APBRmetrics

In eWins, avg = 1.00 A 1.50 player is 50% better than that, and .50 is half as good; so it's straightforward to say how much a player has improved or declined -- defined as how many more wins he's given his team. Below zero is an experiment that didn't or hasn't worked out. I notice the EPM has a sm...

I did not know that avg is the same as median. I don't even know how one could recognize that. Do you count players with just one minute? The median NBA 3-point FG% (of 569 players) was .328 last year. Median 2fg% was .529, eFG% .533, FT% .763 NBA averages were, respectively .360, .545, .543, and .7...

Wilson and Collier flip #1 and #2. Collier does a few things less or worse late but not scoring efficiency. Wilson improves shooting a bit but also shoots significantly more and rebounds more in August. A'ja Wilson missed a few games, and Napheesa Collier was almost declared MVP. Then Collier was o...

Two guys whose postseasons are even more dominant than their regular seasons, and who are most often said to be greatest of all time. Comparing their playoff game records. Competition varies and must be considered in playoffs. The one stat that covers this is BPM. For this exercise (and others) I'm ...

With the season 91% completed: e44 per36 rates tm Eff% Sco Reb Ast Stl TO Blk e402 8.1 A'ja Wilson LVA .573 30.8 11.7 3.8 1.8 2.7 2.6 2.65 6.9 Napheesa Collier Min .627 33.9 8.7 4.1 1.9 2.5 1.9 2.60 6.8 Alyssa Thomas Phx .566 20.7 10.0 11.4 1.9 3.9 .6 2.23 6.0 Aliyah Boston Ind .580 20.7 10.4 4.4 1....

Rookies start out estimated around -2.3 to-3. If they play to -2, they are an average player. ... If you rate better than -1, you are or about a top 200 player. +0.7 or better makes you a top 100. Fractional impact matters. Wouldn't an avg player in any PM be zero by definition? It looks like -3 EP...

Historic highs and lows in avg points per game in the NBA. Defined as plus or minus 3 ppg from previous high or low. year Pts/G eFG% 1947 67.8 .279 1951 84.1 .357 1954 79.5 .372 1962 118.8 .426 1965 110.6 .426 1967 117.4 .441 1969 112.3 .441 1970 116.7 .460 1975 102.6 .457 1985 110.8 .496 1999 91.6 ...

[Mediocre] players who led their teams in minutes last season. A few of them also led (or 2nd) in min/G: tm mpg 1 minT minT 1 mpg Brk Schroeder 12 Wilson 8 Dal Irving 5 Dinwiddie 8 NOP Murphy 2 Missi 7 NYK Hart 2 Bridges 2 Orl Banchero 6 KCP 3 Phl Maxey 2 Oubre 2 Por Camara 1 Uta K George 1 Was Coul...

Oscar was in the NBA from age 22 to 35. Westbrook 20-36, but here they are at the same ages: . Oscar Robertson Russell Westbrook age PER TS% WS/48 PER TS% WS/48 22 25.9 .555 .210 23.6 .538 .159 23 26.2 .554 .214 22.9 .538 .163 24 24.6 .588 .229 23.9 .532 .195 25 m 27.6 .576 .278 24.7 .545 .178 26 26...

I used next 3 years (age 32-34) to mediate the ' one bad year for whatever reason ' phenomenon. We do expect most players to drop off around this age, but not all do so drastically. In the course of a good season a 3-D-type can be shooting poorly and not have a 'bad' game because he can still pass a...

O-D is ORtg minus DRtg and should not deteriorate due to less Usage.
Almost all these guys took big hits in O-D, even if other stats show modest decline.

Some alltime leaders in triple-doubles seem to have careers that fall off a cliff after age 31. In descending order and excluding those still in their prime -- Jokic, Doncic, Sabonis, Giannis. O-D is ORtg minus DRtg. Russell Westbrook years PER WS/48 BPM O-D 22-31 25.0 .179 5.8 + 6 32-34 16.8 .049 0...

There have been 49 instances of a player getting at least 2 triple-doubles in a single postseason. 25 times when someone got 3 or more. year 3D player tm 1960 2 Tom Gola Phl 1963 5 Oscar Robertson Cin . 2 Lenny Wilkens StL 1967 7 Wilt Chamberlain Phl 1968 2 John Havlicek Bos 1969 2 Havlicek Bos 1970...

A nice ESPN article on statistical milestones that players might reach this year. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46011188/2025-26-nba-milestones-all-points-assists-lebron-james-nikola-jokic They don't specify Regular Season for these, so I'm adding the Playoff totals and re-ranking players. &qu...

Season at 64% e44 per36 rates tm min Eff% Sco Reb Ast Stl TO Blk e402 8.2 Napheesa Collier Min 854 .627 33.7 8.5 4.4 2.0 2.5 1.8 2.55 6.9 A'ja Wilson LVA 750 .557 27.8 11.0 4.3 2.0 2.9 2.8 2.43 6.2 Sabrina Ionescu NYL 857 .547 25.8 5.5 6.9 1.6 3.4 .5 1.85 6.2 Aliyah Boston Ind 876 .590 21.4 10.5 4.7...