The headline on this story was my dumb mistake. Our new little metric of a thousand minutes doesn't show the Thunder are thirty times better, it shows they are ten times better. Sorry!
But at the same time, the Thunder have developed a whole roster of useful players from draft picks in recent years, while the Bucks are hovering around zero, which is infinity percent better. So we're leaving the screwy headline, with an apology and a wink.
Great article, Henry! Would love to see a deeper dive like this for the league in general and see if player development success correlates at all to team success.
My Nuggets got a lot out of our young guys last night upsetting those powerful Thunder.. and I just watched Andre Jackson Jr. get two buckets including a run out dunk for the Bucks as someone obviously decided they needed some additional youth and athleticism on the floor!
Really great article with one confusing typo: the graph says "Number of seasons a player aged 24 or younger played 1,000 minutes or more — from 2019-2020 to 2023-2024." I think you mean "Number of times" (per the article itself). I spent too long trying to figure out how you can pack 30 seasons into five years.
Man -- I wish I had a team to complain about / add to the conversation but until the Sonics are back in Seattle I will just say, thanks Henry for being the voice of reason in this crazy world we call sport appreciation / fandom
The headline on this story was my dumb mistake. Our new little metric of a thousand minutes doesn't show the Thunder are thirty times better, it shows they are ten times better. Sorry!
But at the same time, the Thunder have developed a whole roster of useful players from draft picks in recent years, while the Bucks are hovering around zero, which is infinity percent better. So we're leaving the screwy headline, with an apology and a wink.
Great article, Henry! Would love to see a deeper dive like this for the league in general and see if player development success correlates at all to team success.
My Nuggets got a lot out of our young guys last night upsetting those powerful Thunder.. and I just watched Andre Jackson Jr. get two buckets including a run out dunk for the Bucks as someone obviously decided they needed some additional youth and athleticism on the floor!
Which is kinda wild, since Doc hates notoriously dislikes playing rookies.
Really great article with one confusing typo: the graph says "Number of seasons a player aged 24 or younger played 1,000 minutes or more — from 2019-2020 to 2023-2024." I think you mean "Number of times" (per the article itself). I spent too long trying to figure out how you can pack 30 seasons into five years.
Michael I hear you. I think that’s a question of player seasons vs. team seasons if you will. But I see your point!
Man -- I wish I had a team to complain about / add to the conversation but until the Sonics are back in Seattle I will just say, thanks Henry for being the voice of reason in this crazy world we call sport appreciation / fandom