Marcus Smart is One of the NBA’s Most Misunderstood Players
…(1.6 per game). According to NBA Math’s defensive points saved metric, Smart ranks 25th in the league (17.37). Despite all this, he is continually in crunch-time lineups for the Boston…
…(1.6 per game). According to NBA Math’s defensive points saved metric, Smart ranks 25th in the league (17.37). Despite all this, he is continually in crunch-time lineups for the Boston…
…Garland’s TPA is the worst among all rookies, slightly edging out Jordan Poole of the Golden State Warriors for the “honor.” https://twitter.com/NBA_Math/status/1192494422598008832 With the young duo on the floor, Cleveland…
…his last full season (2015-16) saw him hit 47.2 percent of his catch-and-shoot threes, per NBA.com’s player tracking data. Meanwhile, a solid 45 percent of Saric’s assists (82 of his…
…Position: PG/SG 2016-17 Stats: 7.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.4 blocks, minus-25.34 TPA Highest Grade: 4 (Frank Urbina) Lowest Grade: 2 (multiple voters) “[Spencer] Dinwiddie is a…
…points saved. 7. Lance Stephenson: 3.31 Age at start of 2017-18: 27 Position: SG/SF 2016-17 Stats: 6.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 0.3 steals, 0.2 blocks, minus-39.03 TPA (for New…
…them. We’ve seen how pick-and-pop big men thrive amid this floor balance, and how scorers and ball-handlers can make easy reads as a result. What about Whiteside? The poor-shooting, even-worse-passing…
…https://nbamath.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/87cc1d27-c6ba-922d-40e1-dd2f82ceaae1.nba_129251_1920x1080_5904.mp4 And we’re not even sure how to classify this one, which led to a four-point play by Stephen Curry: https://nbamath.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/aab73f87-d18a-9302-5109-65a2340f3c47.nba_68600_1920x1080_5904.mp4 Jokic routinely shows excellent spatial awareness in the half-court…
…(599.19 TPA from 1992-94), Dennis Rodman (584.34 TPA from 1990-92), Danny Manning (562.99 TPA from 1991-93) If you’d like to run through all these graphics in quick succession or see…