Guest post by Abacus Reveals
Consider, if you will, these two teams:
Team A: Over the past two seasons, these guys converted roughly half (.497) their possessions while allowing the opposition (.499) to do the same.
Team B: Over the past two seasons, these guys won over 100 games, a division championship and a playoff series.
The former seem like a bunch who’d have trouble holding the court for long playing pick-up ball on a Saturday morning; the latter sound like a formidable pro squad, especially if we point out they, like Team A, have been competing in the NBA’s stouter (though maybe not as decisively so this season) Western Conference.