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David Locke toasts Kanter on 1280

Hekate said:
He is a dickless homer because he uses stats that are skewered or ones that shouldn't be used on their own to make jazz look good.
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This. The stats he posts sometimes are straight disingenuous. I've never asked him to go after a player directly-- but if the Jazz have a gag-order on him preventing him from saying anything negative about the Jazz, then that's pretty embarrassing on their behalf.

Locke is employed for the fans-- he shouldn't be the PR rep for the franchise.
 
Siro said:
Do you honestly not know who Ayn Rand is?
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Nope.

Googled her. Apparently she was born in 1905 and was a novelist
 
dalamon said:
This. The stats he posts sometimes are straight disingenuous. I've never asked him to go after a player directly-- but if the Jazz have a gag-order on him preventing him from saying anything negative about the Jazz, then that's pretty embarrassing on their behalf.

Locke is employed for the fans-- he shouldn't be the PR rep for the franchise.
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#'s hurt my brain so I don't pay much attention to annoying stat talk. I would like to see an example of said disingenuous stats being used though.
 
dalamon said:
This. The stats he posts sometimes are straight disingenuous. I've never asked him to go after a player directly-- but if the Jazz have a gag-order on him preventing him from saying anything negative about the Jazz, then that's pretty embarrassing on their behalf.

Locke is employed for the fans-- he shouldn't be the PR rep for the franchise.
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I don't even understand why he does it. The casual fans couldn't give two ****s about stats in general, and those of us who follow more closely won't be fooled by his misuse of "advanced analytics".
 
fishonjazz said:
Nope.

Googled her. Apparently she was born in 1905 and was a novelist
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She is EXTREMELY well known. I'm not talking well-known in academia. I would expect anyone on the street to know exactly who Ayn Rand is. She is also very popular among teenagers and early 20s types (mostly among males). She's the reason senator Rand Paul has such a stupid name. You should spend 10 minutes reading her wikipedia page as she is instrumental in popularizing libertarianism, and is often mentioned in political/philosophical/economic debates.
 
Siro said:
I don't even understand why he does it. The casual fans couldn't give two ****s about stats in general, and those of us who follow more closely won't be fooled by his misuse of "advanced analytics".
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I am generally interested in an example? I don't need the #'s he's using but what was he talking about or who was he trying to defend with stats?
 
Lockes numbers get a little tough to listen to. He is generally pretty fair towards the guys. He generally doesn't get all homer with our guys. He loves Gordon like Gobert loves blocking shots, but Hayward is a bit under appreciated.
 
Beer said:
I am generally interested in an example? I don't need the #'s he's using but what was he talking about or who was he trying to defend with stats?
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"Since Enes Kanter came back from injury Jazz defensive rating with him on the floor is 99.0 with him off floor is 104.3 (16 games)".
 
I have no problem with Locke and think he's actually great under the caveat that he's first and foremost an unabashed fan, an employee of the franchise, and entry-level in terms of the nerdy/junkie stuff that he presents to the public. He puts in the work and he ****ing loves it and it's weird to me that some people have such a problem with that.
 
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