Basketball Statistics Blog

Sunday's Reflexions on Basketball Statistics:
About the Player's Scoring Possessions in Basketball Statistics

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 ?

A selected excerpt from the discussions at the eBA Annual Analysis System Clinic Chat about this topic "Basketball Possessions".

This topic is resumed in the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System
at the eBA Encyclopedia > The Articles

You must be logged in to read or post a comment. Register

tags:  basketball  ~ basketball statistics ~  basketball analysis  ~  scoring possessions
visit:  eBA Portal  ~  eBA Forums  ~  eBA Encyclopedia  ~  eBA Clinics