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Some selected Lega A and German BBL plus/minus numbers

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Few domestic leagues in Europe are offering plus/minus-statistics. Two of them are Italian Lega A and German BBL. Even though they only have them in boxscores and not as accumulated stats in player/team profile, it is better than nothing.
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Euroleague unadjusted plus/minus for all players +150 minutes

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EuroleagueI’ve finally found the time to complete the (unadjusted) plus/minus calculations for the running 09/10 Euroleague season. You find the complete sortable list here. The most glaring weakness of plus/minus in the Euroleague is obvious: With the regular season lasting only ten games (eight teams are eliminated after the regular season), Top16 lasting another six games (another eight teams eliminated) and a short best-of-five quarter final series following, even the busiest club will have played only 21 games max prior to the Final Four. Too bad that plus/minus is a category that needs a large sample size to allow conclusions.
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European Basketball Rookie Rankings #1

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ImageHere’s the new European basketball rookie ranking, which I will update about four or five times each season. Strictly speaking, this isn’t a rookie ranking, instead every player born 1988 or later is qualified to appear on this list.

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New feature: Floor time statistics (and more) for Euroleague players

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ImageHello readers, I’m currently updating [it will take a few days] Euroleague player profiles, adding advanced statistics to the pages. These statistics examine play-by-play data, not just the usual boxscore data. In case you are not used to these stats, read my short guide later in this post.

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Tempers fly high in Piraeus, Efes Maric-ed

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ImageA quite hot Euroleague week is coming to an end, highlighted by yet another outstanding performance by Partizan’s Aleksandar Maric. Maric had 34 points and 16 rebounds and is now averaging 18.1 points and 9.9 rebounds a game, better than a certain Nikola Pekovic two seasons back.
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Stat of the week: Comparing leagues again, this time three point shooting

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ImageWhenever I watch an ACB game, I am under the impression that players are allowed to let it fly quicker and more frequently from the perimeter than in other European leagues. There are a whole lot of three point specialists that have made a name for themselves in the league over the years.
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Weekend game

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ImageKey game: Olympiacos beat Panathinaikos 87:76 behind Theodoros Papaloukas‘ outstanding performance. Barcelona and Real  Madrid remain at 9:1 and 10:0 respectively in ACB.

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German BBL playoff game manipulated?

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ImageAccording to the website of weekly German news magazine “Der Spiegel” [translated: "The Mirror", one of the most respected news magazines in Europe], the investigations by German authorities regarding the international betting scandal not only concentrate on football, but also on a Tennis women double game in Morocco, and on a German BBL Playoff game from June 2009.
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Stat of the week: Top Euroleague rebounders

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ImageThis week’s feature statistic: Rebounding percentage. Rebounding percentage, a common tool in the United States to determine a player’s production on the boards, is a minute- and pace-adjusted estimate of offensive, defensive and total rebounding.
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Stat of the week: Top Euroleague rebounders

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ImageThis week’s feature statistic: Rebounding percentage. Rebounding percentage, a common tool in the United States to determine a player’s production on the boards, is a minute- and pace-adjusted estimate of offensive, defensive and total rebounding.
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