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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Here's the graph with the actual data from that article:
That there is what statisticians like to call ‘a cloud of dots’. I'm blest if I can see any strong correlation there. If anything, there is a weak negative correlation – teams with the most playoff wins tend to have fewer than average top-10 picks, whereas the teams with the most top-10 picks have had very little playoff success.
So that particular set of data does not at all support the case that the article tries to make. The author actually looked at the numbers and then rejected them in favour of the narrative he wanted to push. |
I would like to see the same graph for top 4 or 5 picks. Maybe it will look the same, but those would be higher chance of game changers.