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How many average possessions per FTA?

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 4:09 am
by Alfred
Let's say that an average NBA player averages 3 FTA per game (completely made up stat, just an example). On average, how many possessions would those FTA represent? Would it be half -- i.e. 1.5 possessions?

Re: How many average possessions per FTA?

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 4:52 am
by Alfred
I kind of Googled myself into the correct answer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_shooting_percentage