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Presented by: Group 11

PAUL JINTO JOSE

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PANII NGAONII PGP/16/152AJINKYA LOKARE PGP/16/121D K DEEPAK PGP/16/254VAIBHAV SHARMA PGP/16/009

Defending Isiah


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Spending More then Competitors d

mean success

New York Yankees (2001-2008)

o More resources=>than Competition, spent $1.5 acquiring talent, No WST

Washington Redskin(NFL)

New York Rangers(NHL)


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The link between Payroll and Wins in the Major North A

Sports

League % of wins explained by Relative

National Hockey League 24%

Major League Baseball 18%

National Basketball Association 6%

National Football League 2%

Relative Payroll: Teams spending/average payroll in that seasonMore then 75% is not explained variation


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New York Knicks

Before Isiah

1997-2003 either 1st or 2nd in spend

Six games won more then they lost


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Isiah Lord Thomas III

Led Indiana University to NCAA championship

Became a fixture at midseason All star Game

Out of 13 years appeared 12 times in All starGame

Primary reason for Pistons won NBA title in both1989 and 1990

Retired in 1994

1996: named in 50 most greatest players in NBAs

first 50 years

As an illustrious career in NBA =>Played variousroles as broadcaster and head coach


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First Move: Sold players bought new

Including Point Guard Stephon Marb(Starbury)

Coach and Player

Similarity in resume

Statistical similarity


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Statistic Average Point Guard Stephan Marbury Isiah Tho

Scoring Factors

Points Scored 19.1 25.6

Field Goal Attempts 16.2 21.3

Free Throw Attempts 4.7 7.4

Adjusted Field Goal % 48% 47%

Free Throw % 79% 78%

Possession Factors

Rebounds 4.6 3.8

Steals 2.2 1.6

Turnovers 3.6 4.1 Help Factors

Blocked Shots 0.3 0.2

Assists 9.0 10.2

Personal Fouls 3.8 3.1

WP48 0.100 0.093 0Career Wins Produced NA 39.7


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And he goes on and o Goes on adding above average scorers

But all are having flaws in almost every other aspects Some in terms of shooting efficiency Some in terms of committing turnover 126.6 million(Highest in NBA history) spent on 2005-06 season

of 82 Same followed in 2006-07 and 2007-08 season

$442 Million Isiahs knicks spent San Antanio Spurs, Miami Heat and Boston Celtics in between $

$258 million Despite year of success, He simply didnt know how to build the


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Coaching Contradictions Teams will struggle to win if every players only focuses on

problems

The key was to look beyond individual honors and focus o Role player- who willingly undertakes a thankless job th

be done in order to make the whole package fly Young player more difficult to coach than older player- to

dedicated to personal success Play the right way: scoring not the primary focus

Research shown that point scored, rebounds, steals, andstatistically impacted vote totals

Point scored impact seven times than the others This points out that Decision makers in the NBA suffers fr

illusion


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Isiah's Defence

More shots More points Momoney

o Due to limited budget limit on no of s

Isiahs scorers didnt produce many No match between size of payroll an

Believed that Isiahs players were ov


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Predicting the salary of primary players Isiah T

acquired

Player First season in

New York

Actual salary Predicted salary D

Stephen Marbury 2003-4 $13,500,000 $15,392,655

Jamal Crawford 2004-5 $5,760,000 $7,714,251

Eddy Curry 2005-6 $7,390,000 $9,508,557

QuentinRichardson

2005-6 $6,940,000 $11,439,212

Zach Randolph 2007-8 $13,333,333 $13,437,639


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Isiah's Defence

Players appear to be bargains Problem on how free agent market v

a players contribution

Too much emphasis on scoring


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Performance of primary players Isiah acquired

coming to New York

Player Team Season WP48 W

Stephen Marbury Phoenix 2003-04 0.136

Phoenix 2002-03 0.110

Jamal Crawford Chicago 2003-04 0.063

Chicago 2002-03 0.075

Quentin Richardson Phoenix 2004-05 0.103

LA Clippers 2003-04 0.084 Eddy Curry Chicago 2004-05 0.007

Chicago 2003-04 0.042

Chicago 2003-04 0.042

Zach Randolph Portland 2006-07 0.147

Portland 2005-06 -0.003

Average 0.064


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Wins Produced

An average player will post (WP48) Only Stephen Murberry was above

average

Average (WP48) is 0.064 Consistent with a team winning 28 g


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Performance of Isiahs Players in New YorkPlayer Season WP48 Wins produc

Stephen Marbury 2006-07 0.070 4.0

2005-06 0.092 4.2

2004-05 0.208 14.2

Jamal Crawford 2006-07 0.019 7.5

2005-06 0.109 5.8

2004-05 0.042 2.4

Quentin Richardson 2007-08 0.017 0.6

2006-07 0.194 6.6

2005-06 0.042 1.3

Eddy Curry 2007-08 -0.060 -1.9

2006-07 0.002 0.1

2005-06 0.049 1.9

Zach Randolph 2007-8 0.143 6.7

Average 0.072


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Wins Produced

Players had a problem with shooting effic Star player had a problem hitting boards

Study of free agents and coaches voting scorers are preferred

Lack of funds prevent other general man

from following a different path


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Drawing parallels Valuing companies just on the basis of profits rather tha

maximization / wealth maximization of share holders


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Thank You

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