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  • #46
    ESPN.com | How Terrence Ross became a Raptor

    The main TrueHoop section from ESPN.com picked up our latest Statophile piece.

    http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...ecame-a-raptor

    The Toronto Raptors used the eighth overall pick to select Washington's Terrence Ross, a decision that inspired much confused glancing about from the media members assembled in laptop covered rows just to the left of the stage where Ross was shaking hands with David Stern. Ross is a sinewy 6-7 shooter with a promising defensive profile, but Chad Ford had him listed as the 11th-best available player on his Big Board and John Hollinger ranked him the 27th-best prospect.

    Did the Raptors reach for Ross?

    No way, says Toronto's statistical consultant Alex Rucker, who believes Ross was the seventh-best player in the draft. In an interview with Tom Liston of Raptors Republic, Rucker explains how Toronto's analytics team informs their choices on draft night
    (see link for full details)
    http://twitter.com/Liston

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    • #47
      Quirk wrote: View Post
      Hey Tom, can you give us something like the last articles from Wages of Wins?

      http://wagesofwins.com/
      For Free Agent options?
      http://twitter.com/Liston

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      • #48
        some kind of measurement or comparison on small forwards mainly ilyasova, iggy, batum and chandler would be very nice. thank you

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        • #49
          Liston wrote: View Post
          For Free Agent options?
          Sure! I posted that before the draft though, but that ship has sailed

          Also, how about a breakdown of Calderon vs Nash vs Bayless and Ross vs DeRozan?

          IMO, Nash is not much better than Calderon, but he is better, while Bayless is pretty good, but worse than both.

          I'm guessing Ross projects far better than DeRozan.

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          • #50
            Quirk wrote: View Post
            ...Also, how about a breakdown of Calderon vs Nash vs Bayless and Ross vs DeRozan?....
            Sign me up for this request as well.

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            • #51
              Hey Tom,

              A lot of people keep saying Landry Fields is a good defender. Not sure if they are just repeating what someone else said or if there is actually any analytical proof to back it up?

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