This is a great comment. But #4 is a little off because we’re saying “this model” might need serious work, not analytics as a whole. Nobody’s saying the problem is “with analytics”, just this model.

Well yeah, but eye test vs. analytics isn’t really what this debate is about, it’s about analytics of regular season vs. playoff outcomes.

I don’t think that’s the flipside so much as just LeBron being an anomaly. Also, don’t downplay Kyrie’s contributions. He’s better than anyone Paul has played with. And I don’t think anyone would say Paul is as good as LeBron.

No, it’s not a shock...but that’s my point. Teammates change how a player plays. And if the playoffs favors certain styles of play, that could potentially change the best player’s (even if they are very elite) metrics and outcomes pretty significantly.

Yeah, I just mentioned that in my reply to Albert’s comment. It’s interesting that Paul is the only PG of the elites group. That’s gotta be a factor that is tough/impossible for analytics to control for.

Hm, I guess I can see that, to an extent. I still feel like there’s something to flesh out with the teammates—maybe the style of Shaq’s (or any of hte other elites) teammates changed his performance for the better in the playoffs.

Awesome article.

Ah, okay. That makes a lot more sense then.

I’m confused...that is not where Santa Monica is.

Eh, who cares? I mean, when your commute is already 3 hours, what’s an extra hour for a month?

Saying Embiid (if healthy) looks to be the best center in the league when he hits his prime is exactly why everyone hates Philly fans. Did KAT, Davis, Cousins, Gobert, and Gasol all die recently?

I think Flyers will be contending for the cup in 3-4 years...if Lindblom, Patrick, Sanheim, and Morin are actually as good as we hope they’ll be. Though the real X-factor is Hart. If he’s really good, that’ll be all that matters.

I guess it depends how you measure popularity...I would say the Flyers have an extremely loyal but small group of followers. If you went and polled everyone in the city/suburbs, I would say three or four times more people would say they are regular/casual fans of the Sixers than the Flyers.

And it’s sad because, as has usually been the case in the past 20 years, the Flyers will probably be the best Philadelphia sports team over the next 5 years. Their stable of exciting young talent matches (and probably exceeds) the Sixers, and they have a solid core of veteran talent already.

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That’s actually what I thought at first, too, but the theory behind Costco is that things are cheaper there than if you buy them elsewhere. Whereas the PSL doesn’t get you any type of discount. It’s really like if a regular grocery store charged you $10 every time you walked in the door.

I won’t sue you, but I will scroll quickly past your novel and only read the last sentence.

Yeah, I guess this is what I thought it was already. My question is probably more “why did this start and how did owners get away with this at the beginning?” I get that it’s accepted practice now, but the first assholes to do this are true assholes.

Can someone explain what PSLs actually are in a simple concise way? And how they came to exist? I literally cannot wrap my head around it.

How much heroin does your local CVS have?