What is a true assist?

Yeah...but at the time Avery never used Steve Nash properly. He doesn't blend into the half-court game as well. Shaq on Phoenix last year showed us that.

That limited his effectiveness until he was completely unleashed in Phoenix. Nelson understood his potential.

Steve Nash would be incredible in Dallas today. That team would win a ring for sure.

 

I dont think they'd be that good because Dirk is still the best player and he's more of a halfcourt player than a fast break player. Also Kidd is much better defensively.

 

Dirk is great on the break especially as the trailer for the wide open 3...

(Yuck it hurt typing that)

DD

 

fixed

 

needed more fix

 

Okay, getting tired of these "real" numbers within the numbers. Or that Morey is the one that really knows the "truth", like HE knows and we dont...

And he knows, and we don't.

Just guessing, I can see true assist simply meaning passes that lead to open looks. Passes put into the right scoring opportunity, but then its up to the pass receiver to convert or not. Almost like gauging how many times a teammate can screw you out of an assist.

If Ariza makes 9 good passes and the players he passes to goes 3 for 9. Then he has 4 other passes resulting in fouls, that just counts as 3 assists. Though he for sure delivered the ball into a good shot 13 times.

If Chris Paul passes to David West 5 times and David West gets fouled all 5 times without making the shot, Paul gets ZERO assists out of that?

 

A true assist is that whenever Hayes makes a easy layup

 

It would be great if someone would ask Morey to explain true assists during his next radio interview.

 

An assist by Paul Peirce? A cha cha cha!

 

I think if instead of making the basket you get fouled and get ft's it is a true assist.

 

a true assist is precision, efficiency and hittin a guy with a high percentage shot

 

Morey's defined this before. They track a "true assist" as basically being a pass that leads to a shot that they find favorable or want. Whether the shot is made or not is irrelevant (well, in terms of the stat anyway...).

Check the video on at this link : http://multimedia.play.it/m/audio/22051625/daryl-morey-4-1-09.htm

Start listening around the 15:30-15:35 mark.

 

Thanks!

 

And I was going to guess that it was a pass that doesn't lie.

 

CORRECT... Basically a true assists is a pass that leads to a quality shot...

 

Maybe Morey counts all of Ariza's bricks that turn into offensive rebounds as "true assists." That's one way of finding a silver lining in Ariza's season so far.