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THE UPDATES TO THE PAPERBACK
VERSION OF THE WAGES OF WINS |
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The
paperback is an updated version of our original story. As the following list reveals, the updates
were many (although the basic stories we told remained the same). 1. Chapter One: The link
between payroll and wins in the NBA was re-estimated using more recent data. 2. Chapter Two: The
labor dispute of 2005 in the NHL was more fully reviewed. 3. Chapter Three: The
link between payroll and wins in Major League Baseball was re-estimated using
more recent data. 4. Chapter Three: The
link between payroll and population in the NBA, NFL, and Major League
Baseball was re-estimated using more recent data. 5. Chapter Three: The
recent spending spree of the New York Yankees was updated. 6. Chapter Four: The
analysis of competitive balance in soccer, football, hockey, baseball, and
basketball were updated. 7. Chapter Five: The
impact Allen Iverson had on home attendance for the Philadelphia 76ers was
explored. 8. Chapter Six: The
correlation between various statistics and wins in the NBA was updated. 9. Chapter Six: The
study of offensive and defensive efficiency in the NBA was updated for
2006-07. 10. Chapter Six and
Seven: A small effort was made to improve the explanation of how the Wins
Produced model was calculated. 11. Chapter Seven: A
brief discussion of John Hollinger’s Player Efficiency Rating was added. 12. Chapter Seven: The
Shaq and Kobe story, which begins in Chapter Six and concludes in Chapter
Seven, was updated for events over the past two seasons. 13. Chapter Seven: “The Tragedy of Kevin Garnett” – a story
from The
Wages of Wins Journal – was added. 14. Chapter Seven: The
impact of the 76ers trade of Allen Iverson to the Denver Nuggets was reviewed 15. Chapter Seven: The
review of the 1995-96 draft was updated. 16. Chapter Eight: The
Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler story was updated. 17. Chapter Eight: The
evaluation of the top scorers in the NBA was updated for 2006-07. 18. Chapter Nine: We
revised our model of offense and defense for the National Football League. 19. Chapter Nine: We
revised our QB Score measure. 20. Chapter Nine: We
updated our analysis of Brett Favre, as well as our
evaluation of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. 21. Chapter Nine: We
updated part of our analysis of the level of consistency we see in NFL
quarterbacks. 22. Chapter Ten: We
updated our list of overrated and underrated in the NBA for the 2006-07 season. 23. Chapter Ten: “The Wisdom of Red Auerbach”
– another story from The Wages of Wins Journal – was added. 24. Chapter Ten: With
additional data in hand, we re-estimated our analysis of the NBA coaches
voting for the All-Rookie team.
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