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Originally Posted by 757690
This exemplifies why using run differential from season to season is very problematic. Teams change their rosters in the off-season, players get older, rookies and young players break through, and some players fall off in terms of production. And that doesn't even take in account injuries.
I really think we will discover that the Pythag will become less and less useful as we move forward with understanding the game.
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It all depends on what you use it for. It's only useless if it's used to blindly predict things without taking into account roster changes.