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Image 1 — Veronica Burton has moved into a tie with A'ja for best RAPM (Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus).
Image 2 — Veronica Burton has moved into a tie with A'ja for best RAPM (Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus).
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Veronica Burton has moved into a tie with A'ja for best RAPM (Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus).

This metric is one of the best ways we have of measuring a player's overall impact on helping their team win. Plus/Minus in interesting because in theory it accounts for everything that matters in winning, not just putting big numbers in box scores. For example: If someone doesn't rack up high numbers of steals/blocks because their defensive coverage keeps the ball out of the hands of their opponents' best players. However, it tends to skew things in ways where good players on bad teams get punished and bad players on good teams get rewarded. This version adjusts for teammates and opponents and its main weakness is small sample size, so this lumps in previous years where it can. VB has actually improved since last year (although I think that is mainly due to maintaining the big leap she made mid-season last year).

Source: https://dubmetrics.com/players

u/bevel_like_an_emboss — 18 hours ago
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With 12 assists / 0 Turnovers last night Veronica Burton becomes the youngest player to have four 10/0 games, and the ONLY player with three 12/0 games.

One of my favorite stats to look at is high assist, no turnover games. IMO it's like pitching a no-hitter in baseball, and Veronica Burton is doing them at an unprecedented pace.

VB is currently tied for the second most 10/0 games with Penicheiro, Staley, and Vandersloot. Sue Bird has the most with seven 10/0 games. Only two games into her 2nd season as a full time starter, VB reached her fourth 10/0 game. If I've done the math correctly, she has reached that milestone in 200 fewer games played as a starter than Sue, and did so about 4 years younger.

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u/bevel_like_an_emboss — 2 months ago