I didn't see this anywhere, so I figured I would demonstrate how well our running game is working! http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingSpeed.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25 Our top 4 players are all there with Lebron James sandwiched in between! :grin:
That is a "Total Distance Traveled" in miles... since it's a total, it favors the players that have played in 5 games (Rockets) over those who have played in 4. Parsons, however, is #2 in distance traveled per game. I guess "traveling" is suddenly a good thing in basketball
That player tracking data is freaking amazing! Anyone know how this works? Physical sensors or pure software? If it's pure software I wonder what the +/- accuracy is. Thanks OP.
Hopefully Harden's speed and per/48 numbers will start to match the other Rockets starters now that Beverly is back and he doesn't have to play such heavy minutes.
Looks like Beverly is the fastest Rocket according to this measure at 4.5 mph, followed by Casspi at 4.4!
Updating other SportsVU data: Harden is fifth in player PPG on drives, and Lin is fourth in team PPG on drives (the latter, I assume, includes points when the driver dishes the ball off to a teammate in the paint). http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingDrives.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25&sortField=DTP&sortOrder=DES
Howard, Blake, and Lin's total distance traveled is amazing considering how many minutes they're playing per game. Or did I not read this right?
The PER 48 controls for minutes played. Doesn't look out of the ordinary, might be a little on the low side.
Not surprised at all to see Parsons at the top. He has the best off-ball movement on this team and it's the reason why McHale keeps him on the floor. That said fatigue probably causes a lot of the silly mistakes we've seen from him.
