SB Nation User Blog: ptruser

Pops is now a Rocket

ptruser — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:15:23 -0000

Network analysis applied to basketball offense

ptruser — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:30:51 -0000

The price of anarchy in basketball Brian Skinner (Submitted on 12 Aug 2009)

Optimizing the performance of a basketball offense may be viewed as a network problem, wherein each play represents a "pathway" through which the ball and players may move from origin (the in-bounds pass) to goal (the basket). Effective field goal percentages from the resulting shot attempts can be used to characterize the efficiency of each pathway. Inspired by recent discussions of the "price of anarchy" in traffic networks, this paper makes a formal analogy between a basketball offense and a simplified traffic network. The analysis suggests that there may be a significant difference between taking the highest-percentage shot each time down the court and playing the most efficient possible game.

Comments:	7 pages, 4 figures
Subjects:	Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph); Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
Cite as:	arXiv:0908.1801v1 [physics.soc-ph]

i haven't had a chance to read the whole thing but seems interesting so far.

marcus haislip dunks on kenyon martin

ptruser — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:15:52 -0000

marcus haislip dunks on kenyon martin

Wow, i hope hiaslip can still jump that high!

Nation Desperately Seeks Sportswriters' Opinions On Kobe Bryant

ptruser — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:03:31 -0000

Nation Desperately Seeks Sportswriters' Opinions On Kobe Bryant

"I'm certain McCallum, of all people, can tell me, because he is a truly original thinker and a genius," Lawson continued. "Sportswriters are all geniuses."

incorrect running forms from bad to worse

ptruser — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:23:59 -0000

incorrect running forms from bad to worse

worse than bonner if you can believe that!

meant to post before tipoff but ah well...

ptruser — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:16:40 -0000

meant to post before tipoff but ah well...

manu on facebook

ptruser — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:52:10 -0000

manu on facebook

official manu facebook page thingy

keep pounding on that rock brothas and sistas!

obricio

ptruser — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:04:54 -0000

being an average joe i have no problem typing "hehe" but when i see the herculean fab do it its like a big glaring "hehe" laughing at me and at all the illusions i had shielded myself with from the rest of the world. i don't know why i find it disturbing. maybe i need help?

bonner's planet fitness commercial

ptruser — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:35:21 -0000

bonner's planet fitness commercial

at 27 seconds in he does his patented trademark 'pooped my pants' walk. i keed bonner!

drew might not play until after a week

ptruser — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:54:49 -0000

drew might not play until after a week

Pop doesn't think Drew will be ready for about a week