{"id":229031,"date":"2007-10-09T21:13:10","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T21:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2007\/10\/09\/ill-trade-you-for-a-ring\/"},"modified":"2007-10-09T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2007-10-09T21:13:10","slug":"ill-trade-you-for-a-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/ill-trade-you-for-a-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ll Trade You For A Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Regression Analysis of the Impact of All-Star Trades<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/i><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

***The following article was devised and authored by valued forum member <\/em>“WhiskeyDizzy.”<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Through\u00a0meticulous research, he has compiled a plethora of\u00a0empiricial data and statistics based upon\u00a0NBA All-Star caliber players involved in trades within the past 15 years.\u00a0 He then devised, tweaked, and rigorously tested a complex Regression Analysis Equation.\u00a0\u00a0In the following article, the\u00a0Regression Analysis Equations will\u00a0attempt to formulate a given team\u2019s win-loss totals for the upcoming season, following the trade of an All-Star caliber NBA player.\u00a0\u00a0In this situation, the “given teams” happen to be our very own 2007-08 Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics.\u00a0 How many wins does WhiskeyDizzy predict for both the Wolves and the Celtics this upcoming season?\u00a0 I think you will enjoy both\u00a0the results and his in-depth analysis.<\/p>\n

Read on for his article in it’s entirety.\u00a0 I guarantee you will find it to be well done and quite fascinating.\u00a0 If mathetical analysis isn’t your cup of tea, at the very least it is well-written and\u00a0exceedingly interesting.<\/p>\n

– College Wolf<\/p>\n

[cw] <\/span><\/p>\n

A Regression Analysis of the Impact of All-Star Trades<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

by: Carl Szabo<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Over the years, blockbuster trades have played an important part in many championship runs.\u00a0 Jason Kidd helped return New Jersey to prominence after being traded from Phoenix, Shaquille O\u2019Neal immediately made Miami a force in the East, Sir Charles took his Phoenix team to the NBA finals after Philadelphia shipped him in the desert, and so on.\u00a0 This year\u2019s most notable trade included Future Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett, moving from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Boston Celtics.\u00a0 The Celtics are gearing up for a championship run of their own; and we here at TWolveblog.com are wondering how realistic it is to expect marked improvement in next year\u2019s win total.\u00a0 I\u2019ve analyzed nearly 30 trades involving big name players over the past 15 years, and I\u2019ll put the numbers to the test using regression analysis to predict the W-L record of the 2007-2008 Boston Celtics. <\/span><\/p>\n

While we\u2019re at it, how can we expect the 2007-2008 Minnesota Timberwolves to perform?\u00a0 What should we expect out of team that lost the best player in the history of the franchise?\u00a0 This year\u2019s squad is coming off a disappointing season where the team managed only 32 wins.\u00a0 Minnesota received some young talent in exchange for Garnett, but the immediate future is filled with question marks for this franchise.\u00a0 Based on history, how does the team trading the all-star typically fare the following year? I\u2019ll use the same data to predict the Timberwolves\u2019 W-L for next year, as a new era begins in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. <\/span><\/p>\n

During the process of amassing and analyzing trade data for these trades, I began to formulate an equation best suited to predict a team\u2019s future performance.\u00a0 What factors are important when it comes to predicting the impact of a player\u2019s arrival on his new team\u2019s performance?\u00a0 Clearly, the result is partially tied to a player\u2019s individual skills, so I included: \u2018PPG,\u2019 \u2018RPG,\u2019 \u2018APG,\u2019 and \u2018Minutes Per Game\u2019 in my analysis.\u00a0 However, some of the performance has to be tied to less tangible factors, right?\u00a0 For example, Stephon Marbury has been traded 3 times during his career.\u00a0 Even though he puts up decent numbers every year, his new team never is able to turn the corner under his leadership.\u00a0 In fact, his new team wins an average of 9 games less with him on the roster compared to the prior season.\u00a0 Why is that?\u00a0 To weed out this \u201cStarbury Factor,\u201d I included \u2018All-Star Appearances\u2019 as a variable in the equation since selections are usually tied to team performance in some way (because better teams have more all-stars), and would act as a hedge against players like Stephon.\u00a0 I also included \u2018Wins with Former Team\u2019 and the \u2018New Team\u2019s Wins Last Year\u2019 to account for the players who get traded to good teams, or come from one.\u00a0 Finally, a seemingly common practice in the NBA is to trade a player who\u2019s nearing the twilight of his career, so I put in a dummy dependent variable to track if the player is over 30 or not.\u00a0 A dummy dependent variable measures the impact of intangible features on the dependent variable.\u00a0 A common example of a dummy dependent variable would be one measuring the sex of a test subject (male or female).\u00a0 Conventional wisdom says a player peaks in their late twenties, and starts to decline markedly after hitting 30.\u00a0 A good example of this would be the Gary Payton for Ray Allen trade of a few years back.\u00a0 Payton was passed his prime and this trade did not bring the results Milwaukee was hoping for. <\/span><\/p>\n


