2006 LeBron Playmaking Tracking

[Lebronnygoat]

Here, I’ll be showing the creations I’ve officially tracked and recorded for this 2006 Lebron game:
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZKCTdpSGA6E?si=12YGPUNrAKLMyfub
https://streamable.com/t0mzp1
https://streamable.com/lys2vr
https://streamable.com/24qc44
https://streamable.com/lt184x
https://streamable.com/50wwgk
https://streamable.com/zg842h
https://streamable.com/1m5h96
(26 creations)
I also counted 39 EDTOs for these creations though i count edtos differently than KD and i think some of my edtos are adas for them. KD said they saw 35 edtos and 17 adas.
My friend Bev counted 30 creations. He counts plays like these even though the guy kobe passed to didn’t shoot, I’m now less strict and always count those nowadays, however, back when I initially tracked this game (wasn’t too focused with tracking since its a random regular season game I wanted to track), I was more strict on if that Kobe video is a creation. So 30 is definitely plausible.
https://streamable.com/zfx3u5
47 points and 26-30 creations. It’s up there for the GOAT offensive regular season game against his year’s champs.
Lebron’s really got crazy gravity and he creating alot with it even in games he shoots alot.
Tbh I don’t know abt Nash being the GOAT pm.
Thoughts?

[OhayoKD]

Tbh I don’t know abt Nash being the GOAT pm.

Eh...You should see what your tracking looks like for Nash first.

[AEnigma]

I think it is funny that you are treating “adas” and “edtos” as terms immediately familiar to your audience. I had to go to Ohayo’s profile to remind myself.

Defenders taken out (DTOs) -> this is when a player entirely or near-entirely renders a defender unable to affect an offensive play themselves(excepting a reset)

Additional Defenders Affected (ADAs) -> this is when a player helps render a defender unable to affect an offensive play

Extra Defenders Taken Out (EDTO) are defenders you take out who aren’t primarily responsible for guarding you.

Anyway, I appreciate the clips and think this type of work is valuable to better emphasise how high volume playmakers — Lebron, Nash, Magic, Oscar, Luka, Westbrook, Harden, Paul, Trae, Haliburton, etc. — significantly outpace their raw assists, which I would hope most people passively understand but which nevertheless often goes unappreciated because “potential assists” are not a normalised element of the box score the way field goal attempts are, and potential assists themselves follow a stricter standard than whether a look was created. But I agree the comparison aspect of this generally requires a larger sampling of those top end playmakers.

[ceoofkobefans]

I don't do all that extra **** you do but i also tracked this game for bron (as well as wade) and here are my results


LeBron
22 Double teams drawn (5 PTS 1-1 FGA, 3-3 FTA, 2 shooting fouls drawn, 1 and 1, 20 Passes where teammates shot 8-12 on FGs and 2-4 on 3PAs, as well as a hockey assist. He had a bad pass TOV and created 13 shots where his teammates shot 6-10 and 2-4 from 3 and drew 3 SFD)
4 Triple Teams drawn (2 PTS, 1-1 FGA, 3 Passes, 0-3 FGA, 0-3 3PA, 2 shots created, 0-2 FGA, 0-2 3PA)
4 screens defeated
4 screens defeated by
18 shots created (8-14 FGA, 2-7 3PA, 3 SFD, 1 teammate offensive goaltending)
2 Shots created for him (0-2 FGA, 0-2 3PA)
9 Blow Bys
8 Blow Bys Allowed
6 Shot Contests (1 SFC)
2 Altered shots
7 Open Shots Allowed (3-7 FGA, 1-2 3PA)
7 Steal attempts, 2 Steals (5 Gambles, 1 steal)
1 Intercepted Pass
20 Points allowed
8-16 opponent FGA (2-5 on contests)
1-3 opponent 3PA (0-1 on contests)
3-3 opponent FTA (2 Shooting fouls committed 1 and 1 allowed)
58.8 TS% allowed

Dwyane Wade
14 Double Teams Drawn (4 Pts,1-2 FGA, 2-4 FTA, 2 SFD, 10 Passes, 4-8 teammate FGA, 0-3 3PA, 6 shots created, 2-6 FGA, 0-3 3PA)
3 Triple Teams Drawn (1 non shooting foul drawn, 2 passes that lead to another pass)
7 Shots Created (3-7 FGA, 0-3 3PA)
3 Shots created for him (1-3 FGA, 1-2 3PA *note one of these created shots was off of a screen where he missed the shot)
6 blow bys
3 blow bys allowed
3 Shot contests (1 Shooting foul committed)
1 Altered shot
5 Open shots allowed (2-4 FGA, 1 Shooting foul committed)
4 Steal attempts, 1 steal (4 gambles, 1 steal)
1 intercepted pass
4 block attempts (1 SFC)
11 Points Allowed
4-8 opponent FGA (0-2 on contests)
3-5 Opponent FTA (3 SFC, 1 and 1 allowed)
55 TS% Allowed

Shots against Lebron by shot location
Restricted area: 4-5 FGA (1-1 Open shots, 1-2 Contested shots)
Paint: 2-2 (2-2 contested shots)
mid range: 0-2 (0-1 open, 0-1 contested)
long 2s: 1-4 (1-3 open, 0-1 contested)
Above the break 3s: 0-2 (0-1 open, 0-1 contested)
corner 3s: 1-1 (1-1 open)

Shots against Wade by shot location
restricted area: 3-5 (0-2 Contested, 1-1 open)
Paint: 0-0
mid range: 0-0
long 2s: 1-3 (1-2 open)

LeBron when matched up with Wade
4 Possessions
7 Points
3-3 FGA
1-1 FTA (1 and 1 allowed from Michael Doleac)
1 Pass (lead to another pass)
1 Double Team (3 Pts, 1-1 FGA, 1-1 FTA)

Wade when matched up with LeBron
19 Possessions
13 Points
6-11 FGA
0-1 3PA
1-1 FTA (1 and 1 on Bron)
1 turnover (1 lost ball recovered by LeBron)
5 Passes (0-2 FGA, 0-2 3PA, 3 teammate passes, 1 Hockey Assist, 2 shots created, 0-2 FGA, 0-2 3PA)
4 Open Shots allowed by Bron (1-4 FGA, 0-1 3PA)
2 double teams (lead to the 2 created shots)
2 Triple Teams (1 non shooting foul from Varejao, 1 pass that lead to another pass)

[OhayoKD]

(26 creations)

18 shots created (8-14 FGA, 2-7 3PA, 3 SFD, 1 teammate offensive goaltending)

So there's a counted creation disparity of 8. Curious which of Lebronny's extra 8 you didn't agree with.

Would also be interesting to see which plays Bev counted neither of you two did though we'd need the clips for that.