101 points combined from these two last night with some fun symmetry on the tough shots they made.

Plus-shot making is when a player's points per shot is more than his expected points per shot (SSM = PPS - SSQ) where the "expected" number of points per shot is based on an average shooter facing the same situations, estimated by our shot quality model.

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Curry and Jokic. Two of the best shot makers. On jumpers and more.

Two of the best shot makers ever.

...despite these adjustments, it's hard to demonstrate a positive impact when your team is losing a lot. Any rookie with a negative impact stat could still have huge potential for development (obviously) and might well perform better in a different context.

*I'm using Synergy Player Impact to measure who is helping his team win his minutes - it's a Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus framework that accounts for the other players on the court (teammates + opponents)...

A (way too early) look at last summer's lottery picks. Which ones are getting the most playing time? And who is making the biggest impact (so far)?

These two keep crushing it 👀📈

*net ratings show how many points a team is beating its opponents by on a per-100-possession basis.

Net ratings by conference.

If there was a stat for blocking a shot and making a three in transition on the next possession, Wemby would NOT be the all-time leader. He's still chasing another Spurs legend...

hope these guys are all doing well

Last season's leaders in Points Erased* as the closest defender on two-point shots. *Measured as the average reduction in EPV during the final second before the player he was guarding took a shot (totaled up across all the shots he defended in an average game).

*Highest average EPV at the end of a pass by each player during the 2024-25 season. Minimum 60 touches per game. Presented as expected points above league average per 100 possessions.

Using player tracking data we've created a model that estimates expected possession value for every second of every NBA game. Based on EPV output from last season, these are the players who put their teammates in the best positions to score.

Assist pair leaders.

The Miami Heat are creating less of their offense via picks than any team in the last 15 seasons.

I didn't include Mitch because he wasn't on the court enough last season, but he would be right there next to Steven Adams: went-for 84% of the OREBs and got 22% of the ones he went for. So far this year (3 GP), he's posting 83% went-for rate and a monster 30% got-it rate 🤯

Using player tracking data to separate two aspects of offensive rebounding: how often each player goes for the OREB vs. how often they get it when they go for it.

*These stats are for 2024-25 regular season + the start of this season. Steven Adams went for 87% of his team's missed shots and he collected 22% of the ones he went for. This year his go-for rate is up to 88% and he's collected 25% of the offensive rebounds he's gone for.