball teams with the most money would win the most games because it has no salary cap. The best player would be paid a premium and the Yankees would have a pretty good chance of winning it all every year (although the playoffs are a crapshoot). To the people commenting on baseball read Moneyball before you talk about the sport. The author makes it clear that a lot the problems in baseball stem from false perceptions of what a good baseball player is and what factors contribute most to wins. It still continues today and I think that if the “powers at be” (the management) start looking for players who will help contribute most to wins and not ones who just look good (you will know what I mean if you read the book) then the sport will even out be a lot more 81/81 (theoretically) with teams deviating standardly from there (there will be very few 100 win teams). What would really happen would be: the baseball teams with the most money would win the most games because it has no salary cap. The best player would be paid a premium and the Yankees would have a pretty good chance of winning it all every year (although the playoffs are a crapshoot).

]]> By: Ashleigh http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-28755 Ashleigh Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:56:36 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-28755 there are enough tall people to stock 30 teams the NBA could institute policies that makes sure they're good players argentina in 04 and greece in 06 didn't beat the USA at basketball because of three point shooting 7 footers, they had solid 6'7 - 6'11 guys who were there because they could play basketball, not because of potential (KWAME) there are enough tall people to stock 30 teams
the NBA could institute policies that makes sure they’re good players
argentina in 04 and greece in 06 didn’t beat the USA at basketball because of three point shooting 7 footers, they had solid 6′7 – 6′11 guys who were there because they could play basketball, not because of potential (KWAME)

]]> By: Some Nice Things I’ve Missed – NBA Playoff Edition « The Wages of Wins Journal http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-22384 Some Nice Things I’ve Missed – NBA Playoff Edition « The Wages of Wins Journal Tue, 22 May 2007 15:56:56 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-22384 [...] The Short Supply of Tall People [...] [...] The Short Supply of Tall People [...]

]]> By: jessica http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-12158 jessica Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:02:24 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-12158 Many tall people are there. Many tall people are there.

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]]> By: Beamer http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-6874 Beamer Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:55:44 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-6874 Sorry. That last post was unfinished -- posted by accident. Here it is again, completed. ****** A reason why sports may change their competitive balance is a change in context. In baseball one of the primary reasons for a shift in competitive balance has been the introduction of the FA market, league expansion and greater disribution of income in to the game. This shift in context can account for the change in competitive balance. Now, among different sports by varying the rules one can radically impact the probability of the outcome. Let me illustrate. If you play a game of basketball for just five minutes what will the end season standings look like? Probably a lot more even that it is at the moment. This is an instance whereby one changes the context and you change the probability of the better team winning. The other point is talent distribution: take 5 NBA players and 5 economists. If they play basketball for a five minute game, who wins? The NBA players every time. If you mix the teams up, say 3 NBA + 2 economists a team (OK, you need an extra NBA player) then the chance of winning will be closer to 50/50. Sorry. That last post was unfinished — posted by accident. Here it is again, completed.

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A reason why sports may change their competitive balance is a change in context. In baseball one of the primary reasons for a shift in competitive balance has been the introduction of the FA market, league expansion and greater disribution of income in to the game. This shift in context can account for the change in competitive balance.

Now, among different sports by varying the rules one can radically impact the probability of the outcome. Let me illustrate. If you play a game of basketball for just five minutes what will the end season standings look like? Probably a lot more even that it is at the moment. This is an instance whereby one changes the context and you change the probability of the better team winning. The other point is talent distribution: take 5 NBA players and 5 economists. If they play basketball for a five minute game, who wins? The NBA players every time. If you mix the teams up, say 3 NBA + 2 economists a team (OK, you need an extra NBA player) then the chance of winning will be closer to 50/50.

]]> By: Beamer http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-6872 Beamer Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:50:36 +0000 http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/the-short-supply-of-tall-people/#comment-6872 Another reason why sports may change their competitive balance is a change in the rules. In baseball one of the primary reasons for a shift in competitive balance has been the introduction of the FA market, the expansion draft and more money into the game. Let me illustrate. If you play a game of basketball for just five minutes what will the end season standings look like? Probably a lot more even that it is at the moment. This is an instance whereby one changes the context and you change the probability of the better team winning. The other point is talent distribution take 5 NBA players and 5 economists. If they play basketball for a five minute game, who wins? The NBA players every time. If you mix the teams up, say 3 NBA + 2 economists a team (OK, you need an extra MBA player) then the chance of winning will be closer to 50/50. Context and spread of talent are the two most critcal factors. Another reason why sports may change their competitive balance is a change in the rules. In baseball one of the primary reasons for a shift in competitive balance has been the introduction of the FA market, the expansion draft and more money into the game.

Let me illustrate. If you play a game of basketball for just five minutes what will the end season standings look like? Probably a lot more even that it is at the moment. This is an instance whereby one changes the context and you change the probability of the better team winning. The other point is talent distribution take 5 NBA players and 5 economists. If they play basketball for a five minute game, who wins? The NBA players every time. If you mix the teams up, say 3 NBA + 2 economists a team (OK, you need an extra MBA player) then the chance of winning will be closer to 50/50.

Context and spread of talent are the two most critcal factors.

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