http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/news/story?id=4058647
I'm writing you because I listen to your podcasts and you seem to be on my side about statistics. You understand their value, but you consider them a useful tool, but not the Holy Word. Can you please address internally the problems with talking about these statistics like win share and PER the same way something concrete like points is talked about? They never mention the error bounds that are built into their models, and they just spout these numbers as if it could encompass all the interactions on the basketball court. They give brief time to defense, but only when it is in agreement with their own measures.
I'm really tired of seeing all these articles that seem nothing more than propaganda to make it seem like Hollinger or ESPN have created an infallible measure that everyone needs to get on board with. I come to ESPN for sports reporting, not biased ignorant journalism.
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