A Closer Look At Devin Harris’ Numbers
Feb 10, 2010 Analysis, Charts & Graphs, Devin Harris
When looking at a few Nets’ shot locations for yesterday’s post, I was surprised to see that Devin’s shot attempts at the rim are higher than the average PG. This is surprising, because you would think that more attempts at the rim would mean easier shots, meaning more points. However, this isn’t the case. Devin’s numbers (both in terms of PPG and APG) have dropped considerably from last year’s all-star season to this year. Why has this drop-off happened? Well, let’s take a look at some numbers that can help explain the drop-off.
Once again, all of these numbers are from the great Hoopdata.com.
% Of FGs Assisted
Individual Shot Location Vs. League Averages
Feb 9, 2010 Advanced Stats, Analysis, Charts & Graphs
Shot selection. I have been harping on this for a little while now, and I am going to talk about it some more. It is such an important topic in my opinion, that it deserves being talked about this much. When guys are taking the right type of shots it means they are scoring more, plain and simple.
Surprisingly, it wasn’t the Nets’ odd shot selection in the past few 4th quarters that got me thinking about this. It was an old article I came across over at Hoopdata.com. If you read this site daily, you know how much I love Hoopdata (we link to their advanced box scores after every game). This article by Tom Haberstroh takes a look at a few players and how their shot locations don’t really match up with their position. I thought this would be fun to do with a few New Jersey Nets.