tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post9126727109313280394..comments2023-10-08T05:13:18.117-07:00Comments on wikifray: Worthwhile Sports Nut ArticleWikiFrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07420433870074751645noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760967123218143470.post-7173621494494811972006-11-16T11:12:00.000-08:002006-11-16T11:12:00.000-08:00Thinking about this some more, I think the disconn...Thinking about this some more, I think the disconnect is that we mix up relative and absolute performance.<br /><br />In today's NBA, you need to regularly score at least 100 points to compete, wheres before you only needed to score 90. So, intutively, that makes you think that the scales have tipped from valuing defense to valuing offense. If you need to score 100 points, you need some scorers.<br /><br />But the reason you need 100 points to compete is that points are easier to come by. The same offensive talent that would give you 90 points before will give you 100 points today (as Yglesias notes, it might be a different type of offensive talent, but the same amount of absolute skill).<br /><br />It seems like this contradiction between intuition and reality could lead to some market inefficiencies that could be exploited in a <i>Moneyball</i> kind of way.JohnMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476537916134121570noreply@blogger.com