Small sample sizes can be misleading. Invest in them at your own risk. NBA teams should be wary of small samples too.
Take the pet rock. When it was first released, it was an extremely popular item. Surely, someone invested too much in them. As it turned out, everyone who wanted one had basically bought one already.
A team can start a season off hot – only to cool down.
Hopefully, they didn’t make any major decisions based on their limited data.
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For example, look at the San Antonio Spurs. They started 2022-23 looking like a playoff team. Now, at 6-12, they look like the lottery team we were expecting.
Could that make them a candidate for a big trade?