Comments on: The Brand Value

By: Will Firing Cheeks Help the Sixers? « The Wages of Wins Journal

Will Firing Cheeks Help the Sixers? « The Wages of Wins Journal — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:25:28 +0000

[...] expect the Sixers to be competitive. When the season ended, though, the Sixers had won 40 games (a mark that was quite consistent with the past performance of the team’s players). This record, although below 0.500, was good enough for the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference [...]

By: Andre Iguodala THE Shooting Guard

Andre Iguodala THE Shooting Guard — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:25:56 +0000

[...] the addition of Elton Brand. The line-up of Dalembert, Brand, Young, Iguodala and Miller is the best unit the Sixers have statistically and would be one of the best in the entire [...]

By: Using Wins Produced to project 2008-09 for the Sixers « Down it goes

Using Wins Produced to project 2008-09 for the Sixers « Down it goes — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:12:25 +0000

[...] at David Berri’s blog he already wrote a post called The Brand Value on this subject. He essentially said that the Sixers will not be better because of Brand so much, [...]

By: JazzFanInHouston

JazzFanInHouston — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:38:35 +0000

Artest’s win number is 3+, Bobby Jackson’s win number is 2+. Do Artest’s win (wp48 and win score numbers) numbers with the Kings accurately predict how much incremental impact he will have on the Rockets?

Is there a way to predict the impact of a new player on a new team?

By: More on Elton Brand and Brett Favre « The Wages of Wins Journal

More on Elton Brand and Brett Favre « The Wages of Wins Journal — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:42:33 +0000

[...] I posted “The Brand Value“, a column that details the expected impact of Elton Brand on the 76ers in 2008-09. In this [...]

By: Jacob Rosen

Jacob Rosen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:30:23 +0000

Clippers are in contention to compete for the playoffs, just as I thought they were if they had resigned Brand. They are solidly better than Portland, and are probably right up there with Dallas, and Phoenix in the conference. The combination of Baron Davis, and Marcus Camby is one of the best duos in the league (better than or equal to Marion + Wade, Nowitzki + Kidd, or Stoudemire + Nash), and should enable the Clippers to have some short-term success.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:11:18 +0000

Agree with Anon, but that’s a great year for the Clips!

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:01:34 +0000

But Eric Gordon will probably take a lot of minutes at SG and he will probably be terrible. Average SF is questionable too, especially since they’re gonna play Thornton and he’s awful. So smart money is on getting approximately zero out of those positions. Then assume the bench is bad, and the fact that all 3 of their stars have questionable injury histories, and this team looks like it’ll be lucky to finish with 45 wins.

By: ilikeflowers

ilikeflowers — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:47:10 +0000

My back-of-the-envelope calculations for a starting lineup that plays 38 minutes a game:

Player/WinsProducedLastYear
Camby/21
Davis/12
Kaman/10
AvgSF/6
AvgSG/6

Reduce Camby and Kaman’s productivity by 10% to account for diminishing returns and this gives 52 wins from the starting lineup. Average net bench productivity could add another 5 to 8 wins.

Of course this is assuming that:
[1] Camby, Kaman, and Davis don’t miss any significant time due to injury (a big if)
[2] the Clippers can field an average SF/SG combo
[3] they will have a bench with net positive productivity

By: dberri

dberri — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:28:01 +0000

Let me jump into the comments real quick…
Owen has it right. The Clips have nothing after Camby, Davis, and Kamen. This team is not likely to win 60 games. I will try and post on this soon.