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Interesting stats

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 3:11 pm
by ArC_man
I really like the new stats.nba.com page and I've been drooling over it and looking at various stats lately. Here are some interesting (but not extensive) tidbits I've found, my opinions are in italics.

Shooting:
Meeks and Blake have been shooting the lights out on catch and shoot.
Blake 47.7% C&S with 53.8% on C&S 3s
Meeks 45.9% C&S with 48.5% on C&S 3s
For comparison: Korver - 56% C&S/55.3% C&S 3s; Klay 52% C&S/51.2% C&S 3s
Both players are pretty bad at pull-up shooting 21.4% (Blake) and 37.5% (Meeks). Interestingly enough, Wes Johnson shoots 34.5% FG but is shooting 40% on 3s and 43.3% on C&S 3s.
- All 3 players need to stop dribbling before they shoot. Wes just needs to stand in a corner until he learns how to dribble IMO. Pull-ups are an area where we desperately need Kobe back. A reason to be positive about our current starting lineup is that we essentially have 3 of our best 3pt shooters on the floor at the same time.

People (like myself) complain about Pau's terrible shooting. However he's shooting 61% FG on close shots -- scores on any touch within 12 feet of the basket not including drives (for comparison Love - 53.8%; Lebron - 77.8%; Dwight - 66.7%). What makes his FG% so terrible is he's shooting 37% on catch and shoot opportunities and he's taking more C&S shots than close shots (3.7 to 3.5, not a huge difference).
- I think despite how he looks, Pau is still statistically effective (because he sure doesn't look effective) on close touches and he needs to get more of them. I don't know if he's not getting the ball down in the low post more because he doesn't want to bang to get position or if D'Antoni's offense is forcing him to be outside but I think it's probably a combination of both. Something is missing though, I don't know where the rest of his shots are going because the percentages don't really add up. It would also be interesting to see his post up shooting percentage (I'm sure that number exists, probably on Synergy) compared to NBA.com's close FG%.

Rebounding:
Our team pretty damn good at rebounding and is 3rd in the league at rebounds per game. Jordan Hill has a ridiculous 55% "contested rebound percentage" -- that is if there is someone within 3.5 Ft contesting the rebound (for comparison Dwight - 31.3%; Love - 35.2%; Pau -31.1%, Kanter - 63.2% :lol:). Pau also hasn't been a slouch at rebounding, succeeding on 68.8% of his rebound opportunities (Hill gets 63.2% of his). Wes Johnson has been a slightly better rebounder than Chris Kaman better at both contested rebound percentage (43.2% to 40%) as well as getting more out of rebound opportunities (56.4% to 55.6%).
- With our new starting lineup of Wes, Jordan, and Pau, we're going to be killing it on the boards. Quite surprising to me since we lost one of the best rebounders in the league in Dwight but we really haven't seen a dip in production.

Defense:
Not surprisingly, Pau has the worse defensive rating on the team (not counting Elias Harris) at 108.1. What's interesting however is that Shawne Williams and Chris Kaman have the lowest DefRtg on the team (97.7 and 98.8 respectively, everyone else on the team is >100). Kaman also happens to be the best rim protector on the team -- opponents are shooting 39.1% FG at the rim (for comparison Hibbert - 33.8%; Davis - 33.3%; Duncan - 31.9%; Dwight - 50% :lol:). Wes Johnson, despite having the most blocks on our team, is allowing 60% opp FG at rim.
- I think this just shows how Wes cannot be playing out of position as the 4 on this team. I guess it also highlights how pathetic our defense happens to be. I thought our athletic wing players and guards would be better but they haven't really shown their effectiveness yet.

Team stats:
Despite the 3 "schedule losses" with the B2B games, the team has been remarkably consistent in terms of overall stats on these games. The shooting obviously is down (39.2% FG and 37.9% 3FG on 0 days rest; 42.5% FG and 40.2% 3FG on 1 day rest) but the rest of the team stats are pretty much the same. The difference between Home and Away games is also not so different (43.5% FG and 40.9% 3FG at home; 40.2% FG and 40.3% 3FG on the road).
- Honestly we're just a bad offensive team and we completely depend on our rebounding advantage and shooting 3s to win games (maybe I should've put this bullet point first so it doesn't sound so doomsday).

Re: Interesting stats

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 7:59 pm
by stunnar0b
Good stuff

Re: Interesting stats

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:57 am
by AcecardZ
Very nice post OP!

Re: Interesting stats

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:44 pm
by IamBBAnalysis
ArC_man wrote:I
- Honestly we're just a bad offensive team and we completely depend on our rebounding advantage and shooting 3s to win games (maybe I should've put this bullet point first so it doesn't sound so doomsday).


Either Gasol or Nash (or both) were needed or expected to lead the offense with Kobe out and neither has done it. Without a guy who consistently gets easy looks for himself and others this team was never going to be good offensively. The good news is that if Kobe comes back strong, if Nash ever gets healthy, or Gasol gets better the team does have potential now to be good offensively.

Re: Interesting stats

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 5:19 am
by milesfides
Pau looks mostly out of shape and playing without motivation. He'll pick it up a little, but he's just not in the Lakers' long-term plans - and he's a smart guy, he knows it - has known it for a while. Outside of a title run this year, he's done as a Laker. But I do expect him to convert more of his shots as the season progresses (still very early). Pau seems pretty distracted by his off-court interests, but I think once Kobe comes back, the higher expectations and Kobe kicking him in the butt will get him better focused. Also, running more pick and rolls in that 2-man game will get Pau back into what helped us win 2 rings.

On the note of interesting stats, Nick Young does absolutely jack-crap outside of scoring. It's amazing how he DOESN'T fill up the boxscore. That guy is interested in absolutely nothing except scoring. Such a waste of talent, but I guess hard work and grit are talents too. Not surprising he's better as a bench player, because his role is simplified that way. But it truly amazing how all he cares about is imitating a 17-year-old Kobe.

Another interesting stat: Jordan Hill is 8th in the league in PER. It's still early, and the big question will be if his body can hold up over 82 games. The real future of this D'Antoni team is that Hill will man center, next to a stretch four.