Statistical Analysis of the NBA

[volkin]

I'm interested in learning about the subject and would like to know what book(s) would get me up to date.
Thanks in advance

[Zach Belden]

points per game is the most important

[Ralph Wiggum]

Any articles by John Hollinger is good.

[kidcolin]

There's Hollinger.

82games.com

Google apbr metrics.

Dave Berri's Wages of Win blog is pretty good, but his method is hotly debated by statheads. There's a TrueHoop entry detailing some paper that'll be presented soon to debunk his method.

[kyleb]

I mainly read 82games.com but I'm not all that into it.

[tarheeljks]

i'm not a huge fan of hollinger's metrics either, particularly the "usage" stat