As I said I would interpret it as the ability of players to find the right spot for the shot rather than just pulling the trigger whenever they feel it is ok. I would also try to use a dynamic coefficient in order to determine whether the respective region is a plus or minus for the player. Different zones should have different average efficiency values. Well, the latter might be only be useful under the assumption that each spot on the court is equally important/good in order to take a shot. It is not unlikely that this isn't the case. kjb pointed out that there seems to be a pattern in which players are taking shots.KirkG wrote: In response to Mystic, I like your range/spread idea. I have been thinking about that a lot. The top 3 guys in that metric are: Nash (.62), Calderon (.57), and Ray Allen (.56); it's really quite amazing how far Nash is ahead of everyone else, but what does this metric really tell us?
Imho, there has to be a way to seperate between efficiency via shot selection and via being a good shooter. The way I see it, the results are not caused by being a good shooter alone. For example, Calderon is picking his shots more and is not willing to take tough shots, that will increase his own shooting efficiency, but will not help the team. Nash has games in which he is prone to that too. Well, I would propose that a shooter is not taking enough shots, if the team eFG% with him on the court is lower than his own eFG%. But well, the shot distribution might also be heavily influenced by team chemistry, some players seems to be able to live with less shots better than others.
