“Empty Tanks: The Hidden Cost of Star Absences on NBA Team Performance Revealed!”
Obviously, in the NBA postseason, a team generally needs its best players to be available to advance to the next round.
But what about the regular season? Are teams better when their best players are missing? Do opponents underestimate NBA lineups that are missing their stars?
Parameters for Answering These Questions
A lineup missing players can be due to different reasons, particularly injuries, but sometimes load management/general rest or other factors.
For this exercise, we looked at how teams played without their stars (we are calling this part âTeam Starlessâ and how they played against teams without their stars (âOpponent Starlessâ).
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