Leaders in raising team shooting%

[Mike G]

Strictly by their shooting, deduced by simply subtracting points and attempts from their teams', players whose shots have most affected their teams' shooting%.
I'm using eff% = Pts/(2*FGA + FTA). The difference (column 1) should be about the same as with TS%.
Players on the left might be labeled Should Shoot More, on the right Should Shoot Less.

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raise team shooting%    tm   Eff%      raise team shooting%      tm   Eff%
.022   Matthews,Wesley Por   .694      -.017  Aldridge,Lamarcus Por   .488
.021   James,LeBron    Mia   .675      -.017   Duncan,Tim       SAS   .434
.019   Durant,Kevin    Okl   .595      -.016   Westbrook,Russel Okl   .463
.015   Thompson,Klay   GSW   .622      -.016   Gay,Rudy         Tor   .455
.015   Thomas,Isaiah   Sac   .584      -.014   Garnett,Kevin    Brk   .375
.015   Afflalo,Arron   Orl   .603      -.014   Evans,Tyreke     NOP   .428
.015   Hawes,Spencer   Phl   .623      -.010   Speights,Marrees GSW   .386
.015   Meeks,Jodie     LAL   .649      -.010   Jennings,Brandon Det   .458
.014   Korver,Kyle     Atl   .690      -.010   Gasol,Pau        LAL   .470
.013   George,Paul     Ind   .578      -.009   Rose,Derrick     Chi   .442
.013   Love,Kevin      Min   .559      -.009   Smith,J.R.       NYK   .411
.011   Lopez,Brook     Brk   .621      -.009   Teague,Jeff      Atl   .499
.011   Conley,Mike     Mem   .565      -.009   Bradley,Avery    Bos   .459
.010   Drummond,Andre  Det   .603      -.008   Bennett,Anthony  Cle   .244
.010   Webster,Martell Was   .604      -.008   Nelson,Jameer    Orl   .485
.010   Stuckey,Rodney  Det   .571      -.008   Wade,Dwyane      Mia   .556
.010   Martin,Kevin    Min   .553      -.008   Caldwell-Pope,Ke Det   .420
.009   Davis,Anthony   NOP   .561      -.008   Smith,Josh       Det   .471
.009   Iguodala,Andre  GSW   .644      -.008   Salmons,John     Sac   .394
.008   Anderson,Ryan   NOP   .662      -.008   Carter,Vince     Dal   .492

Bargnani and Anthony combine to raise the Knicks' shooting by .014. Without their shots, the rest of the team is shooting .478
Brook Lopez, if he hadn't missed 7 of the Nets' 15 games, would be near the top of this list.
Similarly, JR Smith has done his damage to the Knicks in just 9 of their 14 games.
Duncan is shooting at least .110 worse than anyone else of the Spurs' top 9 players.
With most teams, DWade would be on the other side of the ledger.

Is Anthony Bennett the worst #1 pick of all time? His PER is 2.3, his ws/48 is minus-.138 ...

[Mike G]

It's changed a bit in a week. For one thing, poor shooters are having less impact. They're either shooting better or just shooting less.

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Improve team shooting%     eff%        Worsen team shooting%     eff%
.022   James,Lebron   Mia  .673      -.015   Gay,Rudy       Tor  .460
.019  Matthews,Wesley Por  .674      -.014   Gasol,Pau      LAL  .452
.018   Afflalo,Arron  Orl  .606      -.014 Westbrook,Russel Okl  .477
.017   Durant,Kevin   Okl  .585      -.012   Garnett,Kevin  Brk  .375
.014   George,Paul    Ind  .577      -.012   Smith,Josh     Det  .451
.014   Korver,Kyle    Atl  .711      -.012   Duncan,Tim     SAS  .483
.013   Meeks,Jodie    LAL  .635      -.010 Aldridge,Lamarcu Por  .510
.012   Thomas,Isaiah  Sac  .573      -.010 Speights,Marrees GSW  .383
.012   Anderson,Ryan  NOP  .644      -.010   Evans,Tyreke   NOP  .459
.011   Hawes,Spencer  Phl  .598      -.009   Smith,J.R.     NYK  .420

.011   Drummond,Andre Det  .599      -.009   Rose,Derrick   Chi  .442
.011   Thompson,Klay  GSW  .607      -.009   West,David     Ind  .479
.011   Martin,Kevin   Min  .563      -.007  Bennett,Anthony Cle  .284
.010  Webster,Martell Was  .609      -.007 Jennings,Brandon Det  .473
.010   Lopez,Brook    Brk  .596      -.007   Teague,Jeff    Atl  .506
.010   Love,Kevin     Min  .554      -.007   Bradley,Avery  Bos  .476
.010   Nowitzki,Dirk  Dal  .590      -.007   Bayless,Jerryd Mem  .439
.009  Middleton,Khris Mil  .574      -.007   Plumlee,Miles  Phx  .492
.008   Conley,Mike    Mem  .558      -.007   Nelson,Jameer  Orl  .485
.008   Ariza,Trevor   Was  .597      -.006   Carter,Vince   Dal  .495

[Crow]

If one had RAPM factor data including for estimated impact on team eFG%, one could subtract the direct impact on team eFG% from the total estimated team eFG% RAPM factor impact to deduce the indirect impact. An additional level of information and an old idea of mine (previously using the terminology of local and global factors or impacts that did not appear to gain much understanding or interest years ago). I wonder how many teams do this currently, if any. Of course error in the estimates will cloud things some and in a minority of cases by a large amount) but overall it will give modestly accurate hints about the outliers who hurt or help team eFG% the most indirectly. Players may mostly influence team eFG% directly and indirectly in the same direction but there could be cases where they offset more than commonly thought. It is probably better to have these additional hints or even just questions then to not have them, IMO. If one is really serious about the data analysis.

