Two of the previous posts I wrote about the Eurobasket were about the MVP, but now I’d like to take a quick look at some team stats:
- Rank
- Win-loss record
- Estimated Wins
- Estimated Wins per 40 minutes (EWP40)
- Team MVP
- Team LVP
The last post contained the teams that finished in the top 12, and this post contains the teams that finished ranked 13-24. Like last time, there are a couple of familiar faces…including one that may be somewhat unexpected….
Great Britain
| Rank | 13th |
| Record | 2-3 |
| EWP40 | 0.062 |
| Estimated Wins | 1.54 |
| MVP | L. Deng (Est. Wins: 0.96) |
| LVP | D. Van Oostrum (Est. Wins: -0.29) |
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Bosnia & Herzegovina
| Rank | 13th |
| Record | 2-3 |
| EWP40 | 0.056 |
| Estimated Wins | 1.40 |
| MVP | H. Domercant (Est. Wins: 0.75) |
| LVP | G. Ikonic (Est. Wins: -0.22) |
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Bulgaria
| Rank | 13th |
| Record | 2-3 |
| EWP40 | 0.052 |
| Estimated Wins | 1.30 |
| MVP | E. Rowland (Est. Wins: 1.32) |
| LVP | D. Ivanov (Est. Wins: -0.34) |
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Israel
| Rank | 13th |
| Record | 2-3 |
| EWP40 | 0.042 |
| Estimated Wins | 1.09 |
| MVP | Y. Halperin (Est. Wins: 0.60) |
| LVP | Y. Green (Est. Wins: -0.33) |
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Croatia
| Rank | 17th |
| Record | 2-3 |
| EWP40 | 0.116 |
| Estimated Wins | 2.90 |
| MVP | A. Tomic (Est. Wins: 1.47) |
| LVP | R. Stipcevic (Est. Wins: -0.21) |
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Ukraine
| Rank | 17th |
| Record | 2-3 |
| EWP40 | 0.103 |
| Estimated Wins | 2.58 |
| MVP | V. Kravtsov (Est. Wins: 0.89) |
| LVP | M. Pustozvonov (Est. Wins: -0.28) |
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Italy
| Rank | 17th |
| Record | 1-4 |
| EWP40 | 0.051 |
| Estimated Wins | 1.31 |
| MVP | A. Bargnani (Est. Wins: 0.60) |
| LVP | L. Da Tome (Est. Wins: -0.25) |
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Poland
| Rank | 17th |
| Record | 2-3 |
| EWP40 | 0.039 |
| Estimated Wins | 0.96 |
| MVP | D. Berisha (Est. Wins: 0.61) |
| LVP | P. Szczotka (Est. Wins: -0.44) |
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Montenegro
| Rank | 21st |
| Record | 1-4 |
| EWP40 | 0.061 |
| Estimated Wins | 1.57 |
| MVP | V. Dasic (Est. Wins: 0.60) |
| LVP | B. Bakic (Est. Wins: -0.28) |
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Latvia
| Rank | 21st |
| Record | 0-5 |
| EWP40 | 0.043 |
| Estimated Wins | 1.07 |
| MVP | R. Kuksiks (Est. Wins: 1.03) |
| LVP | J. Strelnieks (Est. Wins: -0.41) |
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Belgium
| Rank | 21st |
| Record | 0-5 |
| EWP40 | 0.009 |
| Estimated Wins | 0.22 |
| MVP | T. Van Den Spiegel (Est. Wins: 0.52) |
| LVP | R. Oveneke (Est. Wins: -0.38) |
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Portugal
| Rank | 21st |
| Record | 0-5 |
| EWP40 | -0.010 |
| Estimated Wins | -0.26 |
| MVP | C. Andrade (Est. Wins: 1.07) |
| LVP | F. da Silva (Est. Wins: -0.38) |
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– Devin
Devin Dignam (of NBeh? “fame”) is the Toronto Raptors writer for the Wages of Wins Network. His background with the Raptors gives him unique insight into many areas including the draft, overpaid players and overrated players.
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Dre
September 22, 2011
Awesome post Devin. No explanation to Bargnani finally playing well?
Devin Dignam
September 22, 2011
Well, I’m working on a brief review of his performance (and that of other players who have Raptor connections) that I’ll be posting over at NBeh?, and then I’ll be doing a list of all the other players with NBA connections that I’ll be posting here when it’s ready.
The brief story with Bargnani is this: his shooting was more efficient and his rebounding was better. Because he took so many shots, this increase in shooting efficiency had a decent effect on his numbers. Because his rebounding is normally so poor, the improvement in rebounding was also quite influencial.
Kram Smith
September 23, 2011
I’d say the easy explanation is Eurobasket<NBA
Devin Dignam
September 24, 2011
Not completely – there were some NBA players who played much worse than they normally do in the NBA (Turkoglu, Noah, Pachulia, Galinari, Ilyasova, etc). Then there were several players who played at mostly the same level (Marc Gasol, Deng, Ibaka, Diaw, etc). And then there were a few players who played significantly better (Bargnani, Belinelli, Pau Gasol, Chris Kaman, etc). The lower level of competition helped in some cases, I’m sure, but it’s not the only explanation.