I think it's unlikely to be a large effect though. Of Jones' 66 total field goals, 32 of those have come in road games, where the scorekeeper would be much less likely to pad LBJ's or Wade's stats (especially in the Cavs game, when Jones hit 6 shots).
LOL. Great catch (stat catch, not "and shoot") He must actively cultivate this stat and would probably be very disappointed to hear that someone has noticed. I hope when they're in the playoffs his streak is alive. It's the fourth quarter against the Celtics, down by one, in game seven. "ball is loose! Scramble on the floor, and James Jones comes out with it! He's all alone near the basket. He dribbles away, and passes to Lebron as time expires! Ladies and gentleman, the streak is alive, but the Heat are not."
Kinda what I was thinking. At 6'8", the boy should get an offensive rebound for a putback or something sometime. He's gotten 12 offensive rebounds and 13 steals this season. It's kind of amazing that not one of those 25 resulted in a made shot for himself.
I'm not sure who actually hires them, but there have been some articles posted here that explain the huge effect they can have on the stats. Here are two of the articles I've seen on here before: http://deadspin.com/5336974/how-an-nba-scorekeeper-cooked-the-books http://deadspin.com/5345287/the-confessions-of-an-nba-scorekeeper
He would likely receive a flogging from Masters Wade and TheBron for acting in a manner not beneficial to Masters Wade and TheBron's statistics. "Insolence! Scoring unassisted? What good is it if I don't get credit for an assist?? At least miss so your master can then gather the rebound! To the dungeon, wench! One more infraction and you shall be traded to the Wizards!"
My bad...apologies to the OP. Didn't mean to sound like that. Interesting stat I guess. Yinka Dare would be amused.
Of all the criticism I've heard about Wade and Lebron, this may be the most ridiculous. Now they're obsessed with their own stats? That's why they decided to team up together instead of each being the one guy who got to control the ball 99% of the time with their old rosters?
Relax Franchise, just being facetious, this is the internet Just playing off the reputation that LeBron has had for essentially making demands of every organization he's been a part of, having the owner, coaches, teammates, everyone bend to his desires... His way or the highway..
This makes it sound like the guy is Chucky Brown. You know he's only played for one team before this year, right?
Lol, it wasn't hard to check the one-dimensional shooters I could think of, so it wasn't like I checked every single player in the NBA. Took me like 5 minutes. But yes I do have too much time on my hands. Christmas break and all.
Further update: Through 52 games this season, James Jones still has not made one single un-assisted basket. He also has not attempted a single shot from less than 15 feet from the basket. The guy is having one of the most amazingly one-dimensional seasons ever.
