re: Rumor: Houston Rockets seeing if there is a trade market for Ty Lawson

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Look at Lakers or the 6ers.. the Lakers have a better win % but are they a tougher opponent than the 6ers? Not necessarily

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But more often than not, a team with a better record is a better team, and therefore more difficult to beat.

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Just bc a team has a better win % doesn't mean that they are more difficult to win against

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More often than not it does, especially as the win % diff increases.

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Grade school common sense IMO.

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No it's quite the opposite in fact.

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A tougher SOS doesn't automatically mean tougher games to win

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Again. In general, a tougher SOS = tougher to win. In fact, unless there is some crazy match-up issue, I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't be tougher.

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especially a SOS based off less than 1/4 of the season.

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You act like 1/4 season, especially when you're considering the entire league, is not a solid indicator of trends. It is in fact, enough to get accurate enough approximations to make hypotheses and predictions.