Statistical Trivia
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If I did it right, LBJ had 17 such games in 22 total games last season. Kawhi has 12 in 17 games so far. No one else in that group at this point this season or last season.
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Sounds about right. You could cut it at 20 or 25 or whatever. I was cherry-picking the cutoff in Kawhi's favor.
Duncan's 2003 and Shaq's 2000 were epic, career-best, and Kawhi may be there. Does he go for the kill tonight? Does Giannis assert his physicality when his back is to the wall?
It's hard to be the best player on the court when Giannis is out there, but Kawhi has been the man.
Duncan's 2003 and Shaq's 2000 were epic, career-best, and Kawhi may be there. Does he go for the kill tonight? Does Giannis assert his physicality when his back is to the wall?
It's hard to be the best player on the court when Giannis is out there, but Kawhi has been the man.
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Has anyone computed the average tenure in years for players on specific teams for league or individual teams?
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How good was Kawhi Leonard's 2019 postseason?
Using an amalgam of Win Shares and VORP, take the avg of WS and VORP*2
In the 3-point era -- 40 years now -- the top 20 chronologically:
http://bkref.com/tiny/vAz5m
Between the Jordan era and the LeBron era, a series of one-timers.
Using an amalgam of Win Shares and VORP, take the avg of WS and VORP*2
In the 3-point era -- 40 years now -- the top 20 chronologically:
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xy playoff yr Tm Min VORP WS
5.34 Bird 1984 BOS 961 2.98 4.72
4.71 Jordan 1989 CHI 718 2.69 4.04
4.77 Jordan 1990 CHI 674 2.78 3.99
5.15 Jordan 1991 CHI 689 2.76 4.78
4.78 Jordan 1992 CHI 920 2.71 4.14
4.77 Jordan 1993 CHI 783 2.56 4.40
4.61 Barkley 1993 PHO 1026 2.31 4.60
4.94 Hakeem 1994 HOU 989 2.79 4.29
4.68 Shaq 2000 LAL 1000 2.35 4.67
6.49 Duncan 2003 SAS 1021 3.52 5.93
xy playoff yr Tm Min VORP WS
5.18 Dirk 2006 DAL 983 2.48 5.39
5.06 Wade 2006 MIA 959 2.66 4.80
4.61 Kobe 2009 LAL 940 2.28 4.66
5.37 LeBron 2009 CLE 580 2.96 4.82
6.15 LeBron 2012 MIA 983 3.24 5.82
5.58 LeBron 2013 MIA 960 2.98 5.20
5.49 LeBron 2016 CLE 822 3.14 4.69
4.68 LeBron 2017 CLE 744 2.55 4.26
6.32 LeBron 2018 CLE 922 3.73 5.17
4.97 Kawhi 2019 TOR 939 2.54 4.87
Between the Jordan era and the LeBron era, a series of one-timers.
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Before LeBron shipped himself to Miami in 2010, the NBA Finals MVP -- 43 years of them -- averaged 12.5 seasons with the team they led through those Finals.
Since that time, none have had such franchise loyalty.LeBron's extended visit to Miami was 4 years, matching the short terms of Bill Walton (Por), Dennis Johnson (Sea), and Moses Malone (Phl).
Durant broke that mark for brevity, and Kawhi demolished that one. Drive-by champion.
Since that time, none have had such franchise loyalty.
