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The 0.44 in TS%

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:50 pm
by Dr Positivity
0.44 is used instead of 0.5 as an estimate to account for 3pt fouls and techs

Am I missing something or is using this number compared to the “exact” version somewhat outdated? Shouldn’t basketball-reference or nba.com easily be able to track exactly how many 2 point fouls, 3 point fouls and technicals each individual player has drawn and then put that into the formula? I guess you can’t use it with old players hence creating the need for old TS%, but maybe have a TS%+ on the bball reference page like OPS+

Re: The 0.44 in TS%

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:07 pm
by Aido
basketball reference as far as i know dont use actual possession count for pretty much anything, stats.nba does but i dont think they use it for ts%. PBPstats uses the actual count as far as I know

Re: The 0.44 in TS%

Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:16 pm
by GeorgeMarcus
I contacted bbref about this, and they responded 2 months later to tell me they are working on it.

Re: The 0.44 in TS%

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:59 pm
by K_chile22
Paywall but CTG does points per true shooting possession, so basically an accurate TS*2