Tag: Analytics

However, a look at non-box score …

However, a look at non-box score informed metrics like RAPM, suggests the possibility of some diminution in his impact. Gobert has finished in the top 20 in Luck Adjusted DRAPM (which attempts to rectify shooting variance by smoothing out variations in opposing free throw and 3-point shooting upon which teams, let alone individuals, generally don’t have much impact) in each of the seven seasons prior to this one, including five seasons in the top six. He sits 36th today. The result could plausibly be the result of variance or statistical noise, but it just as likely suggests he hasn’t been quite as good.

Boston has the NBA’s best defense, …

Boston has the NBA’s best defense, though which player should get sufficient credit to be recognized as the best defender in the league this year? Six of the Celtics’ top seven (Smart, Williams, White, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Al Horford) players rate in the 84th percentile or higher in dEPM. Smart’s candidacy is hurt by the fact that it’s been so long since a guard won the award that I’m not sure we would recognize what DPOY-level guard play even looked like. As Smart himself put it, those are the rules…

Global Rating: Who should make the All-NBA Teams?

Just like we did with the All-Star rosters, we’re showing how the All-NBA Teams would look as of today according to Global Rating, an advanced metric that evaluates the performance of every player during the season.

The All-NBA Teams will be updated every day considering the rules regarding positions. Each one will have two guards, two forwards and one center. Just for fun, we’re going deeper and coming up with how a 5th, 8th or 10th All-NBA Team would look like.

James has been the fifth best player in …

James has been the fifth best player in the NBA this year by all-in-one metric EPM. He’s third in the league in scoring, top-20 in assists, top-30 in rebounds, top-10 in steals. He’s having his most efficient scoring season since his last year with the Cavaliers by true shooing percentage. He’s still getting to the rim at an incredible rate, and he’s making 79.3 percent when he gets there. It’s his second best finishing season ever. James’ play has of course slipped a bit from his prime in Miami and Cleveland, but his level of play was so high that he remains one of the best players in the league even with the drop-off. An all-time great like LeBron deserves to be competing deep in the playoffs when he’s playing like this, not carrying a flawed team on his back just to make the play-in tournament.

How much might the Phoenix Suns miss …

Remarkably, none of Paul’s teams have …

Remarkably, none of Paul’s teams have ever led the league in turnover rate. (Phoenix was fourth last year on a per-possession basis and in the same spot this season.) However, Paul’s team impact has been considerable. When he was traded from New Orleans to the LA Clippers in 2011, the then-Hornets dropped from eighth to 29th in turnover rate, while the Clippers went from 30th to second. Given we can compare the back half of Nowitzki’s career directly to CP3’s in terms of more advanced methodology and Paul comes out ahead, I’m comfortable concluding he’s the best player on record in terms of reducing team turnovers.

Analytics MVP 3.0: Who are the best players based on advanced analytics and impact metrics?

As part of a new series at HoopsHype, we are examining who should win the NBA MVP award based on what we can learn from advanced analytics.

For this survey, each impact metric was included because it was considered among the most trustworthy by NBA executives when asked by HoopsHype during this past offseason.

The metrics pulled included Daily Plus-Minus (DPM), Estimated Plus-Minus (EPM), LEBRON (BBall-Index), RAPTOR (FiveThirtyEight), Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus (RAPM), Player Efficiency Rating (Basketball-Reference), Box Plus-Minus (Basketball-Reference). We also added the model of Box Plus-Minus from Backpicks.com as well as the newest impact metric, Daily-Updated Rating of Individual Performance (DRIP).

ESPN’s Real Plus-Minus was not included because the data has not been published yet this season. However, if it’s publicly available by our next update, RPM will also be calculated.

Because all of these metrics (except PER) are graded on a per-100 possession scale, we adjusted for playing time by multiplying their impact contribution on each metric by the percentage of possible minutes they have played for their team so far this season.

As with the official vote, the top player received 10 points, the second received seven points, the third received five points, the fourth received three points, and the fifth player received one point. If a player finished outside of the Top 5, they didn’t receive any votes from that measurement.

Only players that made the Top 5 on least one of these nine metrics were included in our rankings below. Some of the most notable omissions include Rudy Gobert, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kevin Durant, Jimmy Butler, Jarrett Allen, Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Devin Booker, and Ja Morant.

To see who is performing the best based on HoopsHype’s Global Rating, click here. All stats are accurate as of Feb. 17, 2022. 

Power Rating: Who are the top teams in the NBA right now?

One of the classic staples in sports journalism is the weekly Power Ranking which provides a glimpse into the momentum of every team. As a step beyond, we’re introducing the Power Rating, a new stat that gives us a daily and objective look to find the hottest and coldest teams in the NBA.

The Power Rating takes into account several factors, including each team’s overall season record, their last 10 games record, and their current streak. The ranking will be updated every night shortly after the games are finished.

Here’s how it looks right now…

(DIFF: Position change compared to the previous day).