Post by 20s Navidad on Sept 2, 2014 7:47:14 GMT -6
I last did this at the start of the 3003 season so with 3003, 3004, 3005 down, I thought I would take a look at ratings leaguewide again for 3006. Has there been as much inflation as many seem to think? Have ratings remained level across the board? Let's take a look.
When looking at a player, judging his strengths and weaknesses is pretty easy. An A is better than a B, my B+ rebounder is likely better than the B- free agent, etc. But it is often hard to distinguish how ratings are distributed leaguewide. An A- in one category might be much more rare and elite than an A- in another category. B- might be the average rating in one area while that is significantly above average in another category. How do you players compare to those leaguewide and are certain categories distributed differently than others?
Inside Scoring is an interesting category. It is the hardest to achieve an A+ grade in and has yet to occur in 4.0. In 3003, there were 4 players with A inside and now there are 3. The most fascinating part of this category to me is that the 3 players who have A inside consist of Bill Walton, George McGinnis, and PG David Thompson. That shows just how elite Thompson's A A A A grades are. Only 3 players in TMBSL have A inside and one of them is the PG in Dallas.
There are a lot more A outside scorers than inside, however there still are no A+ outside scorers. TMBSL 4.0 is still waiting for its first A+ scoring grade in either category. Kim Hughes is still bringing up the rear with an F+ but he is a great contributor for Buster. You can see how D+ or worse outside in a big can be damaging as those players are a lot less common than I had imagined.
Handling is an interesting grade set because it is important to players and especially PGs, but a higher letter grade doesn't always seem to indicate better performance. With the grade made up from Passing, Handling, and Quickness, ratings can vary from results. A guy like Sidney Moncrief doesn't have an elite handling rating but rarely turns the ball over. John Williamson's low passing rating keeps his Handling from the range of other elite PGs, but he still dominates for the Celtics.
We actually have 7 less players with A+ defense than there were back in 3003. However, there are 8 more with the A grade. So basically, the defensive grades in the league have gone almost unchanged in 3-4 seasons. This is probably contrary to what many would have thought.
Moses Malone is the league's premier rebounder rating wise and the results confirm that. He lead TMBSL in rebounding in 3005 and is the favorite to do so again in 3006. Tanker extraordinaire Jimmy Jones is the league's worst rebounder and part of the reason he can always find a spot on a tanking team.
Only 33 players have A potential. That is a lot less than I thought. About 1 per team. If you have a player with A potential, realize that might be more rare than you assumed.
Here is a side by side comparison of all the grade sets from 3003 and 3006. Not much change overall. I think we are safe from inflation thus far.
When looking at a player, judging his strengths and weaknesses is pretty easy. An A is better than a B, my B+ rebounder is likely better than the B- free agent, etc. But it is often hard to distinguish how ratings are distributed leaguewide. An A- in one category might be much more rare and elite than an A- in another category. B- might be the average rating in one area while that is significantly above average in another category. How do you players compare to those leaguewide and are certain categories distributed differently than others?
Inside Scoring is an interesting category. It is the hardest to achieve an A+ grade in and has yet to occur in 4.0. In 3003, there were 4 players with A inside and now there are 3. The most fascinating part of this category to me is that the 3 players who have A inside consist of Bill Walton, George McGinnis, and PG David Thompson. That shows just how elite Thompson's A A A A grades are. Only 3 players in TMBSL have A inside and one of them is the PG in Dallas.
There are a lot more A outside scorers than inside, however there still are no A+ outside scorers. TMBSL 4.0 is still waiting for its first A+ scoring grade in either category. Kim Hughes is still bringing up the rear with an F+ but he is a great contributor for Buster. You can see how D+ or worse outside in a big can be damaging as those players are a lot less common than I had imagined.
Handling is an interesting grade set because it is important to players and especially PGs, but a higher letter grade doesn't always seem to indicate better performance. With the grade made up from Passing, Handling, and Quickness, ratings can vary from results. A guy like Sidney Moncrief doesn't have an elite handling rating but rarely turns the ball over. John Williamson's low passing rating keeps his Handling from the range of other elite PGs, but he still dominates for the Celtics.
We actually have 7 less players with A+ defense than there were back in 3003. However, there are 8 more with the A grade. So basically, the defensive grades in the league have gone almost unchanged in 3-4 seasons. This is probably contrary to what many would have thought.
Moses Malone is the league's premier rebounder rating wise and the results confirm that. He lead TMBSL in rebounding in 3005 and is the favorite to do so again in 3006. Tanker extraordinaire Jimmy Jones is the league's worst rebounder and part of the reason he can always find a spot on a tanking team.
Only 33 players have A potential. That is a lot less than I thought. About 1 per team. If you have a player with A potential, realize that might be more rare than you assumed.
Here is a side by side comparison of all the grade sets from 3003 and 3006. Not much change overall. I think we are safe from inflation thus far.
