Drew Conway’s blog is worth following if you’re interested in the intersection of politics and data science. But I came across this old post he did of VC returns by vintage for a publicly released Calpers data set and thought I would link to it here.
Via the New York Times comes this stunning visual analysis of the courtside strengths of the respective teams. I think what’s most amazing is how close the teams are statistically (47% accuracy for Heat vs. 47.1% accuracy for the Thunder) on a team wide basis. However, when you start diving into the stats you see that the Heat plays the midrange more than the Thunder.
Also, Durant and Westbrook have taken almost 50% of the shots for the Thunder. The Heat seems more well-rounded as a team, offensively, though LeBron has taken almost 20% of this season’s shots. Given his 53% accuracy, this makes sense.
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