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Coach's Digest: That Not Specified Percentage

12/28/07

Coach's Digest: That Not Specified Percentage

20:38:54, Categories: Coach's Digest, Statistics, Formulas

Coach's Digest: Player's Scoring Possessions

A resumed thought with reference to that "not specified percentage" in each field about which we are speaking related to 'player's scoring possessions' formulas: referred to assists I understand they must be counted and credited based on the length of the shots, as done at the eBA System. Long shots must be credited with a 25% to the player serving the assist, meanwhile short shots, layups or shots within two meters +/- of the basket, in a relative manner easy shots, must be credited with a 50%. Finally medium range shots would have the credit of a 63% for the shooter and only the 37% for the player serving the assist, quantification which may be a proper average for assist in general.

Therefore, the individual floor % is just a player's scoring possessions divided by his total possessions. This statistic take into consideration all areas of a player's offensive contribution, with the possible omission of his offensive rebounds, which are counted not in a forthright manner in the total possession formula. On many occasions, field goal percentages and free throw percentages are referred as measures of a player's scoring efficiency. For guards, assist to turnover ratios are frequently referred. Individual floor % summarize all this into one number having a purpose. Thoughts ?

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