lilfishi22 wrote:S.S.S.S.S.S (Small Sample Size Stats to Start the Season)
Touches per game:
Booker: 57.5 (73.4 last season)
KD: 72.3 (71.0)
Beal: 53.3 (66.3)
Nurk: 49.8 (55.5)
Dunn: 17.0
Jones: 69.5
Massive drop in Book touches. But overall trend is most touches seems to be decreasing across the board and going to the PG's. KD is still largely consistent though.
Average sec per touch:
Booker: 3.82s (5.04s)
KD: 3.56s (3.47s)
Beal: 3.55s (4.22s)
Nurk: 1.73s (1.83s)
Dunn: 1.53s (na)
Jones: 4.47s (na)
Similar trends as above. Summary: ball isn't as sticky as last season
Average dribble per touch:
Booker: 3.10 (4.40)
KD: 2.28 (2.41)
Beal: 3.12 (3.79)
Nurk: 0.79 (0.75)
Dunn: 0.51 (fewest on the team)
Jones: 4.30 (na)
All good trends. Most players are taking less dribbles with each possession which means the ball is either going up quicker or it's moving to another player sooner.
Pts per touch:
Booker: .400 (.369)
KD: .401 (.378)
Beal: .338 (.272)
Nurk: .176 (.197)
Dunn: .456
Jones: 0.144
Interesting thing here so far is despite the ball being in the hands of our players less, less dribbles are taken and overall players are touching the ball less, they are leading to more scoring.
Post ups:
KD: 1.8 (2.9)
Nurk: 3.0 (2.7)
Biggest thing here seems to be the fewer post touches for KD. While they were effective, I felt like they massively slowed town the pace of the game.
Great post. I was about to address another, expressing minor concern about KD isos, My research left Beal out because of his limited time last year in a new system. I didn't post it because I feel like too much of a KD acolyte sometimes. I also think his ISO's are less harmful, if at all, than believed by some, and his post ups to be too few to worry about. They most come (IMO) in the flow of the offense, and usually when we are in need, and Coach and every player knows who should be getting the ball. Your post more definitively shows that to be KD and Booker. I believe that this year Beal will be another prime option. I just would like to add one more general measure to what you provided.
KD and Book were tied for sixth in the league for per game scoring last year. But they were respectively 30th and 23d in usage. Needless to say that not many that are their equal are that low. They were 33d and 24th in % of field goals attempted, and 20th and 33d for percent of field goals made. Because of the small sample size, I left Booker out for this year. His current numbers do not reflect what I know will be his production by year's end. But KD is currently 7th in scoring while being 40th in usage, 45th in % of FG attempts, and 34th in % of field goals made.
I see this as the Suns getting more points from their superstars with less ball dominance. I cannot understand anyone thinking they could actually be hurting the offense. I like good team balance or I might even think they should shoot more. I still do sometimes, though.
