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currently: data science / optical @ NFL prev: data science @ GSW sometimes bball analytics moreso on bsky: https://teapawt.net/t.co/h0HHMOZYwJ

Joined November 2009
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Replying to @zacharynado
but actually release it
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Replying to @zacharynado
Sonnet 5.5 is free, and with my AI plus (or whatever) I can't even get Gemini 3.7 flash, not to mention 3.8 or Argon Practically speaking, these models don't even exist!
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Replying to @mikegrib8
there is no stat less informative or helpful than single game plus minus. a statistical fact and a logical one!
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Great way of explaining small sample size effects
The undefeated Wolves are outscoring their opponents by 23+ per game, with +18 of that coming from their performance on 3s. For the season last year, the best team gained +3.3 per game on 3s, so this is definitely small sample size theater. espnanalytics.com/nba-team-4…
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Yaxel up to #14 in too-early OpenRAPM openrapm.com/#season=2027
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Small Sample Size Alert: way-too-early OpenRAPM 2027 numbers: 1. Dyson 2. Kessler 3. Jalen Johnson 4. Flagg 5. Giannis 6. Moussa 7. Booker 8. PG 9. Sabonis 10. Chet openrapm.com/#season=2027 #7stealspergame #lol
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Replying to @bbstats @phyronnaz
Any tips for doing Remarkable stuff with Claude?
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Replying to @phyronnaz
Incredible!!!
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loving parents
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in a quite small sample, PHI looks pretty meh, except for Maxey who looks pretty MVP openrapm.com
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reminder that "shot quality adjusted final scores" are an incomplete picture
Things that legitimately affect the outcome of basketball games, beyond what 'shooter/defender-adjusted' shot quality* might say: 1. tenacity to come back from a deficit (+ vice versa) 2. hot hand (it's real!) 3. fatigue/form on the shooter/defender 4. in-game adjustments
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Replying to @LordCharizard33
Or wait 6 months and buy for 1/10th the price
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single game plus minus is the single least useful box score stat in basketball. It is almost never indicative of anything other than confirmation bias. this is an indisputable fact as real as gravity, the sun coming up, and water being wet. also - Boozer is ridiculously good
Tuomas Iisalo couldn't rave enough about Cam Boozer despite a rough shooting game in his NBA debut. "Typical Cam Boozer night, shot 2-15 and was +32." Said he's making plays at 19 "that take other guys 10 years in the league to figure out." Full bite ⬇️
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Nathan Walker retweeted
The plan: Instead of giving Knicks employees championship rings, use them as a lure to see who needs mandatory cybersecurity training
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gonna need some more bookmarks on this one
every time someone doesn't pick boozer, you have to yell "COWARDS" at your TV
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his buddy says "good job, you only said 'HLX' once"
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Replying to @ZachLowe_NBA
I'm usually in #4
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