On to the results…<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

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2007-2008 Boston Celtics<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n


After running my regression, this is the formula I came up with for predicting the record of the 2007-2008 Boston Celtics: <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span>CHANGE IN WINS = 4.88 + .72PPG + 1.96RPG + 1.38APG – .81MPG \u2013 10.80OVER30 + 1.61ALLSTARAPP – .49WINS\u201906CELTS + .25WINS\u201906TEAM<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

R-Squared = 0.63 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Overall Significance = 0.01<\/em><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n


This formula proved to be statistically strong with an R-squared of .63.\u00a0 R-Squared is measure of how well the equation fits the data on a scale of 0 to 1.\u00a0 Anything above .5 is considered to be a strong correlation between the formula and the empirical data.\u00a0 The equation\u2019s overall significance is .01, indicating it\u2019s pretty well put together because anything under .05 is consider significant. A positive sign in front of a variable indicates a positive correlation between the variable and change in wins.\u00a0 For example, as the more all-star games a player has appeared in the higher the change in wins for his new team will be, assuming everything else is held constant.\u00a0 Conversely, the more minutes per game a player plays, the fewer total wins the player will bring to his new team.\u00a0 All of the variables have signs that make sense as it seems they\u2019re positive and negative when appropriate.\u00a0 One would guess \u2018PPG,\u2019 \u2018RPG,\u2019 and \u2018APG\u2019 would have a positive correlation with wins in a given year.\u00a0 Also, \u2018OVER30\u2019 came back negative supporting conventional wisdom regarding aging players and the impact on their new teams.\u00a0 \u2018ALLSTARAPP\u2019 was positive, which was no surprise either.\u00a0 Wins for the prior year was negative, suggesting the better a team was last year the harder it is to keep up that success via a trade.\u00a0 Wins for the team the player is traded from is positive, indicating future success can be predicted partially by a player\u2019s influence on his former franchise. <\/span><\/p>\n


Now the moment everyone has been waiting for\u2026the prediction!\u00a0 Plugging in all of Garnett\u2019s stats from last year into the formula, his presence on the Boston Celtics this year should equate to 21.4 more wins for the upcoming season.\u00a0 My equation reaffirms Garnett\u2019s influence on the game, despite his age and lingering questions about Garnett\u2019s abilities based on the past two year\u2019s sub-par win totals.\u00a0 However, the Celtics also traded for another Superstar this offseason, the Sonics\u2019 SG Ray Allen.\u00a0 After plugging Mr. Shuttlesworth\u2019s information into the same regression equation; the Celtics should expect an additional 2.2 wins for \u201907-\u201908 as a result of adding him to the squad.\u00a0 Together, Allen and Garnett should account for 23.6 more wins, adding in the 24 wins Boston had last year without the pair makes a grand total of 47.6 wins this year, which I\u2019ll generously round up to 48. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Possible Omissions or Shortcomings: <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The above equation was not the first one I stumbled across; only after 4 or 5 tries did I come to rest upon this one.\u00a0 Along the way I included variables such as \u2018PF\/C\u2019 for if the player traded was a post player, \u2018Number of Seasons with Old Team\u2019 and if the trade involved a \u2018Number One Pick.\u2019\u00a0 None of these ended up being close to significant, so all were dropped before reaching my final version.\u00a0 \u2018Minutes Per Game\u2019 having a negative coefficient was initially surprising.\u00a0 One would think the more minutes a player is on the court, the more important he is to the team\u2019s success.\u00a0 However, a counter argument could be made that players with sufficient talent around them typically play fewer minutes than those on less talented teams.\u00a0 Also, more available talent usually leads to a higher win total. <\/span><\/p>\n

