Stats

Statophile 28 | The New New Things

By Tom Liston

Mar 12, 2012

Liston spews his guts out.

Statophile 27 | Is Wilson the One?

By Tom Liston

Feb 23, 2012

Put your ear to the ground. Is that Wilson Chandler coming?

Statophile 26 | “Oh My Jonas” and “In Defense of the Ninja”

By Tom Liston

Feb 16, 2012

Jonas backwards spells The Future.

Statophile 25 | Potentially Paint Problems, DeRozan Under Duress, Lovin’ Lin

By Tom Liston

Feb 10, 2012

Three quick ones: More on the “no easy baskets” philosophy We touched on this topic before, however I believe its worth revisiting. As per our previous post “Stats, Lies and Eyes“, statistics often help highlight what our “eyes” miss, but they can sometimes be deceiving as well. I believe the Raptors’ lowest FG% for “points… Read more »

Statophile 24 | Stats, Lies and Eyes

By Tom Liston

Feb 2, 2012

A few new trends have emerged in the last week.

Statophile Volume 23 | Bad without Bargnani, Find minutes for Forbes, DeRozan’s (not) Driving

By Tom Liston

Jan 19, 2012

This Bargnani guy’s kind of important.

Statophile 22 | Weak Wings, Andrea the All Star and Punishment in the Paint

By Tom Liston

Jan 12, 2012

You like hot wings?

Statophile Volume 21 | Dwane’s D, DeMar From Deep, and the Dauntless Distributor

By Tom Liston

Jan 5, 2012

The Statpack.

Statophile Volume 20 | The Case For Casey

By Tom Liston

Jun 15, 2011

With all the rumours flying around and a bit of “selective memory” arguments on who should lead the Raptors next season, we thought it was an opportune time to set the record straight.

Meet My New Girlfriend, Synergy

By Zarar Siddiqi

May 5, 2011

Her name is Synergy. I know the name makes it sound like she’s an old stripper with dark circles under her eyes and smoke bellowing through her unbrushed teeth, and that my friends is so not true.

PER/48 and what it says about Andrea Bargnani’s “natural position”

By Zarar Siddiqi

Apr 26, 2011

In a question to find the answer to what position Andrea Bargnani should play, the RR research team dug deep into the archives to solve a mystery that has haunted us for years. Naaah…there was nothing on TV so I went to 82games.com.

Statophile Volume 19 | Regular Season Review

By Tom Liston

Apr 17, 2011

The Final Count With the regular season over, we present the overall data for the year in this Statophile. Yes, most of the metrics are a bit ugly, but were expectations all that much higher? Nothing overly surprising: defense was the major issue for losses this year. Wonder if this guy may have helped? Man… Read more »