True Shooting% and Effective FG%

It's amazing how Martin's percentage shoots up from 42% to 55% after factoring in his effectiveness from the free throw line.

 

Yup and the scary part is we both know his FG and 3-pt percentages are only going to rise as he gets more comfortable and accustomed to life in a new uniform. Can't wait until that happens given that he's well below his career averages in both categories since joining the Rockets.

Hopefully, we have PLENTY more '32 points on 13 shots' caliber performances in our future.

 

I'm amazed with Martin's TSG.

 

I am extremely surprised by Brian Cook's numbers. Shouldn't it be lower?

 

Martin and Brooks right at the top.

Exactly as it should be.



DD

 

kevin martin is a beast. Even him not playing to his full potential, he has already taken out Aaron in his efficiency and total scoring. And Scola known to be our best or most efficient shooter drops to number 4. I'm surprised that when the 3 pointers are added, their efficiencies drop. I'm probably mistaken, but I vaguely remember someone posting a thread showing that 3 pointers were more efficient that the two's.

 

Layup is most efficient, followed by free throw, followed by corner 3, followed by regular 3.

 

Forget this year... take a look at his TS% over the previous 4 seasons. It's been over 60% every year, which is by far the best for a 20+ppg guard. Noone else has even come close.

 

Indeed. Martin's stats this season are diminished by his injury and bad usage in Sacramento.

Also, for reference, Yao last year's TS%(.618) and eFG%(.541) would both be clear #1 on this year's team. Morey loves his efficient players, that's for sure.

 

A player's eFG% will always be higher than their FG%, because all it is doing is adding 0.5*3FGM to the numerator.

 

I thought it was crazy how many Chinese posters Yao brought here... but the amount of stat topics Morey has created beats it. Not bashing this or any stat threads btw, just an observation.

 

I can't speak for others, but I've been pretty obsessed with stats for longer than I've been on this board. It started when I found baseballprospectus in the early days of the internet. And I've tried to analyze stuff from a statistical standpoint ever since.

The problem is that before Morey's days, posting advanced stats basically get you apathy at best and ridicule at worst. I don't think anybody ever cared back then. Even today, I'd say non-Rockets NBA fans would have a pretty negative response to discussing non-traditional stats in player evaluation.

 

I still don't understand the numbers. I know it changes between a 3 and a 2 pointer but, how do they get a eFG%? do they just take out the 3 pointers?
Also don't understand how they get TS%. How do they get such high percentages with a 3pt percentage included?

Also interesting to see Landry has the highest of them all at .621%TS .547%eFG. If Morey uses this he must have miscalculated.

 

I always liked PPS...

This takes into account both FTs and 3pters made.

DD

 

It goes back to how we understand what "efficiency" means. Instead of looking at efficiency as shots made per shots attempted, the idea here is to look at it as points scored per shots attempted.

FG% = FGM / FGA

But if you want to look at it in terms of points scored per shot attempt, it can be rewritten as:

FG% = 0.5 * [points scored from field goals] / FGA, assuming all made field goals are 2-pointers

What eFG% does is it distinguishes made 3s from made 2s, because a made 3 is worth one extra point. So, it is simply:

eFG% = 0.5 * [actual points scored from field goals] / FGA

TS% goes one step further, and counts trips to the free throw line that aren't recorded in the boxscore as a FGA as a "shot attempt":

TS% = 0.5 * [total points scored] / [true shot attempts]

 

The problem with PPS is it does not factor in efficiency on free throws.

A player who goes 2/2 from the field and 5/5 from the free throw line has the same PPS as a player who goes 2/2 from the field and 5/10 from the free throw line.