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Layups: The No-Stats All-Star

Posted by Neil Paine on February 16, 2009

In today's New York Times Magazine, here's an article by "Moneyball" author Michael Lewis highlighting not only the surprising importance of Shane Battier (a guy who "can’t dribble, [is] slow and hasn’t got much body control") to the Rockets, but also the APBRmetrics movement as a whole.

One Response to “Layups: The No-Stats All-Star”

  1. DWarner Says:

    Whether you're a Shane Battier fan or not, this has to be one of the best basketball articles you'll ever read!