In the mad dash to evaluate the fanciest new synthetic statistics, Yours Truly has been lapped by the field. I’m skeptical about whether true insight can be gained by looking at the latest algorithms, rather than looking at the games.
However, I’m not interested in being a Luddite, nor do I wish to snub the hard work of others smarter than me. I’ve been looking at the advanced stats for some time in hope of discovering which one(s) should we Toronto Raptors fans be most concerned with.
I can’t recall ever seeing such a huge disparity between the first- and second-place teams in a synthetic stat as I did today.