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Why Superteams Fail
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About this study
“Why Superteams Fail” is a free, 4-lesson study on Why NBA superteams fail: usage rate explained, why one ball makes usage zero-sum, the 2012-13 and 2003-04 Lakers, why the 2011 Lakers and 2021-22 Nets are misread, and the pairings that worked at novice, created with soclever, a personal AI teacher. Each lesson takes a few minutes and ends with a check-in question; finish the curriculum and you can take a certificate test to earn a diploma. Starting is free once you sign in — or generate your own study on any topic. Shared by @meirrosenschein.
What you'll learn
- What Usage Rate Measures. A usage rate is not a rating. It does not tell you a player is good, and it does not tell you he is efficient. It tells you how often the offense ends in his hands. Usage rate,…
- Why One Ball Makes Usage Zero-Sum. Start with what there is to go around. One ball. Five players on the floor. Roughly 100 possessions. Usage rate is a share of that fixed pool, so the five shares on the floor are…
- How Successful Superteams Managed Usage. The useful question is not whether stars sacrifice. It is who absorbs the cut. Look at rosters that cleared the ceiling. Boston, 2007-08, spread it. Ray Allen's usage fell from…
- Why the 2012-13 Lakers Failed Despite Cuts. Kobe Bryant's usage rate fell from 35.7 percent in 2011-12 to 31.8 percent in 2012-13, the season the Lakers added Dwight Howard. The accommodation genuinely happened, and it was…
Questions this study answers
- What was the most important idea in this lesson, in your own words?
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