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Celtics fans, please check out this post at Hardwood Paroxysm.

I develop a whole framework for measuring value based on individual contributions to team success, and then present the results in a cool graphical format. The best part is the awesome display of all of Celtics history, showing which players had what value to the team in every season! As the creator, I'd be very interested to hear your impressions on what the BoxScores methodology gets right and what it doesn't, as well as whether the information in the graphical history seems to mesh with your substantive recollections. Thanks a lot!

If you haven't seen it, you might be interested in checking out this incredible graphic depicting the Celtics season in a novel way. Essentially, there's an estimate of points created for each game every player appeared in, that tries to approximate their contribution to the final score, and this is represented in graphical form. You can even see how the Lakers fared. It's very interesting to see how different players have stepped up throughout the season for the Celts, and how one-dimensional the Lakers appear to be--stop Kobe, stop the Lakers, for the most part. This representation also shows, in yet another way, just how awesome Garnett is--often leading the team to victory, and doing whatever it takes (as shown by the many different colors he takes on). Anyway, what do you guys think about this? Does it reflect your assessment of how the teams and players did over the course of the season?

via arbitrarian.wordpress.com

What if the entire history of the franchise could be represented (more or less) in one image? The best teams, the best players, how each player played--all together in one screen... Well, with this Winshare area graphic , it's been done.

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