Quote Originally Posted by Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77" View Post
I'm sick and tired of how any attempt to understand something is immediately attacked. I absolutely hate how people are so intolerant of intelligence and the search for knowledge and understanding. If it makes me a bad person that the derision of knowledge absolutely disgusts me, then I'm guilty.

If you want to believe that basketball is just a bunch of guys randomly throwing the ball in the air and hoping it falls in the right direction, I guess that's your prerogative, but I firmly, completely believe that there is a quantifiable difference between Markus Howard's and Duane Wilson's ability to shoot the ball from three (for example) and anyone trying to say otherwise is positively a moron.

What people call intangibles are things we just haven't figured out how to measure yet.
As another poster suggested, the metrics do help in game preparation. That's fine. And, for some fans, the metrics can tell us more about what has transpired. That's fine too. But metrics are not going to do much intra-game. I seriously doubt that derivative metrics are ever going to measure intangibles. But, if you enjoy analyzing metrics, please continue to do so. Have a Happy New Year.