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I am doing an analysis of the league's top inside scorers and wanted to give you a taste by posting the Toronto Raptors results. I did only the main 10 rotation players, with the following results:

Best players at finishing inside (dunks, tips, layups) - eFG%:
1. TJ Ford - 0.633
2. Rasho Nesterovic - 0.622
3. Jamario Moon - 0.613
4. Kris Humphries - 0.602
5. Jose Calderon - 0.600
6. Chris Bosh - 0.592
7. Jason Kapono - 0.590
8. Andrea Bargnani - 0.508
9. Anthony Parker - 0.507
10. Carlos Delfino - 0.475

Really surprised at Delfino's eFG%.

Proportion of total offense scored inside:
1. Rasho Nesterovic - 69.77%
2. Kris Humphries - 49.18%
3. Chris Bosh - 36.94%
4. Jamario Moon - 36.59%
5. TJ Ford - 31.91%
6. Jose Calderon - 21.49%
7. Carlos Delfino - 19.78%
8. Andrea Bargnani - 18.89%
9. Anthony Parker - 14.41%
10. Jason Kapono - 13.10%

This is the proportion of each player's points scored inside. The caveat in this is Chris Bosh's FT numbers. So often, he's hacked before he has a chance to score inside. If we were to roll those numbers into this rate, then he'd probably be first on the list.

Proportion of total offense scored inside unassisted:
1. Rasho Nesterovic - 24.42%
2. TJ Ford - 24.26%
3. Kris Humphries - 21.64%
4. Jose Calderon - 19.98%
5. Chris Bosh - 19.21%
6. Jamario Moon - 9.15%
7. Carlos Delfino - 8.90%
8. Anthony Parker - 7.35%
9. Andrea Bargnani - 6.23%
10. Jason Kapono - 3.93%

Same caveat as above. This is the more important number in my estimate. This basically tells us who gets to the rim without it being facilitated by the PG (or another player for that matter) breaking down the defense.

As you can see, we are missing TJ Ford's production big time. He's finishing strongly inside, and 25% of his offense is generated off of layups after breaking the defense down. Also, I am pleasantly surprised by Kris Humphries' numbers.

I will share the league-wide results with you in the next few weeks.

supersub15 wrote:I am doing an analysis of the league's top inside scorers and wanted to give you a taste by posting the Toronto Raptors results. I did only the main 10 rotation players, with the following results:

Best players at finishing inside (dunks, tips, layups) - eFG%:
1. TJ Ford - 0.633
2. Rasho Nesterovic - 0.622
3. Jamario Moon - 0.613
4. Kris Humphries - 0.602
5. Jose Calderon - 0.600
6. Chris Bosh - 0.592
7. Jason Kapono - 0.590
8. Andrea Bargnani - 0.508
9. Anthony Parker - 0.507
10. Carlos Delfino - 0.475

Really surprised at Delfino's eFG%.

Proportion of total offense scored inside:
1. Rasho Nesterovic - 69.77%
2. Kris Humphries - 49.18%
3. Chris Bosh - 36.94%
4. Jamario Moon - 36.59%
5. TJ Ford - 31.91%
6. Jose Calderon - 21.49%
7. Carlos Delfino - 19.78%
8. Andrea Bargnani - 18.89%
9. Anthony Parker - 14.41%
10. Jason Kapono - 13.10%

This is the proportion of each player's points scored inside. The caveat in this is Chris Bosh's FT numbers. So often, he's hacked before he has a chance to score inside. If we were to roll those numbers into this rate, then he'd probably be first on the list.

Proportion of total offense scored inside unassisted:
1. Rasho Nesterovic - 24.42%
2. TJ Ford - 24.26%
3. Kris Humphries - 21.64%
4. Jose Calderon - 19.98%
5. Chris Bosh - 19.21%
6. Jamario Moon - 9.15%
7. Carlos Delfino - 8.90%
8. Anthony Parker - 7.35%
9. Andrea Bargnani - 6.23%
10. Jason Kapono - 3.93%

Same caveat as above. This is the more important number in my estimate. This basically tells us who gets to the rim without it being facilitated by the PG (or another player for that matter) breaking down the defense.

As you can see, we are missing TJ Ford's production big time. He's finishing strongly inside, and 25% of his offense is generated off of layups after breaking the defense down. Also, I am pleasantly surprised by Kris Humphries' numbers.

I will share the league-wide results with you in the next few weeks.

WOAH, I knew Ford would be up there but didn't realize about Rasho lol. I guess that's because he doesn't take too many shots in the first place. Also, MOON needs to go inside more!

Yeh. I'm surprised by the production by K-Hump he has been great for us thus far. Rasho is Rasho we all know what he does best those tips, extra layups or dunks and he has been productive doing that for us since he was traded here. WOW..we really miss TJ he has one tough dude getting in there with the big guys we need him ASAP.Caldy has been great he should be attacking inside more like last year.

Delfino has a bad habit, reminiscent of Mo Pete, of altering lay-up attempts into wild reverses high off the arc when challenged; if he simply learned to go into contact when a defender goes for the block, he would be much more efficient underneath.