Usage and efficiency stats
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:35 pm
From this page -- http://www.basketball-reference.com/lea ... anced.html
-- and pruning it down to players with at least 200 minutes this year, the mid-season leaders in Usage% and Offensive Rating are:On the left, top O-Rtg, are just 2 above-average 'users', and some who seldom 'use', in spite of their efficiency.
On the right, offensive stars. It makes sense that top players would take the most shots, in general.
Is it practical to fuse these 2 stats? Like Usage * Efficiency?
Ranked by Usg% * ORtg/105.8 ( = league avg ORtg) --Does this basically represent the most proficient (productive and efficient) offensive players in the league? I don't see any slackers, interlopers, or quirks.
We do see Westbrook just above Love. A high-usage guy over a high-efficiency guy.
What if we give efficiency a boost, relative to Usage? Change the formula to Usg% * (ORtg/105.8)^2Love has surged past Westbrook. Maybe an exponent between 1 and 2 is ideal.
A more complete rating of course involves defense. There's more guesswork, but player Defensive Rating is surely better than nothing. We can substitute DRtg for the league avg ORtg in the denominator.
uod = Usg% * ORtg/DRtg , and uod2 = Usg% * (ORtg/DRtg)^2Does one list 'look better' than the other? Squaring the O/D ratio, we lose Irving, Wall, and Jefferson; replaced by Duncan, Davis, and Lee.
-- and pruning it down to players with at least 200 minutes this year, the mid-season leaders in Usage% and Offensive Rating are:
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ORtg O Rating Tm Usg% Usg% Usage Tm ORtg
133 Brandan Wright DAL 18.0 32.9 DeMarcus Cousins SAC 107
127 Chris Andersen MIA 14.2 32.9 Russell Westbrook OKC 103
127 Darius Miller NOP 9.6 31.9 Kevin Durant OKC 125
126 Josh Harrellson DET 12.6 31.9 Carmelo Anthony NYK 112
125 Kevin Durant OKC 31.9 31.2 Derrick Rose CHI 88
125 Robin Lopez POR 14.0 29.9 LeBron James MIA 121
124 Chris Paul LAC 25.0 29.5 LaMarcus Aldridge POR 111
124 Wesley Matthews POR 18.8 29.3 Kyrie Irving CLE 108
124 Miroslav Raduljica MIL 17.3 28.6 Stephen Curry GSW 113
122 Jose Calderon DAL 15.7 28.4 Paul George IND 112
On the right, offensive stars. It makes sense that top players would take the most shots, in general.
Is it practical to fuse these 2 stats? Like Usage * Efficiency?
Ranked by Usg% * ORtg/105.8 ( = league avg ORtg) --
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U*OR Offense Tm Usg% ORtg U*OR Offense Tm Usg% ORtg
37.7 Kevin Durant OKC 32 125 30.1 Paul George IND 28 112
34.2 LeBron James MIA 30 121 29.9 Kyrie Irving CLE 29 108
33.8 Carmelo Anthony NYK 32 112 29.4 James Harden HOU 27 114
33.3 DeMarcus Cousins SAC 33 107 29.3 Chris Paul LAC 25 124
32.0 Russell Westbrook OKC 33 103 29.3 Blake Griffin LAC 27 113
31.6 Kevin Love MIN 28 121 28.6 Isaiah Thomas SAC 26 115
30.9 LaMarcus Aldridge POR 30 111 28.3 Tony Parker SAS 27 113
30.9 Brook Lopez BRK 27 121 28.2 DeMar DeRozan TOR 28 107
30.5 Stephen Curry GSW 29 113 27.7 Jamal Crawford LAC 27 107
30.2 Dirk Nowitzki DAL 27 117 27.7 Dwyane Wade MIA 27 108
We do see Westbrook just above Love. A high-usage guy over a high-efficiency guy.
What if we give efficiency a boost, relative to Usage? Change the formula to Usg% * (ORtg/105.8)^2
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k2 Player Tm Usg% ORtg k2 Player Tm Usg% ORtg
44.5 Kevin Durant OKC 32 125 31.8 Paul George IND 28 112
39.1 LeBron James MIA 30 121 31.7 James Harden HOU 27 114
36.1 Kevin Love MIN 28 121 31.3 Blake Griffin LAC 27 113
35.7 Carmelo Anthony NYK 32 112 31.2 Russell Westbrook OKC 33 103
35.3 Brook Lopez BRK 27 121 31.1 Isaiah Thomas SAC 26 115
34.3 Chris Paul LAC 25 124 30.5 Kyrie Irving CLE 29 108
33.7 DeMarcus Cousins SAC 33 107 30.5 Damian Lillard POR 25 118
33.4 Dirk Nowitzki DAL 27 117 30.2 Tony Parker SAS 27 113
32.6 Stephen Curry GSW 29 113 30.0 Goran Dragic PHO 24 118
32.5 LaMarcus Aldridge POR 30 111 29.8 Anthony Davis NOP 24 117
A more complete rating of course involves defense. There's more guesswork, but player Defensive Rating is surely better than nothing. We can substitute DRtg for the league avg ORtg in the denominator.
uod = Usg% * ORtg/DRtg , and uod2 = Usg% * (ORtg/DRtg)^2
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uod Player Tm Usg% O/D uod2 Player Tm Usg% O/D2
39.9 Kevin Durant OKC 32 1.25 49.8 Kevin Durant OKC 32 1.56
34.5 DeMarcus Cousins SAC 33 1.05 39.7 LeBron James MIA 30 1.33
34.5 LeBron James MIA 30 1.15 39.5 Paul George IND 28 1.39
33.6 Russell Westbrook OKC 33 1.02 38.8 Kevin Love MIN 28 1.41
33.5 Paul George IND 28 1.18 36.9 Chris Paul LAC 25 1.48
33.1 Carmelo Anthony NYK 32 1.04 36.2 DeMarcus Cousins SAC 33 1.10
32.7 Kevin Love MIN 28 1.19 35.1 Stephen Curry GSW 29 1.23
31.7 Stephen Curry GSW 29 1.11 34.3 Carmelo Anthony NYK 32 1.08
31.5 LaMarcus Aldridge POR 30 1.07 34.2 Russell Westbrook OKC 33 1.04
30.4 Chris Paul LAC 25 1.22 33.9 Brook Lopez BRK 27 1.26
30.4 Blake Griffin LAC 27 1.11 33.6 Blake Griffin LAC 27 1.23
30.3 Brook Lopez BRK 27 1.12 33.6 LaMarcus Aldridge POR 30 1.14
29.9 Dirk Nowitzki DAL 27 1.09 32.6 Dirk Nowitzki DAL 27 1.20
29.1 James Harden HOU 27 1.07 31.5 Anthony Davis NOP 24 1.29
29.0 Kyrie Irving CLE 29 .99 31.0 James Harden HOU 27 1.14
28.4 DeMar DeRozan TOR 28 1.02 30.0 Tim Duncan SAS 25 1.19
28.1 Dwyane Wade MIA 27 1.04 29.6 Tony Parker SAS 27 1.12
28.1 John Wall WAS 28 1.02 29.2 David Lee GSW 24 1.20
28.0 Al Jefferson CHA 27 1.03 29.2 Dwyane Wade MIA 27 1.08
28.0 Tony Parker SAS 27 1.06 29.0 DeMar DeRozan TOR 28 1.04