Stat of the Week: self-creation is generally inefficient

This is the beginning of Stat of the Week for the year. SOTW will run every Friday (with a few exceptions here or there) and will be a shorter column. Most of my work (Ryan Blackburn) will take place in a longer editorial piece on Tuesdays. SOTW is a time to share interesting statistics, analytics, and numerical think pieces in less than 1,000 words. Each week, a topic will be selected from either something I want to discuss or something readers would like discussed. You can find me in the comments or on Twitter to discuss these ideas, and I will be more than willing to hold a dialogue.

Up first, the concept of self-creation and why the Nuggets chose to move away from it when Nikola Jokic…