This is the revised version of my original Team Efficiency Chart that was posted a few days ago. It is updated through last night (1-3-12). I have made a couple of design changes that hopefully will make it a bit easier to read, also I found a bit of the information to be interesting. Let me know what you think.

Again, the closer to the upper right corner that a team is, the more efficient that team is.

I found it interesting that the worst 3 teams and the best 3 teams are from the East and that the Western teams seem to be grouped more in the middle and the Eastern teams tend to be more scattered. Not sure what that means, just interesting. The other interesting thing that I saw was where MINNESOTA was located. They are 2-2, but are apparently playing fairly well.

Lastly, I tried to show the Lakers in "Forum Blue". Apparently the web does not interpret colors the same way that my program does....my bad.

Let me know what you think.

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OK, so a couple of years ago there was a website that had an NBA efficiency chart which basically graphed Offensive and Defensive efficiency together. I found it to be a simple way to see how each team rated in relation to each other team in total efficiency. You can click here to see the original chart that hasn't been updated since 2009

Anyway, both efficiency ratings are taken from Basketball-Reference.com and are shown in Points per 100 possessions. Higher offensive efficiency is good and lower defensive efficiency is also good. Offensive efficiency is on the top of the graph and gets better as it goes from left to right. Defensive efficiency is on the right side and gets better as it goes from bottom to top. The best teams (as far as total efficiency) are the ones that are closest to the top right corner of the graph.

Take a look and let me know what you think. If you find this interesting/helpful then I will update it periodically throughout the year. Of course the data will become more useful as the season goes on. Right now there is not much data to go off of. Also this data does not include the Lakers victory Saturday over Denver.

I did find it interesting that the Lakers total efficiency (which I define as closest to the upper right corner) is actually higher than Miami and OKC.

(UPDATE: CHANGED CHART PER ACTUARIALLY SOUND RECOMMENDATIONS)

Recently there was a FanPost here on Silver Screen and Roll titled “Poll: Second Favorite Team?”  There were quite a few different answers and quite a few interesting comments.  I voted for the Spurs with a bit of a caveat…..”I don’t have a second favorite team, but I have only one other team that I respect so I voted for them. Spurs.”  Apparently 8 other people agreed with me since as of now there are 9 votes out of 172 for the Spurs.  I took a little bit of crap (very little actually), but it got me thinking.

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Which NBA team this year will field the best 6 man unit (starting unit plus 6th man)?  The Spurs fans, Celtics fans, Blazers fans, and Laker fans all seem to think they have the top 6 in the NBA.  I suppose the Cavs and Magic fans do as well, but I haven't heard them say it yet.  So who do you really think it is?  I noticed this came up on the Celtics blog and (not surprisingly) they think the answer is the Celtics.  Of course their reasoning is something along the lines of "because we say so" or "because everyone just knows it", or something in between. 

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We as Laker fans know how great our franchise is, and has been for decades.  I have heard a million times that you could create an all-time great team from Laker players only.  What about non-Lakers?

So here is my idea.......Create and all-time Laker team from only players who's career was defined by being Lakers (yes to Shaq, yes to Kareem, no to Wilt or Karl Malone).  Then create an all-time NBA team from non-Lakers (same rules, if the player was defined by being a Laker, you can't use him).  Then decide which team is better, and defend it.

I would imagine this could create some interesting discussions between Laker fans and non-Laker fans.

Since there are a lot of players to choose, and difficult decisions to make, lets do top 8 players.  One starting lineup (realistic, not 4 centers and a guard, etc), and three bench players (preferably 1 guard, 1 forward, and 1 center).

Have fun, and keep it civil..............sort of.

OK, It kills me that I even feel the need to post this, but we all know it is long overdue.  I call it my Sarcasm Detection Formula (SDF for short).  It's quite simple and should only be used by those that can't detect sarcasm using their own inherent intelligence.  Here goes.

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Most of us know that Kareem is the all time leading scorer in NBA history with 38,387 points.  You also may know that Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain share the lead in Points per Game at 30.1.  Kobe Bryant happens to be 10th on that list at 25.1 points per game, a fact that many "haters" like to point out.

However what if we apply the "tempo-free" method?  (Thanks Dexter Fishmore)

OK, maybe not tempo free.  How about coaching free.  What do I mean?  Check below the jump.

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A note from Nate (yes, I can edit or hijack these posts myself!) Anyhow: This tempo free boxscore offers some pretty good insight to the game and is pretty much all about the Nuggets. Check it out.

This is a "tempo-free" boxscore as posted on Silver Screen and Roll by "Dexter Fishmore".  He posts this after every game and also posts "cumulative" stats for the series after each game as well.  It is a great way to get the feel of the game without the bias of typical statistics.  There is obviously some homerism in the post, but I don't know how to link to the "statistics" only.  There are also some interesting statistics on the Nuggets 3 shooting guards.  Here is the link, take a look, it usually shows interesting stuff. 

http://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2009/5/20/880911/lakers-nugs-game-1-tempo-free

[Ed. note: A great idea by pslakerfan. Lakers fans, get to know each other a little bit. I'll be adding my own story to my profile in the next couple of days. pslakerfan, thanks for getting this ball rolling!  -Josh]

Just curious since we are all new here.  Where is everyone from?  What is your story, how did you become a Laker fan, where are you now, etc.  Any interesting Laker related stories, are you a season ticket holder, casual fan?

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