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sea. mvp tm yrs
2019 Kawhi Tor 1
2018 Durant GSW 3
2017 Durant GSW 3
2016 LeBron Cle 11
2015 Iguodala GSW 6
2014 Kawhi SAS 7
2013 LeBron Mia 4
2012 LeBron Mia 4
2011 Dirk Dal 21
2010 Kobe LAL 20
2009 Kobe LAL 20
2008 Pierce Bos 15
2007 Parker SAS 17
2006 Wade Mia 15
2005 Duncan SAS 19
2004 Billups Det 8
2003 Duncan SAS 19
2002 Shaq LAL 8
2001 Shaq LAL 8
2000 Shaq LAL 8
1999 Duncan SAS 19
1998 Jordan Chi 13
1997 Jordan Chi 13
1996 Jordan Chi 13
1995 Olajuwon Hou 17
1994 Olajuwon Hou 17
1993 Jordan Chi 13
1992 Jordan Chi 13
1991 Jordan Chi 13
1990 Isiah Det 13
1989 Dumars Det 14
1988 Worthy LAL 12
1987 Magic LAL 13
1986 Bird Bos 13
1985 Kareem LAL 14
1984 Bird Bos 13
1983 Moses Phl 4
1982 Magic LAL 13
1981 Maxwell Bos 8
1980 Magic LAL 13
1979 DJ Sea 4
1978 Unseld Was 13
1977 Walton Por 4
1976 White Bos 10
1975 Barry GSW 8
1974 Havlicek Bos 16
1973 Reed NYK 10
1972 Wilt LAL 5
1971 Kareem Mil 6
1970 Reed NYK 10
1969 West LAL 14
Durant broke that mark for brevity, and Kawhi demolished that one. Drive-by champion.
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How long will A Davis stick with Lakers? Could be rest of career, could be short.
Will both Leonard & George stick around?
Giannis... probably sticks around.
Warriors more old school.
Is Durant done moving? I lean slightly toward no.
Compared to the alternatives, previously available and in the future, the Celtics sticking long-term with Walker Brown Tatum Hayward does not seem the best to me. No way I see a title coming with that core. Oh decent / good seasons. But no titles and not close.
Will both Leonard & George stick around?
Giannis... probably sticks around.
Warriors more old school.
Is Durant done moving? I lean slightly toward no.
Compared to the alternatives, previously available and in the future, the Celtics sticking long-term with Walker Brown Tatum Hayward does not seem the best to me. No way I see a title coming with that core. Oh decent / good seasons. But no titles and not close.
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In past 12 seasons 70% of teams have made at least one conference finals.
Rockets and Thunder under Morey and Presti have made 5 total. That is 50% above the average but would be much closer to average for the non-terrible teams. No titles in 24 tries. Just one finals game won.
Rockets and Thunder under Morey and Presti have made 5 total. That is 50% above the average but would be much closer to average for the non-terrible teams. No titles in 24 tries. Just one finals game won.
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The statistical decade having concluded , here are categorical leaders for regular seasons and playoffs in the teens:LeBron did not lead postseasons in everything! Serge padded his lead by 23 this year.
Win Shares, VORP, and 3-point FG in the decade:The top 6 in Win Shares are also the top 6 in VORP. Only LeBron played in the East.
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Points 2010-19 RS PPG
19,550 LeBron 26.9
19,445 Durant 28.0
18,627 Harden 24.3
17,603 Westbrook 23.8
16,315 Curry 23.5
15,213 Aldridge 20.8
14,931 DeRozan 19.9
