Post by eric on Feb 11, 2020 16:26:55 GMT
It is known that this game has always been, and will always be, about buckets.
For those who do not yet know, here's a graph of the running average of the on/offs of all NBA players to play at least 500 minutes this season starting with the top thirty points per game.
Okay, so in general scoring is good. (These insights are why I get paid the big bucks, folks.) But we also know about the phenomenon of empty stats. Can we see that illustrated, perhaps by looking at all players to currently average 25 PPG?
LeBron James, pretty good player. Pretty solid. Kawhi Leonard, superhero. Damian Lillard, sure why not.
But how about that bottom? Bradley "No Bleals" and Zach LaVine are known poor defenders, what if...
...what if...
...Anthony Davis is a bad defender too?
For those who do not yet know, here's a graph of the running average of the on/offs of all NBA players to play at least 500 minutes this season starting with the top thirty points per game.
Okay, so in general scoring is good. (These insights are why I get paid the big bucks, folks.) But we also know about the phenomenon of empty stats. Can we see that illustrated, perhaps by looking at all players to currently average 25 PPG?
ppg o/o name
25 15 LeBron James
27 14 Kawhi Leonard
30 12 Damian Lillard
26 9 Devin Booker
30 9 Giannis Antetokounmpo
30 7 Trae Young
35 5 James Harden
26 5 Karl-Anthony Towns
29 3 Luka Doncic
27 1 Russell Westbrook
27 0 Kyrie Irving
25 -1 Brandon Ingram
26 -3 Anthony Davis
25 -3 Zach LaVine
29 -4 Bradley BealLeBron James, pretty good player. Pretty solid. Kawhi Leonard, superhero. Damian Lillard, sure why not.
But how about that bottom? Bradley "No Bleals" and Zach LaVine are known poor defenders, what if...
...what if...
...Anthony Davis is a bad defender too?
