A look at what Morey might be referring to as "True Assist" -- with stats http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/201...st/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
WoW.. interesting read.. .but as with any statistical method of measuring things there are some flaws... Aaron Brooks ahead of Nash in a assist comparison.. hmmm dont get me wrong I love Brooks and he's playing awesome now!!
Aaron Brooks isn't ahead of Nash in assists under this adjusted assist measurement. It's just that Brooks gains ground on Nash. The list is sorted by the percentage increase over regular assists, not by adjusted assists, in which Nash still leads Brooks 800 to 378.
I only skimmed through it so I may be reading it wrong, but I don't think Brooks comes out ahead in assists. Rather, a greater percentage of his potential assists end up getting missed by a teammate compared to Nash. Well, that's not so surprising.
Counting made shots for assist is not totally unwarranted. Theoretically, a good pass should make the shot easy. So over a large sample size, assisting on made shots should reflect on the quality of passing. What they should do is count passes resulting in shooting fouls. I can't believe that simple logic is not considered right from the beginning. Apart from that, the "noise" to be rid of is the shooting percentage of the shooter who receives the pass. That would be the territory of advanced metrics.
Well, the more you give out good passes, the likelihood of the regular assist connecting. You would think this would just skew the good assist makers just the same as the average makers.
