[QUOTE=rhinoceros;9022]Maybe you're overstating this a bit. YTD FG% for these 2 is now 43.5 and 47.0
This is detailed info that is tedious to collect. It is a good use for a board such as this. But, [I]is it meaningful?[/I]. I'm not being sarcastic, I'm not trying to be a wiseguy, and I really don't know the answer.
There are 2 separate questions here:
1, information) Is the information accurate, pertinent, not yet in the lines? Dissemination of information only increases. So if it is valuable information, we should get some confirmation from the line movement. So far, I say no.
2, basketball) So the coach wants to push the tempo. Does that mean the players can and will do so? What happens when the other team plays defense? What happens when the players tire?
We've all read and heard lots of coaches' BS. Just once, I want to hear a coach say "I'm telling my players to slow it down, and, uh, play passively."[/QUOTE]
The numbers I quoted were for effective field goal percentages, not normal field goal percentages.
When I posted the information the number was 198 1/2, after it was bet into the number peaked at 202. That's a 3 1/2 point line move. The number has since dropped back down to 199 as there was buyback on that number.
As for coach speak I can only go by what people closer to the team than I have to say. As for the Houston players pushing tempo, of course they want to do that it gives them a better chance to win this game and it increases their stats. As for the Dallas game plan I don't have that information.
I'm just trying to pass along something I thought had value. If you disagree that's fine too.
I'm heading off to my Tuesday meeting so I won't be able to add anything else. Best of luck to everyone tonight regardless of what they found value in.
