Let’s try to understand the NBA’s defensive player rating and all its absurdity
by Criss Partee from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5V81E)
Analytics can be misleading. Over the last decade, we've seen an influx of statistics take over the sports world, and basketball hasn't been exempt from this revolution - just look at all the three-point attempts we see now across the NBA. But one stat in particular can be even dangerously misleading, and that is...