One other noticeable shortcoming is the final number of wins (48), which I came up with as the prediction.\u00a0 Many of the so-called experts are estimating the Celtics will win \u201c55 to 60\u201d games next year, and who\u2019s to blame them?\u00a0 The Celtics are a much more talented and star-studded team then in years prior.\u00a0 There\u2019s a new sense of excitement in the city of Boston and on the Celtics team itself.\u00a0 Here\u2019s my counter to this possible shortcoming as predicted by the regression analysis.\u00a0 The equation I came up with is partly tied to wins by the franchise in the prior year.\u00a0 This win total is a basis for how many wins are expected out of the team the following year.\u00a0 Many fans think the Celtics underachieved last season for a variety of reasons.\u00a0 Injuries, inexperience, even tanking are popular reasons for such a low win total.\u00a0\u00a0 I would expect two of those three, inexperience and tanking, to be pretty much out the question at this juncture.\u00a0 While it is true injuries may still be a concern for this team in the year to come, I found it counterproductive to try and factor in losses to readjust for possible injuries to one of the Celtic\u2019s stars.\u00a0 Whatever your reasons are, 24 wins is probably too low given the talent level on last year\u2019s team. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, in this long drawn out argument, one unmentioned factor still remains to keep the Celtics below their utmost potential:\u00a0 Doc Rivers is still the Coach.\u00a0 I\u2019ve heard and read many different opinions blaming Doc for as many as 5-10 losses last year; could he produce similar results this year?\u00a0 Some folks out there think KG, Allen and Pierce are too talented to let Doc ruin games for them.\u00a0 Great!\u00a0 That puts the Celtics at 53-58 wins next year, right in line with many predictions.\u00a0 Just for a moment, though, consider that prior sentence about Doc.\u00a0 What if he really does keep this team below its potential for yet another season?\u00a0 Is 48 wins really that unrealistic?<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

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2007-2008 Minnesota Timberwolves<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Now let\u2019s move on to the team getting rid of their All-Star, the 2007-2008 Minnesota Timberwolves.\u00a0 The good news is our team received three important things for any franchise losing a superstar: youth, draft picks and cap room.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Typically, a blockbuster trade involves more players returning than are being sent with the superstar, so I included a variable to determine the true effect of this on a team\u2019s performance in the following season.\u00a0 My theory is the more players a team has to trade in exchange for the superstar, the less likely the team trading the superstar is to be successful the following season.\u00a0 This is primarily based on the idea of value, how many players did the Timberwolves receive in this trade? Five.\u00a0 It took five players and 2 draft picks to make this trade equal in value on both ends because, even though\u00a0we did get some young talent, it is highly unlikely all will eventually be solid contributors on this team.<\/p>\n

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I also included a variable to determine the effect of the inclusion of draft picks in a trade.\u00a0 Conventional logic would indicate that draft picks do not equate to immediate wins, since rookies rarely have an immediate impact on their new teams, or are even selected by their new teams until after the first season, as is the case here.\u00a0 I did not include a cap room variable because I am skeptical of its importance to \u2018Wins in the Year Immediately Following\u2019 [the trade.]\u00a0\u00a0 \u2018PPG,\u2019 \u2018REBS,\u2019 \u2018ALLSTARAPP,\u2019 and \u2018OVER30\u2019 of the player being traded were included once again in this equation.\u00a0 \u2018MPG\u2019 and \u2018APG\u2019 did not make the final cut because both turned out to be very insignificant after the regression was run.\u00a0 One possible explanation could be that minutes and assists are easier to replace than points and rebounds.\u00a0 Finally, to monitor the level of existing talent on the team trading away the superstar, I included \u2018Wins in the Prior Year Before\u2019 [the trade.]\u00a0 In theory, a higher win count would indicate a larger pool of talent still remaining on the team even after the trade. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Results\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Once again, I toyed around with this equation for awhile, before landing in this final form.\u00a0 Below is my engine for predicting the win total of this year\u2019s Minnesota Timberwolves: <\/span><\/p>\n

CHANGE IN WINS = 42.76 \u2013 .82#1PICK \u2013 1.60ALLSTARAPP \u2013 .56#OFPLAYERS \u2013 .211PPG \u2013 1.85RPG \u2013 .60WINS\u201906TEAM + 11.79OVER30 <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

R-Squared = 0.617
Overall Significance = 0.007<\/em><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

