Harden was 6th in "Respect rating" last season

fkn LOL at lebron - 73 lolol

 

In other words, this is a non-traditional stat that doesn't really mean 'best player' or anything close to that.

 

Ah, so the score is contingent on how closely your defender sticks to you when you're open. So what if a guy is more destructive on the dribble, and not a shooter? Wouldn't you slack off him such that he doesn't get a step on you? Steph is a fast, fast shooter. His motion is super quick, you can't slack off him. Harden is a fast driving player, the only real way to play him is to slack off him and not foul him when he holds the ball out. It seems like this stat might not be telling the whole story.

 

The only ones I can respect on that list are Harden, Conley and Wade. All the other players, play off the ball. If you add in usage rate and ball handling rate, Harden would probably be tops on that list. Curry could be an exception cause he has exceptional handles but this stat is flawed IMO.

 

Press F to pay respects

 

Wonder why Klay has such a high Distraction Score? Never really thought of him as an elite driver. I am most interested in Distraction Score personally. Those are your offense creators, I would think. Sounds like they create open shots for their teammates.

This is really interesting. I think it is a cool thread. Thank you.

 

THIS is the data that drives the @NBA

 

I don't really know what this stuff means. I mean any list that has Hayward and Korver ahead of harden and lebron is not reliable data imo.

 

That data makes sense, except for maybe the way he's combining it... it sounds like the distraction score should be more heavily weighted.


We can tell why Harden's distraction score is so high, but it makes sense that his gravity score is lower, because he doesn't do as much off-ball movement as a player like Korver or Curry. He creates most of his own plays with the ball in his hands. That's probably something he should improve, though.

On that note, even though Harden improved significantly in almost every way between '13-'14 and '14-'15, off-ball movement/playmaking is the one thing that kind of declined a bit... but that's probably because we had Lin and Parsons on the team. So I expect that with Lawson now, Harden may become a nightmare off ball, and that "gravity" score may go up significantly.

Read it, and you might understand.

 

Dumbest stat ever.

 

Jr Smith #7... End thread

 

Parsons has always been hesitant on offense. He doesn't seem to have a meter for knowing when to attack, shoot or command the ball. He's just kind of out there... letting the game come to him. Horry used to have the same problem.

 

Makes a lot of sense. When you guard Lebron you want him to take the 3 not drive. So everyone plays off him.

 

When Gordon Haywood and JR Smith are in your top 10, there's a flaw. I would think this stat would be highly susceptible to style of play, other players on the court, and offensive strategy.

For example, 49% of Curry's shots are 3s while only 37% of Harden's are. Knowing that Harden likes to drive and kick more, you would think defenders would stick close to our shooters when he penetrates (like what we saw in the WCF). This would distort Harden's "distraction" rating.

I have no doubt that Curry has the highest "gravity" impact, but the stat seems kind of useless when Lebron is ranked #73 and JR Smith is #7.

 

Wierd list of players. Wierd stat.

 

a whole lot of "i don't know what this stat means so it must suck!" posts in here.

read a little bit, take the number for what it's worth, and keep moving.

 

GTA V stats ey??