[MySynergySports] Star Wings: 09/10 Offensive Profiles

Mostly what I'd expect, though there are some surprising results. This is broken down by play type. In parentheses is % of plays of that play type, and the efficiency metric used is PPP (points scored per play). I estimate league average overall PPP to be ~0.96.

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               LeBron     Kobe     Durant    Carmelo    Wade
                                                                
                                                                
Overall         1.07      0.96      1.03      0.97      0.99
                                                                
                                                                
               (31.6%)   (29.9%)   (25.9%)   (36.5%)   (19.1%)
Isolation       0.97      0.94      0.96      0.92      0.98
                                                                
                                                                
               (19.2%)   (12.4%)   (8.3%)    (7.7%)    (28.8%)
P&R (BH)        1.02      0.83      0.88      0.73      0.91
                                                                
                                                                
               (6.3%)    (19.4%)   (5.7%)    (17.5%)   (6.0%)
Post-Up         1.08      0.97      0.96      0.96      1.03
                                                                
                                                                
               (1.1%)    (0.2%)    (1.2%)    (0.8%)    (0.0%)
P&R (RM)        1.00      1.60      0.90      0.40      ---
                                                                
                                                                
               (6.8%)    (9.5%)    (10.3%)   (9.6%)    (7.7%)
Spot-Up         0.99      1.11      1.03      1.01      0.91
                                                                
                                                                
               (2.0%)    (4.6%)    (16.5%)   (1.2%)    (8.0%)
Off Screen      0.92      1.00      0.89      0.96      0.76
                                                                
                                                                
               (0.9%)    (2.5%)    (2.8%)    (1.4%)    (3.3%) 
Hand Off        0.77      0.93      1.06      0.69      0.99
                                                                
                                                                
               (6.6%)    (4.8%)    (4.0%)    (4.2%)    (4.7%)
Cut             1.53      1.07      1.40      1.60      1.29
                                                                
                                                                
               (2.1%)    (1.9%)    (3.7%)    (5.6%)    (3.4%)
Off Reb         1.64      1.29      1.20      1.12      1.36
                                                                
                                                                
               (17.1%)   (9.0%)    (14.9%)   (9.6%)    (13.9%)
Transition      1.26      1.17      1.34      1.28      1.21
                                                                
                                                                
               (6.3%)    (5.8%)    (6.5%)    (5.7%)    (5.1%)
Other Plays     0.68      0.55      0.93      0.67      0.73
                                                                

 

PPP from mysynergy is not calculated from the boxscore, but rather from what is recorded on each play. So it is more precise. If you wanted to estimate it from the boxscore, it would be something like:

PPP ~= PTS / (FGA + 0.44*FTA + TOV)

In contrast:

TS% = 0.5 * PTS / (FGA + 0.44*FTA)

ORTG is much more complicated -- it includes assists and offensive rebounds into the equation, with a lot of team and league-wide factors also incorporated.

 

I think it will count those as well. I noticed that for Other Plays category, TOV% was generally very high (e.g. for LeBron it was > 50%). Probably many of the off-the-ball turnovers fall under that.

 

PPP for Nash's offensive plays was 0.98. I think you are right.

Here is how they describe it:

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Synergy Stat Definitions

• PPP – Points Per Play. A “Play” is always ended with a shot attempt, turnover or getting to the free throw line. PPP is the player’s total points, excluding technical free throws, divided by their total plays.

...

Offense – Plays

How we select the player - Synergy tracks the final play “type” in every offensive possession of the game. We always log the player responsible for the ending action which can be a shot attempt, turnover or drawing a foul that results in free throws.

All Other Plays – This category includes any offensive plays that do not fit into any of the main play types. This category includes things like last second heaves from the back court and when a player is intentionally fouled and sent to the free throw line.

[/rquoter]

 

I think he hit more game winners last year than anyone else, by far. I could be mistaken, but he might have had more game winners than any player has ever had in one season.

I guess game winners could be treated as an advanced stat.

 

Not true.

LeBron: (1.07 - .171*1.26) / .829 = 1.03
Kobe: (0.96 - .09*1.17) / .91 = 0.94