14,783 Anthony 23.9
13,243 Wade 20.1
13,200 Griffin 21.9
Points 2010-19 PO PPG
5150 LeBron 28.8
4043 Durant 29.1
2968 Curry 26.5
2654 Harden 22.9
2489 Westbrook 25.4
2384 Wade 20.6
2372 Thompson 19.3
2164 Leonard 19.5
1761 Paul 20.7
1745 Parker 16.8
T Reb 2010-19 RS RPG
8653 D Jordan 11.3
8077 Howard 12.7
7424 Drummond 13.7
6663 Love 11.6
6473 Aldridge 8.9
6218 P Gasol 9.7
6131 Cousins 10.9
6105 Gortat 8.3
6009 Randolph 9.9
5573 LeBron 7.7
T Reb 2010-19 PO RPG
1626 LeBron 9.1
1149 Dra Green 9.3
1071 Durant 7.7
866 Ibaka 6.5
854 Leonard 7.7
851 Horford 8.2
844 Duncan 9.3
745 Howard 12.8
725 P Gasol 9.1
685 Westbrook 7.0
Assist 2010-19 RS APG
6462 Westbrook 8.7
6215 Paul 9.6
5626 Rondo 9.5
5503 LeBron 7.7
5282 Wall 9.2
4743 Harden 6.2
4621 Lowry 6.7
4588 Curry 6.6
4151 Jr Holiday 6.4
4145 Teague 5.8
4128 De Williams 7.7
Assist 2010-19 PO APG
1251 LeBron 7.0
778 Westbrook 7.9
754 Dra Green 6.1
704 Curry 6.3
678 Paul 8.0
672 Rondo 10.3
650 Harden 5.6
557 Durant 4.0
546 Parker 5.3
510 Wade 4.4
Steal 2010-19 RS SPG
1396 Paul 2.1
1332 Westbrook 1.8
1200 Curry 1.7
1189 Harden 1.6
1161 Ariza 1.7
1142 Th Young 1.5
1107 LeBron 1.5
1082 M Ellis 1.8
1071 George 1.8
1027 Conley 1.6
Steal 2010-19 PO SPG
321 LeBron 1.8
205 Harden 1.8
197 Dra Green 1.6
187 Leonard 1.7
186 Paul 2.2
184 Westbrook 1.9
181 Curry 1.6
172 Wade 1.5
158 Iguodala 1.2
Block 2010-19 RS BPG
1626 Ibaka 2.2
1291 D Jordan 1.7
1237 Howard 1.9
1121 A Davis 2.4
1098 B Lopez 1.7
1070 Hibbert 1.8
1068 M Gasol 1.5
941 P Gasol 1.5
908 McGee 1.6
902 Duncan 1.8
Block 2010-19 PO BPG
275 Ibaka 2.1
184 LeBron 1.0
180 Dra Green 1.5
163 Durant 1.2
147 Duncan 1.6
136 Howard 2.3
130 Horford 1.3
130 P Gasol 1.6
129 M Gasol 1.6
116 D Jordan 2.0
116 Wade 1.0
Win Shares, VORP, and 3-point FG in the decade:
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WS 2010-19 RS ws/48
141.8 LeBron .251
131.5 Durant .246
121.9 Harden .224
116.2 Paul .251
102.9 Curry .207
95.0 Westbrook .178
87.9 Aldridge .164
82.2 D Jordan .177
79.1 Lowry .166
76.7 Howard .172
WS 2010-19 PO ws/48
38.6 LeBron .250
23.1 Durant .198
17.6 Leonard .219
17.1 Curry .194
14.4 Harden .169
14.0 Dra Green .154
13.0 Paul .200
12.6 Wade .144
10.7 Horford .141
10.6 Westbrook .137
VORP 2010-19 RS BPM
79.1 LeBron 9.6
60.3 Westbrook 7.3
59.9 Harden 7.1
52.6 Durant 6.1
51.1 Curry 6.5
50.1 Paul 6.9
37.7 Lowry 4.6
34.2 M Gasol 3.7
32.3 Griffin 4.0
30.4 Horford 3.7
VORP 2010-19 PO BPM
24.5 LeBron 11.1
10.4 Durant 5.4
9.6 Curry 7.0
9.3 Dra Green 6.4
9.0 Leonard 7.3
8.7 Harden 6.4
8.2 Westbrook 6.7
7.6 Paul 7.7
6.5 Wade 4.1
5.7 Iguodala 3.6
3FG 2010-19 RS 3fg%
2483 Curry .436
2025 Harden .365
1798 Thompson .419
1582 Redick .415
1555 Matthews .382
1514 Korver .445
1506 Lillard .368
1468 Lowry .374
1433 George .378
1414 Durant .384
3FG 2010-19 PO 3fg%
470 Curry .401
374 Thompson .415
304 Durant .352
283 LeBron .342
278 Harden .330
243 JR Smith .380
230 Da Green .397
209 Korver .399
188 R Allen .397
180 Leonard .411
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Other ways to look at it but on year to year team win progression, Rod Thorn had 4 improvements, 9 declines as top executive and then was helped by 3 - 1 as a senior consultant for Bucks.
