The NBA's All-Fluff Team
Who creates the most empty calories? Here are 10 big names, including multiple All-Stars
Today I’m introducing a new metric — one that captures the gap between how much a player appears to contribute and how much he actually contributes to winning NBA games.
This column by Jeremias Engelmann — creator of RPM (Real Plus-Minus) and former analyst for the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns — is part of our series on making NBA analytics easy.
It’s the All-Fluff Team — the Empty Calories All-Stars.
Here is a quick Q and A to introduce this metric, followed by the 10 players I’ve selected for this year’s All-Fluff First Team and Second Team:
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