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Westbrook does have a TS% of 0.546, which is about average. BPM only looks at TS% in terms of efficiency. So it sees ridiculous volume at league-average efficiency. Given his level of usage, the turnovers are reasonable. The team averages fewer turnovers with him on the floor than off. ( http://nba...

Or really he's having the greatest season ever ? the worst 2pt shooting team in the league now shoots only 47.0% on 2s. westbrook is shooting an even lower 45% on 2s. so he misses alot of shots (over 200 more than any other thunder player has even attempted). on average 3/4 of all missed FGA are re...

Interesting, but you should try to incorporate a playoff version of these kinds of stats: http://stats.nba.com/league/player/#!/playtype/isolation/?Season=2015-16&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&PerMode=Totals&OD=defensive&CF=Poss*GE*100&sort=Percentile&dir=1 Just looking at stea...

I just see this as Durant trying to make the Western Conference as predictable as the Eastern one. There's not much a league can do in a league where superstars get all the rings, even after their team sucks during the regular season. Also, the Thunder didn't draft him the Sonics did. I think a lot ...

I can appreciate the scaling of rebounds to the # of rebounds available. But my eyes and brain tell me guys are shooting the long ball like never before; teams are collecting players with this skill; and this isn't a trend that is due to defenses now failing -- inexplicably -- to chase shooters off...

Although Kyrie Irving is an incredible ball handler and three point shooter, he has to be one of the most horrendous defenders the league has ever known. Yes he was terrible on defense, but only in these playoffs. In the regular season he actually allowed 43.1% DFG% (on 8.7 attempts, about Leonard'...

You say my memory is fuzzy, but I complained about his transition defense and his ability to stay in front of ball handlers. You didn't stop there, this is obligatory: "The Cavs could actually compete for a championship if Lebron considered the mere possibility of trying to spell at least two ...

So if a ball handler blows past a defender, Careful now, we know your memory on these kinds of plays is kind of fuzzy. causes the defense to collapse, kicks the ball to a consequently wide open teammate, and that teammate scores, what does Synergy record that as? I'll defer to SportVU on this, they...

Obviously, James is probably an incredibly good Offensive-Defender. His pure defense can be a different story. James posted an D-XRAPM of -0.8 last season despite having an O-XRAPM of +8.7. Damien Lillard posted the highest combined XRAPM last season with a D-XRAPM as low as -1.0, and he was SIX-FO...

According to an article on April 4th, 2014: "According to exclusive Vantage Sports data Haberstroh's using, LeBron has kept his man in front of him on drives just 40 percent of the time—the league median is 50 percent. He's also been beaten back on defense 2.8 times per game, way ahead of the ...

What remains of LeBron's career will determine if he's the greatest of all time. He's just 30 years old, so he'll probably retire as the better player APBR-wise. And reality-wise imo. One big separation between Jordan and him is that MJ was 6/6 in his Finals' trips. LeBron is 2/5, will be either 2/...

You can cite any plus/minus numbers you want. They will never be able to separate James from his teammates and identify who is actually what fraction responsible for the success of the Cavalier defense. I can watch the games and tell you which areas of defense James excels in and which ones he is l...

Well the problem is if I apply your own logic than LeBron shouldn't have had his contested FG% this regular season, or his DRPM, should he? Timo/Thomp were quite terrible there, but James was still at -1.5%. Honestly this isn't difficult for me, I already expected such an argument from you. Addition...

Here's the problem with your theory, the Cavs have an elite defensive rating with Tristan Thompson's below average rim protection, and Timo gets benched throughout these games when teams try to play small ball against them. LeBron is at almost +5 DBPM as well. It seems unlikely any of this matters. ...

Obviously, James is probably an incredibly good Offensive-Defender, and probably a good defensive-offensive player as well. His pure defense can be a different story. James posted an D-XRAPM of -0.8 last season despite having an O-XRAPM of +8.7. Damien Lillard posted the highest combined XRAPM last...