Per36 tells you how effective a player is during a set amount on time.
A game is 48 minutes long. Per game90-95% of the time
does the exact same thing.
The "games aren't 36 minutes" argument is completely bunk since it ignores the entire premise of the stat. You can get the same effect doing Per48 if you really want to, but you'd have to be pretty ignorant to see that it doesn't accomplish the same thing as Per36.
x 1 million.
Seriously?
REALLY??!?!?
Per48 would make some semblance of sense seeing as games are 48 minutes long. Rarely longer. I'd rather see that a guy gives me
per game than per "some completely arbitrary and useless time frame that no player every really plays that exact amount".
Per game makes so much more sense to go by that it's not even funny.
No, I just didn't stop taking math in 3rd grade. The point of the stat is that it takes out minutes as a difference between players so as to compare them over the same amount of playing time. Hence, it is no longer a factor.
You do realize that Per game doesn't make minutes a factor at all right? Hypothetically a game could last infinitely, yet per game only takes into account that game. It doesn't care about minutes played. What you scored in that game is what you scored. Whether you played for 1 minute, or 48, or 100. Per 36 is a form of bastardized statistical communism that treats all players, regardless of minutes played, as equals, when they aren't. It rewards player who either aren't good enough, aren't able to etc play enough to put up good per game stats. Per36 directly makes minutes a factor by equating all stats out on a per minutes basis. To some how says Per36 minutes makes minutes played no longer a factor is Special person because it does the exact fucking opposite. It becomes an even bigger factor for players that play more than 36 minutes per game because it actually makes their stats go down..meanwhile the Yinka Dare's of the world average 8pts and 10rpg.
Again, for those who understand math, you can compare strike outs per 9 innings if you like, but it's the same effect as looking at K/6 inning. It's about looking at rates, so the amount of time (innings, minutes, whatever) is irrelevant so long as it's equal across the board when you make comparisons.
I understand math. What I am telling you is that this a pointless, worthless, and fucking Special person stat to use. it actually skews the value of the player rather than gives you the true indication of it.
Get your GED and quit rambling about things you clearly do not understand.
What ass clown site did Rush find you at?
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