The NBA Stats Thread: The 15-year chain reaction that led to the NBA's current offensive explosion

And unfortunately, I probably won't be updating this thread as much as I would like to since I'm at my job the entire day during the week. Hopefully others (:nerd:) can keep this thread active.
 
Welp, it's here. Player tracking data from the SportVU cameras. 
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http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingShooting.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25
 
Yeah I saw it on another site earlier and have been playing with it, it's awesome

I can't wait till the season goes on and we have a greater sample size. Some of the observations are really cool.

For example Goran Dragic leads the league in total drives. Obviously it's SSS but people who have watched him know he's great at getting into the lane, I expect him to always be near the top in that category. Bradley Beal is 6th in distance traveled per game, that's another one that doesn't surprise me because he never stops moving without the ball. Chris Paul #1 by far in touches per game.

This is really really cool, I'm gonna be on this all season
 
how does dwight howard get 21 uncontested rebounds? did the bobcats players run away from the paint whenever a shot went up?
 
Not much to surmise after two games, but this is pretty unbelievable.

Of course Jefferson has the most buckets attempted and scored on him at the rim. :lol:

Ibaka is right there, too, though. :nerd:

Gortat is getting killed early on, huh?

Still nothing about defending in space. Have to imagine that is exponentially more difficult to figure.
 
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Still nothing about defending in space. Have to imagine that is exponentially more difficult to figure.
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I was wondering about this too. I'd like to see more info on how teams/players defend. I saw on twitter earlier that Mike Prada thinks NBA teams are trying to keep that info proprietary.

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[h3]5 early gems from the new NBA player tracking tool[/h3]
If you haven't seen the new NBA Player Tracking tool yet, check it out. It uses SportVU cameras and software to track the movements of every player on every court for every NBA game. That means it can chart the movements and speed of every player, touches and passes, rebounding, defensive opportunities, and much more. It's going to be an amazing tool for fans to get a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the game.

Like for example, by jumping to impossibly early conclusions based on two games of data! But hey, it's fun, so here are five early nuggets that I found interesting and we'll keep tracking in the future. (Note: I'm only including data for players who've played two games so far, not one. See? I care about sample size!)

1. How some notable centers are doing defending the rim (min 6 FGA / gm at the rim):

Against Roy Hibbert: opponents are shooting 26% at the rim (btw, David West and Ian Mahinmi both qualify as well, and are at 38% and 37% respectively)
Chris Kaman: 17% (!) 
Tyson Chandler: 32%
Andrew Bogut: 50%
Pau Gasol: 54%
Nikola Vucevic: 56%
Chris Bosh: 62%

2. Catch and shoot FG% (min 5 such FGA/gm):

Klay Thompson: 73%
LeBron James: 62.5%
Ray Allen: 41.7%
Carmelo Anthony: 40% 
Wesley Johnson and Pau Gasol: 36% each
Arron Aflalo: 25% 

Bonus: Stephen Curry doesn't qualify yet, but (yawn) he's at 75%.

3. Leaders in player time of possession per game (number of mins a player possesses the ball in mins):

Chris Paul: 7.9 mins out of 37 mins played
Derrick Rose: 6.6 mins, 32.9 mins played
Jameer Nelson: 6.2 mins, 35.5 mins played

Bonus: Klay Thompson has possessed the ball for just 1.1 mins / gm in order to score 24 ppg. That's 66 seconds per game.

4. Leaders in average speed on the court (in mph, min 20 mpg)

Norris Cole: 4.7 mph
JJ Redick: 4.7 mph
Kirk Hinrich: 4.6 mph
Steve Blake: 4.6 mph

5. Leaders in assist opportunities per gm (passes in which the teammate then attempts a shot):

CP3: 21.5 opptys/ gm, translating to 13 apg
Jameer Nelson: 18.5 opptys/ gm, 7.5 apg
LeBron: 18 opptys/ gm, 10.5 apg

Bonus: Poor D-Rose and Melo: each have 9.5 opptys/ gm, but only 3.5 apg


FINAL bonus: D-Rose has attempted 13 pull-up jumpers so far this season, and has made 0 of them.
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Rudy Gay 6 for 23 tonight.

I'm thinkin this should be a regular update. :lol: Any objections?
 
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Rudy Gay 6 for 23 tonight.

I'm thinkin this should be a regular update. :lol: Any objections?
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We just need to go 10-20 and Masai will initiate the tank, best believe I cheer for every mid range ISO Rudy pull up. :pimp:
 
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4. Leaders in average speed on the court (in mph, min 20 mpg)

Norris Cole: 4.7 mph
JJ Redick: 4.7 mph
Kirk Hinrich: 4.6 mph
Steve Blake: 4.6 mph
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Philly seems confused about this whole tanking thing.

Maybe Miami's big three talked and decided to rest this year, tank for Wiggins and really go on a run. :lol:
 
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4. Leaders in average speed on the court (in mph, min 20 mpg)

Norris Cole: 4.7 mph
JJ Redick: 4.7 mph
Kirk Hinrich: 4.6 mph
Steve Blake: 4.6 mph
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Making the most of their athletic ability. :pimp:

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Philly seems confused about this whole tanking thing.

Maybe Miami's big three talked and decided to rest this year, tank for Wiggins and really go on a run. :lol:
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The league conspiring for the Sixers to go 82-0.
 
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Heat aren't serious with Bron already at 38 minutes a game 4 games in are they? :lol:

Spo is a good coach, I like him, but he's going to have to master minutes this season. He can't kill Bron when he's going to need to somehow do even more later this year. (to absorb Wade is my thought process)

And Anthony Davis appears to have made a bit of a leap...... :nerd: Everyone knew he would, but this much?
 
Come on. You know Stern had Davis in New Orleans from the word go. We all said it from second 1. :lol:

Speaking of, is this year's #1 pick going to make a shot his rookie year? Thinkin about startin a pool here pretty soon.
 
Paul George sure seems to be playin like he's improved even more this off season.
 
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