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This formula was strongly significant; with the R-square of .617 this equation is almost identical in capability to the Celtics.\u00a0\u00a0 The overall equation\u2019s significance is .007 indicating the equation is an excellent predictor on the whole (anything less than .05 is consider significant).\u00a0 The signs on the coefficient make sense as they generally fall in line with expectations.\u00a0 The most notable exception is the \u201806TEAM Wins,\u2019 I guessed this coefficient to be positive indicating a positive correlation between wins last year and this year.\u00a0 Once possible explanation is the player being traded away tended to positively impact the win total last year, and without his individual abilities the team tended to suffer the following season.\u00a0 All of these factors lead up to the results.\u00a0 When we plug in Kevin Garnett\u2019s numbers for last year to find out the wins for the 2007-2008 Minnesota Timberwolves, the formula yields a change in wins of -11.5.\u00a0 This equates to a total of 20.5 wins for this year\u2019s team.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Possible Omissions or Shortcomings: <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

How likely is it that Minnesota finishes the year with only 21 wins?\u00a0 I\u2019ve already read two Pre-Season power rankings in which the Wolves were placed dead last in the league for the upcoming season, so there\u2019s not a whole lot of optimism out there right now.\u00a0 Gone is Kevin Garnett from a team that only managed 32 wins last season.\u00a0 How many wins should we realistically expect without his talents?\u00a0 The man has lead the league in rebounds per game for the past 4 seasons, while scoring over 20 points per game and averaging nearly 5 assists over the same stretch.\u00a0 How could we not be hurt significantly by losing Garnett\u2019s production for this coming season? <\/span><\/p>\n

One could make the same argument about last year\u2019s win total as we did above, saying last year was an aberration and we really should\u2019ve had 35 or 40 wins with that squad.\u00a0 However, I don\u2019t know how realistic this argument is.\u00a0 The Wolves are not going to be the most talented team on the floor most nights during this season, so our win total will depend largely on how well this team can play together, hustling and scrapping for every rebound and loose ball.\u00a0 Many of these players are former Celtics which may help alleviate some of the potential chemistry issues.\u00a0 The downside to this is that many of these players are former Celtics\u2026 and the Celtics have not been very good recently. <\/span><\/p>\n

Conversely, we haven\u2019t even talked about worst case scenarios.\u00a0 What if one or more of Davis, Foye and Jefferson gets injured for stretches of this season?\u00a0 21 might seem like a lot if we\u2019ve only managed to win 15 as April comes knocking.\u00a0 Also, our Front Office may very well try and trade Davis, further depleting this year\u2019s talent pool.\u00a0 In addition to all the above factors, there\u2019s still the issue of coaching.\u00a0 Many people in the Twin Cities are not thrilled with Wittman\u2019s performance so far, and have serious doubts about the future performance of any team under his leadership.\u00a0 In the end, the optimist in me believes that this number is a tad low, but I cannot justify changing my prediction at this point so I\u2019ll stay steady at 21 as my official prediction for the upcoming season. <\/span><\/p>\n

Comparison:<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

By all estimations the 2007-2008 Boston Celtics should easily make the playoffs next year behind their new trio of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.\u00a0 However, when it comes to championship expectations, know that only one star player in the last 15 years has won the NBA Finals the year after being traded: that player was Antoine Walker. Walker was fortunate enough to land on a team with Shaq and Dwyane Wade, so we can hardly credit him with the success of the Heat that year.\u00a0 Jason Kidd and Charles Barkley both lost the NBA Finals the year after being traded, while Shaq and the Heat lost in the Eastern Conference finals during his first year in Miami.\u00a0 Barkely also lost in the Western Conference finals during his first year in Houston.\u00a0 There is precedent for Boston fans to expect an Eastern Conference finals appearance, but only 5 out of nearly 30 trades brought immediate success to their new hometowns. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the 2007-2008 Minnesota Timberwolves are in for a bumpy ride during the next few years.\u00a0 Since we\u2019re not trading away Marbury, the likelihood of surpassing our 2006 win total is rather small.\u00a0 32 wins this year would be a victory in itself and provide a solid foundation to build upon for our young players.\u00a0\u00a0 While it may be a few years before the Wolves are truly playoff contenders again, it\u2019s imperative we take this opportunity to develop and grow together as a team and so we can be competitive in the future. <\/span><\/p>\n

– Carl Szabo <\/span><\/p>\n

[hype] <\/span><\/p>\n

[cw2]
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