Latrinsorm
12-28-2013, 08:43 PM
stats.nba.com
One of the big gaps in the traditional NBA boxscore is that attempts are only recorded for field goals, free throws, and 3 pointers, and that this has to be the case because the rest are subjective. Even competed assists are subjective, trying to standardize passes that would have been assists if they weren't stolen / tipped / fumbled / missed is crazy*.
But with advanced cameras there are other ways of looking at, for instance, rebounds. The NBA defines a rebounding opportunity as "The number of times player was within the vicinity (3.5 ft) of a rebound." Seems pretty reasonable, right? We can then look at how often players convert rebounding opportunities into actual rebounds, and for players who have played at least 20 games and 20 MP/g this year it turns out the top 10 (http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingRebounding.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25&sortField=REB_COL_PCT&sortOrder=DES&filters=MIN*GE*20**GP*GE*20) is...
REB/g REB % Player
8.2 73.80% Kevin Durant (OKC)
6.9 73.60% LeBron James (MIA)
3.4 71.50% Kevin Martin (MIN)
13.3 70.70% DeAndre Jordan (LAC)
3.1 70.50% Jordan Crawford (BOS)
5.5 70.50% Gordon Hayward (UTA)
6.0 70.30% Russell Westbrook (OKC)
7.0 70.10% Kevin Garnett (BKN)
12.5 70.10% Andre Drummond (DET)
13.3 70.00% Dwight Howard (HOU)...conveniently, these are also the players with 70% or higher. Some very interesting names on this list! But I think also ones that make a lot of sense, only Jordan Crawford and Gordon Hayward stand out as completely inexplicable. There is also a "contested rebound" section, but hilariously they don't list how many opportunities were contested.
*But f it, the NBA did it anyway. First here (http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingPassing.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=100&filters=GP*GE*20**MIN*GE*20) is the raw data for the same 20/20 reqs, and now we can look at AST%. It turns out the values are pretty well bunched together: the average is 49.2% and the standard deviation is 6.2%. Here the top 10 looks like...
AST/g AST% Player
1.4 70.00% DeJuan Blair (DAL)
3.1 63.27% Tim Duncan (SAS)
1.0 62.50% Jordan Hill (LAL)
2.3 60.53% Ray Allen (MIA)
0.3 60.00% Andrew Nicholson (ORL)
2.5 59.52% Gerald Wallace (BOS)
4.4 59.46% Tyreke Evans (NOP)
2.6 59.09% Kyle Korver (ATL)
1.3 59.09% Francisco Garcia (HOU)
3.3 58.93% Josh Smith (DET)
...which is all pretty plausible. The 4 top shooting teams are represented (Heat, Spurs, Rockets, Hawks) but it might be worth adding a volume requirement, too, let's say 5 per game. That list looks like...
AST/g AST% Player
5.0 57.47% Mario Chalmers (MIA)
5.0 56.82% Dwyane Wade (MIA)
5.2 56.52% Nicolas Batum (POR)
5.1 56.04% Lance Stephenson (IND)
9.5 55.23% Stephen Curry (GSW)
8.1 55.10% Jrue Holiday (NOP)
6.5 54.62% LeBron James (MIA)
7.7 53.85% Steve Blake (LAL)
7.0 53.44% Russell Westbrook (OKC)
11.5 53.24% Chris Paul (LAC)
...Miami has a lot of friggin' shooters, we'd expect a lot of Heaters in here.
Regrettably there are no stats kept for gambling for steals or blocks, and those were the stats that could probably benefit most from having that recorded.
One of the big gaps in the traditional NBA boxscore is that attempts are only recorded for field goals, free throws, and 3 pointers, and that this has to be the case because the rest are subjective. Even competed assists are subjective, trying to standardize passes that would have been assists if they weren't stolen / tipped / fumbled / missed is crazy*.
But with advanced cameras there are other ways of looking at, for instance, rebounds. The NBA defines a rebounding opportunity as "The number of times player was within the vicinity (3.5 ft) of a rebound." Seems pretty reasonable, right? We can then look at how often players convert rebounding opportunities into actual rebounds, and for players who have played at least 20 games and 20 MP/g this year it turns out the top 10 (http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingRebounding.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25&sortField=REB_COL_PCT&sortOrder=DES&filters=MIN*GE*20**GP*GE*20) is...
REB/g REB % Player
8.2 73.80% Kevin Durant (OKC)
6.9 73.60% LeBron James (MIA)
3.4 71.50% Kevin Martin (MIN)
13.3 70.70% DeAndre Jordan (LAC)
3.1 70.50% Jordan Crawford (BOS)
5.5 70.50% Gordon Hayward (UTA)
6.0 70.30% Russell Westbrook (OKC)
7.0 70.10% Kevin Garnett (BKN)
12.5 70.10% Andre Drummond (DET)
13.3 70.00% Dwight Howard (HOU)...conveniently, these are also the players with 70% or higher. Some very interesting names on this list! But I think also ones that make a lot of sense, only Jordan Crawford and Gordon Hayward stand out as completely inexplicable. There is also a "contested rebound" section, but hilariously they don't list how many opportunities were contested.
*But f it, the NBA did it anyway. First here (http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingPassing.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=100&filters=GP*GE*20**MIN*GE*20) is the raw data for the same 20/20 reqs, and now we can look at AST%. It turns out the values are pretty well bunched together: the average is 49.2% and the standard deviation is 6.2%. Here the top 10 looks like...
AST/g AST% Player
1.4 70.00% DeJuan Blair (DAL)
3.1 63.27% Tim Duncan (SAS)
1.0 62.50% Jordan Hill (LAL)
2.3 60.53% Ray Allen (MIA)
0.3 60.00% Andrew Nicholson (ORL)
2.5 59.52% Gerald Wallace (BOS)
4.4 59.46% Tyreke Evans (NOP)
2.6 59.09% Kyle Korver (ATL)
1.3 59.09% Francisco Garcia (HOU)
3.3 58.93% Josh Smith (DET)
...which is all pretty plausible. The 4 top shooting teams are represented (Heat, Spurs, Rockets, Hawks) but it might be worth adding a volume requirement, too, let's say 5 per game. That list looks like...
AST/g AST% Player
5.0 57.47% Mario Chalmers (MIA)
5.0 56.82% Dwyane Wade (MIA)
5.2 56.52% Nicolas Batum (POR)
5.1 56.04% Lance Stephenson (IND)
9.5 55.23% Stephen Curry (GSW)
8.1 55.10% Jrue Holiday (NOP)
6.5 54.62% LeBron James (MIA)
7.7 53.85% Steve Blake (LAL)
7.0 53.44% Russell Westbrook (OKC)
11.5 53.24% Chris Paul (LAC)
...Miami has a lot of friggin' shooters, we'd expect a lot of Heaters in here.
Regrettably there are no stats kept for gambling for steals or blocks, and those were the stats that could probably benefit most from having that recorded.