The most consistent scorers on the Rockets/in the NBA

Interestingly, I would be there is a correlation with efficiency. I know melo gets a bad rep on this site, but he is an efficient player, the only player I wouldn't consider efficient is iverson. I bet if you did this stat on players from earlier in the decade, steve francis would fall way down the list.

but yao, mcgrady, kobe, wade, garnett, you know what these guys bring everynight. iguadala and maggatte I don't follow much. is it any surprise luther's on the bottom of the rocket's list?

The one guy truly surprising that isn't on this list? Duncan, but I would be willing to bet he was pretty high on this list just four seasons ago. Dude's getting old.

as far as how I would use the information, i would want my star players to be consistent, night in, night out with scoring efforts. another reason i think anthony is really underappreciated as a player.

 

How important is consistency?

I would argue that consistency is overrated. I would take a less consistent and better player over a more consistent worse player. In my experience the consistency comes from a player having to play at his best every game to maintain a certain level. As much as i like Yao, he can't step up anymore than he does in the regular season because he is so "consistent".

 

...the only correlation i saw was between touches. Some of those guys are the main creators as well as main finisher on their teams. The others are force fed the ball on nearly every possession.

 

Great analysis and i think you are 100% correct

 

the only player on that list I wouldn't consider efficient is Iverson, for example, again Melo, bad reputation and all shot 49% from the field this year.

that stat doesn't lie, at all. when your shooting percentage is that high from the wing, you're consistent.

 

I think melo is one of the best one on one players in the league, if not the best but the problem is that he doesn't make his team better. Sure he shoots a high percentage but his teammates shoot bad percentages because he almost never gets them good shots. So if you look at someone like lebron, he shoots around the same if not a little worse percentage but has a much bigger impact on the game cause he makes his team better. Even Tmac and his low shooting percentage has a better affect on the game.

That stat does lie, shooting percentages ain't everything and it really annoys me to see people make such a big deal about it. If they played him at the 4 then maybe his black hole style would work but it really kills their offense.

Either way i think the efficiency of those players is simply a coincedence. The only way to consistently score at any level is to have the style of play and green light to get yours at all costs.

 

he's not the point guard, his job is to score, he does that job damn well, there one of the highest scoring teams in the league, he ain't holding anyone back

not shooting percentage, you either shoot well or you don't, you're not a black hole when you're putting the ball in the basket at the clip he is

[/quote]Either way i think the efficiency of those players is simply a coincedence. The only way to consistently score at any level is to have the style of play and green light to get yours at all costs.[/QUOTE]

not all the players on this list are green light scoring guys

 

neither is Lebron and Tmac but if they played as selfishly as he did then neither of their teams would be in the playoffs. Basically, the nuggets score and they score well but they don't set each other up. If they did they would get more of the easy baskets that guys like Landry and Hayes get coming from Tmac.

He doesn't have to be a PG but he just has a problem with making his teammates better the way that many other stars do (Duncan, KG, Kobe, Roy, Butler, Wade, Joe Johnson, etc.). He's so talented (as well as his teammates) but their offense goes to garbage when he and his teammates can beat someone one on one. That's not the basketball i know.

 

excuse me its can't

 

I've actually always been curious about this stat, so I'm happy to see it here. I'm not surprised about Yao's consistency or Tracy's lack of. His scoring is all over the place.