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The Velveeta Cheese Twitter Account Is Providing The Most Nuanced And Insightful NBA Analytics Discussions
NBA Twitter is a very entertaining section of the Internet, while you mostly find (at times hilarious) memes about the daily NBA happenings, you also often find useful information and extended data analytics.
But who would have thought that some of the most nuanced discussions about NBA analytics come from Kraft Food Velveeta Cheese’s Twitter account, that seems to be run by a huge NBA nerd?!
2020 has already been one helluva crazy year, and now a processed cheese company delivers some of the most qualified comments on NBA analytics on the internet…
2020, the year that processed cheese companies turned against the analytics movement pic.twitter.com/RiTl3VyAGX
— Steve Helwick (@s_helwick) November 2, 2020
WE ARE BULLISH ON RUDY BUT WE LOVE RIM PROTECTION- PEOPLE THINK THE 3 IS THE QUEEN RIGHT NOW BUT ITS 3'S AND SHOTS ON THE RIM. A SOLID RIM PROTECTOR WHO ISN'T A TURNOVER/FT LIABILITY HELPS WINS GAMES
— VELVEETA (@CheesyVelveeta) November 2, 2020
VORP IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE BC THE FORMULA FOR REPLACEMENT PLAYER FEELS ARBITRARY AND ULTIMATELY UNSATISFYING- LIKE COMPARING A KNOWN AGAINST AN HYPOTHETICAL, WIN SHARES ARE HELPFUL BUT DISREGARDS A PLAYER'S CONTEXT WHICH IS TOO IMPORTANT TO DISMISS – U?
— VELVEETA (@CheesyVelveeta) November 2, 2020
THERE'S TOO MUCH PARITY RIGHT NOW- LIKE DOES COLLIN SEXTON'S UNADJUSTED ON-OFF TELL YOU SOMETHING COMPARED TO GARY TRENT'S? IT'S ALMOST LIKE COMPARING ERAS? WHAT U THINK
— VELVEETA (@CheesyVelveeta) November 2, 2020
Velveeta out here doubling as an NBA twitter burner. https://t.co/h3yMsPcO8i
— Darius Soriano (@forumbluegold) November 2, 2020
OVERALL I THINK WE FORGET ANALYTICS IS GREAT FOR FINDING SMALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLAYERS BUT USING IT SOLELY FOR PLAYER EVALUATION IS AGAINST ITS INTENDED USE- PIPM RELIES TOO MUCH ON BOX SCORE AND WE HAVEN'T WEIGHTED BOX SCORES CORRECTLY IN TERMS OF IMPACT ON A GAME
— VELVEETA (@CheesyVelveeta) November 2, 2020
How is Velveeta providing more nuanced discussions about analytics and its usage than the majority of NBA analysis in media https://t.co/kwteKx7rnH
— Mohamed (@MoeSquare) November 2, 2020
you're my new favorite NBA twitter follow, Velveeta
— Alex Regla (@AlexmRegla) November 2, 2020
Ahhh, yes, a classic “what would an analytics guru tweet to alert their followers they’re being held captive by Velveeta” tweets https://t.co/VICBlIlFHe
— Caitlin Cooper (@C2_Cooper) November 2, 2020
the person running the velveeta twitter account is probably more qualified to work in an nba analytics department than 90% of draft tweeter https://t.co/VZlnmY7dtY
— sam (@skt775) November 2, 2020