Would want to consider details of course but that provides some perspective.
Would want to consider details of course but that provides some perspective.
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The Warriors lost their season opener, 141-122 to the Clippers. In this game, LAC shot .738 eFG% -- the 13th best eFG shooting game of all time or since 1984 at least. TS% of .756 is the 14th best known, and both are by far the highest ever against the GSW.
It wasn't the LAC best shooting game ever, though. In March of 1998, the last-place (Pacific division) Clippers were pleased to host the last-place Toronto Raptors and beat them 152-120. They not only shot .744 eFG% (and .758 TS%), they put up the all-time highest O-Rtg of 162.8 pts/100 poss.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/bo ... 30LAC.html
Highest team ORtg in a game:The 2nd best offensive explosion is a full 7.2 Pts/100 behind the #1 outburst.
Clippers hall-of-famers for a night were Darrick Martin, Rodney Rogers, Lamond Murray, Ike Austin, Eric Piatkowski, Mo Taylor, and Lorenzen Wright.
It wasn't the LAC best shooting game ever, though. In March of 1998, the last-place (Pacific division) Clippers were pleased to host the last-place Toronto Raptors and beat them 152-120. They not only shot .744 eFG% (and .758 TS%), they put up the all-time highest O-Rtg of 162.8 pts/100 poss.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/bo ... 30LAC.html
Highest team ORtg in a game:
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ORtg 'date Tm Opp
162.8 '98-03-13 LAC Tor
155.6 '14-11-21 Dal LAL
153.4 '00-01-10 Mil Cha
152.4 '19-02-01 Den Hou
148.9 '07-04-01 Phx DalClippers hall-of-famers for a night were Darrick Martin, Rodney Rogers, Lamond Murray, Ike Austin, Eric Piatkowski, Mo Taylor, and Lorenzen Wright.
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Of the top 20 on VORP (available measure of overall value on BRef) the least efficient scorers (on ts%) are Giannis, LeBron and AD. They are in top 20 because of usage & other contributions, not scoring efficiency. And the gap to rest of group is pretty large. May be a big deal in regular season and especially in playoffs.
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Most season minutes without an offensive rebound:Seems to be a recent phenomenon.
Conley would normally get an OReb every 2-3 games. He played 12 games in '18.
The current players will play more and get a few. Others who had very few in more minutes:Davis' minutes to get 3 ORb are more than anyone else has played with fewer than 6.
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Min zero OReb yr tm
373 Mike Conley 2018 Mem
304 Tyus Jones 2020 Mem
294 Landry Shamet 2020 LAC
228 Travis Wear 2018 LAL
222 JR Smith 2019 CleConley would normally get an OReb every 2-3 games. He played 12 games in '18.
The current players will play more and get a few. Others who had very few in more minutes:
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Min OReb player yr tm
582 1 Dana Barros 2002 Det
464 1 Royce O'Neale 2020 Uta
583 2 BJ Armstrong 2000 Chi
575 2 Derek Fisher 2013 tot
439 2 Kendrick Nunn 2020 Mia
438 2 Evan Fournier 2020 Orl
1378 3 Hubert Davis 1999 DalCode: Select all
Min OReb player yr tm
1874 6 Jason Willams 2006 Mia
2116 9 JJ Redick 2018 Phl
2198 11 JJ Redick 2017 LAC
2576 14 Damon Jones 2005 Mia
2651 18 Jarrett Jack 2007 Por
2858 20 Allan Houston 2001 NYK
2889 23 Reggie Miller 2002 Ind
3108 26 Allan Houston 2003 NYK
3318 27 Dana Barros 1995 Phl
3424 47 Allen Iverson 2008 Den
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Doesn't get any more trivial than: all three Porters in the NBA (Kevin, Otto & Michael) are Jrs
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The 20-3 Lakers are leading the league in blocked shots, with 7.4 per game.
They're also the least-blocked team on offense, with just 3.3 opponent Blk/G
That's more than a 2:1 ratio. How unusual is this?
