True DvP: Opponent Plus/Minus — 1/4/16

I put out an article a couple weeks ago about why DvP is misleading — check out the full write-up here, but essentially, it’s not particularly useful as a statistic if you don’t salary-adjust it. Thankfully, you can use our Trends tool to do exactly that and see a team’s “true” DvP, or their Opponent Plus/Minus to that position.

I’m not going to write a lot here, since I just broke it down in the article last week — I’m just dropping these updated charts, since I’ve gotten a ton of requests (thank you) about it. Here you go!

Point Guard

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Shooting Guard

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Small Forward

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Power Forward

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Center

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I put out an article a couple weeks ago about why DvP is misleading — check out the full write-up here, but essentially, it’s not particularly useful as a statistic if you don’t salary-adjust it. Thankfully, you can use our Trends tool to do exactly that and see a team’s “true” DvP, or their Opponent Plus/Minus to that position.

I’m not going to write a lot here, since I just broke it down in the article last week — I’m just dropping these updated charts, since I’ve gotten a ton of requests (thank you) about it. Here you go!

Point Guard

dvppg1

 

Shooting Guard

dvpsg1

 

Small Forward

dvpsf1

 

Power Forward

dvppf1

 

Center

dvpc1