Today, Hardwood Houdini’s distant cousins over at Nylon Calculus released their projections for each team’s record for this upcoming season. The foundation for their rationale was predicated on a formula which combined two advanced statistics: Player Tracking Plus Minus (PT-PM) and Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus (RAPM). According to their formula, the Celtics will finish 49-33 to claim the Eastern Conference’s three seed.
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The intricacy of their formula extends far beyond the vast majority of people’s comprehension-level (including yours truly’s). Because of its complexity, there’s no way for the common fan to offer a counterpoint without first admitting that they don’t have the mathematical literacy to counter with statistical data.