Since blocks are counted since 1973-74, the progressive record for best Blk/OppBlk ratio:Only 24 teams have averaged more than 7.4 blocks for a season.
Opp. Blk of 3.3/G is the 8th lowest in NBA since 1974.
http://bkref.com/tiny/k3GtM
Of 54 teams with a block ratio of 1.50 or better, the avg Win% is .680, and all have made the playoffs.
Repeat teams in the 150 club:
77-81 Sixers
81-82 Celtics
83-84 Bucks
92-94 Rockets
05-07 Heat
06-08 Pistons
11-14 Heat
12-14 Thunder
15-16 Clippers
15-19 Warriors
Only those Ibaka Thunders and these *Lakers have averaged >7.0 blocks in this century.
* - Davis, Dwight, and JaVale all rank top 10 in Blk% (300+ min.)
Who's doing it, ranked by blocks / blocked against:
They're also the least-blocked team on offense, with just 3.3 opponent Blk/G
That's more than a 2:1 ratio. How unusual is this?
Since blocks are counted since 1973-74, the progressive record for best Blk/OppBlk ratio:
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Bk/Op yr Tm Blk OpBlk W%
1.66 1974 MIL* 6.3 3.8 .720
1.70 1979 PHI* 7.3 4.3 .573
1.70 1980 PHI* 8.0 4.7 .720
1.76 1983 MIL* 6.5 3.7 .622
1.81 2005 MIA* 5.8 3.2 .720
1.95 2013 OKC* 7.6 3.9 .732
2.03 2018 GSW* 7.5 3.7 .707
2.24 2020 LAL 7.4 3.3 .870Opp. Blk of 3.3/G is the 8th lowest in NBA since 1974.
http://bkref.com/tiny/k3GtM
Of 54 teams with a block ratio of 1.50 or better, the avg Win% is .680, and all have made the playoffs.
Repeat teams in the 150 club:
77-81 Sixers
81-82 Celtics
83-84 Bucks
92-94 Rockets
05-07 Heat
06-08 Pistons
11-14 Heat
12-14 Thunder
15-16 Clippers
15-19 Warriors
Only those Ibaka Thunders and these *Lakers have averaged >7.0 blocks in this century.
* - Davis, Dwight, and JaVale all rank top 10 in Blk% (300+ min.)
Who's doing it, ranked by blocks / blocked against:
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B/b LAL'20 Blk bkd bkd%
8.3 Dwight 33 4 .048
6.0 Green 12 2 .013
4.3 Davis 60 14 .034
4.0 McGee 28 7 .057
1.6 Kuzma 8 5 .028
1.3 KCP 4 3 .020
1.2 Caruso 7 6 .063
.68 LeBron 13 19 .042
.33 Daniels 1 3 .034
.25 Bradley 1 4 .048
.20 Rondo 1 5 .055
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LeBron James' playoff totals are almost as great as any 2 other active players in these stats:Partly this is due to several of his contemporaries retiring in the last couple of years: Gasol, Wade, Parker, Ginobili... Largely it's LeBron.
http://bkref.com/tiny/Q88Jk
In these categories, he has more than any 2 others in the league:In that last one the next 3 don't add up to #1
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playoff minutes
LeBron 10049
Durant 5598
Thompson 4570
playoff FT
LeBron 1627
Durant 1013
Harden 790
playoff DReb
LeBron 1756
Durant 957
Dwight 932
playoff assists
LeBron 1687
Rondo 981
Paul 865
playoff steals
LeBron 419
Paul 222
Harden 205
playoff points
LeBron 6911
Durant 4043
Curry 2968http://bkref.com/tiny/Q88Jk
In these categories, he has more than any 2 others in the league:
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playoff FG
LeBron 2457
Durant 1363
Curry 979
playoff TO
LeBron 866
Durant 438
Harden 399
playoff WinShr
LeBron 51.0
Durant 23.0
Kawhi 17.6
Curry 17.1
playoff VORP
LeBron 33.1
Durant 10.4
Curry 9.6
Paul 9.4