NBA.com's John Schuhmann is pretty big on efficiency. He likes assessing the offensive and defensive performances of teams and players by digging into the stats to see how effectively they can create or prevent baskets. It's an approach to evaluation that emphasizes economy and execution.
So it's no surprise that Schuhmann only needed three words to tell you everything you need to know about the 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats in the latest edition of his NBA.com Power Rankings:
Yep, that about sums it up.
What information lives inside that summation? The Bobcats rank last in the league in both points scored per 100 possessions and points allowed per 100 possessions, and first in the league in head-coach facepalms. They've lost 17 straight games, including a 28-point loss to the second-worst team in the league, and they've got a real shot at catching the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers for the lowest winning percentage in league history. Even if they don't, though, people who blog about the team, like Spencer at Queen City Hoops, now find it "hard to imagine a team once [existed] that was worse than this."
When you look at all that, "This team stinks" actually seems pretty kind, doesn't it?
Hat-tips to Deadspin and Sharapova's Thigh.
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