Dead Last

[Belarus]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/po...amp;order=false</p>

 

[ToddMacCulloch11]

I'm sure that somewhere, he is rolling around in the huge pile of money espn gave him to makeup new stats and laughing hysterically with joy about this.

 

[pegs]

It's all about this new retarded "ranking system".</p>

Somehow, it makes teams like Seattle, Minnesota and New York look better than us. Awesome.</p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>RATING = (((SOS-0.5)/0.037)*0.67) + (((SOSL10-0.5)/0.037)*0.33) + 100 + (0.67*(MARG+(((ROAD-HOME)*3.5)/(GAMES))) + (0.33*(MARGL10+(((ROAD10-HOME10)*3.5)/(10)))))</p>

SOS = Season Win/Loss percentage of team's opponents, expressed as a decimal (e.g., .500)

SOSL10 = Season Win/Loss percentage of team's last 10 opponents, expressed as a decimal (e.g., .500)

MARG = Team's average scoring margin

MARGL10 = Team's average scoring margin over the last 10 games

HOME = Team's home games

HOMEL10 = Team's home games over the last 10 games

ROAD = Team's road games

ROADL10 = Team's road games over the last 10 games

GAMES = Team's total games</div></p>