[Mike G]

Forgot I had this column in the spreadsheet. And it's exactly 1 year since this thread was created.

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Raise team shooting%    tm   Eff%       Raise team shooting%    tm   Eff%
.019   Anthony Davis   NOP   .592      -.019   Josh Smith      Det   .398
.017   Kyle Korver     Atl   .710      -.017   DeMar DeRozan   Tor   .483
.016   Stephen Curry   GSW   .636      -.016   Blake Griffin   LAC   .512
.015   Damian Lillard  Por   .615      -.014   Trey Burke      Uta   .451
.015   Kevin Martin    Min   .639      -.013   Dion Waiters    Cle   .435
.013   Brandan Wright  Dal   .739      -.013   Tyreke Evans    NOP   .462
.012   Courtney Lee    Mem   .663      -.012   Kobe Bryant     LAL   .481
.012   Tyson Chandler  Dal   .696      -.012  Lance Stephenson Cha   .415
.011   Shawne Williams Mia   .669      -.012   C.J. Miles      Ind   .326
.011   Jimmy Butler    Chi   .591      -.011   Elfrid Payton   Orl   .408
.011   Wesley Matthews Por   .605      -.011 LaMarcus Aldridge Por   .500
.011   Chris Paul      LAC   .618      -.010   Lance Thomas    Okl   .389
.010  Brandon Jennings Det   .558      -.010   Jason Thompson  Sac   .372
.010   Rasual Butler   Was   .746      -.010   Kemba Walker    Cha   .453
.010   Jeremy Lin      LAL   .598      -.009   Austin Daye     SAS   .344
.010   Kyrie Irving    Cle   .583      -.009   Thabo Sefolosha Atl   .424
.010   Brandon Knight  Mil   .555      -.009 M Carter-Williams Phl   .404
.009   Tony Parker     SAS   .589      -.009  Kos Papanikolaou Hou   .418
.009   Marc Gasol      Mem   .574      -.008   Vince Carter    Mem   .418
.009   Gordon Hayward  Uta   .576      -.008  Chandler Parsons Dal   .516

Does not include last night's games.
Again, this is only about shooting, with no information about how teammate shooting is affected by these players.

Tyson Chandler has the highest FG% and FT% of his career (.692 and .759) right now. He's also taking his most shots since 2008.

[Statman]

Forgot I had this column in the spreadsheet. And it's exactly 1 year since this thread was created.

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Raise team shooting%    tm   Eff%       Raise team shooting%    tm   Eff%
.019   Anthony Davis   NOP   .592      -.019   Josh Smith      Det   .398
.017   Kyle Korver     Atl   .710      -.017   DeMar DeRozan   Tor   .483
.016   Stephen Curry   GSW   .636      -.016   Blake Griffin   LAC   .512
.015   Damian Lillard  Por   .615      -.014   Trey Burke      Uta   .451
.015   Kevin Martin    Min   .639      -.013   Dion Waiters    Cle   .435
.013   Brandan Wright  Dal   .739      -.013   Tyreke Evans    NOP   .462
.012   Courtney Lee    Mem   .663      -.012   Kobe Bryant     LAL   .481
.012   Tyson Chandler  Dal   .696      -.012  Lance Stephenson Cha   .415
.011   Shawne Williams Mia   .669      -.012   C.J. Miles      Ind   .326
.011   Jimmy Butler    Chi   .591      -.011   Elfrid Payton   Orl   .408
.011   Wesley Matthews Por   .605      -.011 LaMarcus Aldridge Por   .500
.011   Chris Paul      LAC   .618      -.010   Lance Thomas    Okl   .389
.010  Brandon Jennings Det   .558      -.010   Jason Thompson  Sac   .372
.010   Rasual Butler   Was   .746      -.010   Kemba Walker    Cha   .453
.010   Jeremy Lin      LAL   .598      -.009   Austin Daye     SAS   .344
.010   Kyrie Irving    Cle   .583      -.009   Thabo Sefolosha Atl   .424
.010   Brandon Knight  Mil   .555      -.009 M Carter-Williams Phl   .404
.009   Tony Parker     SAS   .589      -.009  Kos Papanikolaou Hou   .418
.009   Marc Gasol      Mem   .574      -.008   Vince Carter    Mem   .418
.009   Gordon Hayward  Uta   .576      -.008  Chandler Parsons Dal   .516

Does not include last night's games.
Again, this is only about shooting, with no information about how teammate shooting is affected by these players.

Tyson Chandler has the highest FG% and FT% of his career (.692 and .759) right now. He's also taking his most shots since 2008.

Quick glance, two things I find funny:

1. Brandon Jennings was a a pretty big negative a year ago - but for now he's a pretty big positive. He ain't gonna stay a positive - I think we all know that.

2. What in the world happened to Speights? It appears he was horrible exactly a year ago - but this season he has been a pretty effective offensive weapon in his limited minutes. Was he dealing with some injuries early last season?