I’m a dinosaur and only know OG stats. I’ve sorted hated these manufactured stats but am open to change. I understand conceptually what it is (more or less) but not how it’s calculated or how it’s not sorta arbitrary. I’m not convinced it’s better especially when they say AI is overrated. Dude was a beast.

And are there other new stats I need to learn?

ELI5 but also open to complexity.

  • SerialRapperBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    10/20 from 2 = 50% FG, but 20 points

    10/20 from 3 = 50% FG, but 30 points

    This is why FG% is not a good stat. It doesn’t take into account the difference in value between 2s and 3s (and FTs). The FG% is the same yet scenario 2 is giving you 50% more points.

    TS% = points/(2 * (FGA + .44 * FTA)))

    This basically tries to account for the different values that each way to score provides. Scenario 1 has a 50% TS. Scenario 2 has a 75% TS. Huge difference despite the FG% being the same.