Hollinger: Andrew Bynum is the best player in the league

[IGOTGAME]

Yes...PER is a joke....

it only has so many of the greatest players of all time at the top of its list....

people are so ignorant its a joke. PER is not a player ranking...its a measure of stats/efficiency......

and it does a pretty damn good job at measuring what it is supposed....its the fault of the ****ing ignorant morons that think PER is worthless because they think its a player ranking formula

correlation does not equal causation. PER = non peer reviewed junk. I could do the same thing(feel dumb for not doing it to be honest)

It is easy to regress a bunch of information and come up with a statistic.

[Droid101]

PER is an efficiency statistic, that doesn't take defense into account.

It does a pretty good job telling you which players are playing efficiently with the minutes they get.

It does a bad job of telling you:

1) Who won the championship that year
2) Who is the most valuable player on their team
3) Who is the most valuable player in the league
4) Anything other than what is bolded above.

[kennethgriffin]

LMFAOOOOOOOO

hollinger is the biggest idiot of all time

he actually had espn re structure their team / statistics page to rank players in order of PER instead of ppg like every other sports website

PER is the most idiotic agenda drivin stat that was put together just to prop up lebron

he didnt know the negative effect it had on non stat padders and positive effect it had on no name limited playing time nobodys

[chips93]

hollinger has never claimed PER is the definitive way to ranking players, its merely a tool.

[Droid101]

LMFAOOOOOOOO

hollinger is the biggest idiot of all time

he actually had espn re structure their team / statistics page to rank players in order of PER instead of ppg like every other sports website

PER is the most idiotic agenda drivin stat that was put together just to prop up lebron

he didnt know the negative effect it had on non stat padders and positive effect it had on no name limited playing time nobodys

You realize that if you rank it by PPG, LeBron is still first... right?

Some people are stupid. You are a good example.

[gabeh1018]

a little off topic, but still talking about Bynum, i graduated from st joes in 03 where he went to high school, i remember going back one year and watching him play and being extremely unsold and disappointed with his skillset considering he was towering over the other varsity players on the floor. Since then he has obviously improved, who wouldnt when you spend your every waking minute playing basketball, but I dont get why all the love for him around the league like hes the next coming of shaq or enter any other legit centers name.

He has been in the leagye enough time now to show that he is injury prone, sometimes lacks the motivation and isnt consistent enough. just saying...

[Harison]

Superstars:
Lou Williams #6
Jon Leuer #9
Marvin Williams #10

Scrubs:
Dwight #23
Kobe #51
Bosh #65
Wade #76
Aldridge #77
Deron #88

Seems good to me, maybe Dwight too high

[madmax]

You realize that if you rank it by PPG, LeBron is still first... right?

Some people are stupid. You are a good example.

LMAO...
Epic ownage

[Heavincent]

PER is so ****ing stupid. I can't believe people actually use it as support for their arguments.

[6JamesIsKing]

You people are ridiculous.

[cotdt]

Bynum still #1 PER after this game.

[I.R.Beast]

Bynum is the Lakers best player in the last 2 games. If he can maintain that stats-line he's easily lock for the All NBA Team Award. Bynum needs more touches.

please...watch these games people...... u look at boxscores and see the numbers without watching the game. Bynum got lots of easy baskets from Blake, and Kobe's pentration etc.... He did nothing spectacular in the game tonight.

[RoseCity07]

Yeah, if the season was just these few games Bynum would get the MVP. Too bad there is 60 more games to go. If Bynum holds that PER we will all bow down. Now can we wait and see instead of making a thread after every game.

[ShowTime LA]

PER is only a great stat when lebron tops the list.

[Maneva]

Why does this stat still exist? It's a JOKE.