A few weeks ago, Shawn Ryan – who provided tables for the brief column posted in this forum on the NBA draft – sent along a complete analysis of the 2010 NBA draft. And he was told – by the worthless editor in this forum – that it would be posted.
Well, that was going to happen this week. Really. But Shawn clearly got tired of waiting and decided to create his own blog. Consequently, we have a new entry in what I am calling “The Wages of Wins Network” (see list on the right). And the first post at Ryan’s website – The NBA Anti-Expert – is the post you should have seen weeks ago in this forum.
So if everyone doesn’t mind, please click over to Ryan’s post:
And if you can, please leave a comment (or two). Or you can have a discussion here on the analysis Ryan is offering.
Speaking of submitted posts… Jeremy Britton has submitted some analysis of the Golden State Warriors. Hopefully that will be on-line later today.
One last note…the delays were primarily caused by the Western Economic Association meetings. As noted, I was part of six papers that were presented. Plus, as President of the North American Association of Sports Economists (NAASE), I have the responsibility to co-edit (with Brad Humphreys) a special issue of the Journal of Sports Economics (with papers from the meetings). That means either Brad and I had to attend all 16 sessions sponsored by NAASE. In sum, my ability to edit material for this forum was limited (or I just didn’t feel like doing it). Hopefully I will do better in the future.
– DJ
Wages of Wins Journal 
shawnfuryan
July 14, 2010
-DJ
No sweat (can’t remember the last time I used this expression, heh).
I thank you for everything that you do, busy schedule or not. It’s been a lot of fun doing these analyses, and I would have never made the effort without your influence.
robbieomalley
July 14, 2010
You know whats funny? I am notorious for changing my layout. My first layout is Shawns Current one and the next layout I had is Nerd Numbers page. We may be starting to think way too much alike here guys. But none the less I do approve of the style.
Mike N
July 14, 2010
One minor point, Jerome Jordan was traded by the Bucks to the Knicks on draft night, though the trade couldn’t be made official until July 8. I’m not sure if that changes your analysis much.
arturogalletti
July 14, 2010
DJ,
More posts = More fun. Seriously, I do think it’s been a great exercise for the frustrated writer inside of me and it’s also been great to see what everybody else come up with.
ilikeflowers
July 14, 2010
If Mike Miller’s holding out for more money and that prevents the Heat from signing Joel Anthony and his abysmal -0.028 then it’ll be a win for the Heat (assuming that they get Miller). If you just randomly signed a cheap big man from the available ones aren’t you likely to get someone better than Anthony? Z is basically a sympathy signing, so I can understand it on that level, but what’s Anthony offering? He’s 28 year old unproductive power forward! He’s worse than a scrub, he essentially plays for your opponent.
pbmassari
July 17, 2010
I have to wonder about the Celtics pick, just because Ainge’s track record has been EXTREMELY good. Take a look at his draft picks. Rondo, Perkins, Delonte West, Al Jefferson, Tony Allen, and Bill Walker ALL posted above average WP48 last year. Leon Powe was hurt but has historically had a high WP48. JR Giddens and Lester Young got almost no playing time. Ryan Gomes is below average and Glen Davis is lousy, but they’re still NBA players. Have to wonder if Bradley and Harangody will pan out somehow.