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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 2P%, 3P%, and FT% have all improved considerably from last season, but his TS% has stayed exactly the same (at 62.6%) (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by ZandrickEllison@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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This isn't a knock on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at all (because he's awesome), but rather an observation about the power and efficiency of free throw shooting. SGA's splits happen to illustrate it well this year.

Gilgeous-Alexander has improved across the board -- and considerably so. But because SGA is shooting fewer free throws (from 10.9 to 6.4), his overall efficiency has remained constant.

Two-point percentage: up from 53.3% to 57.5%

Three-point percentage: up from 34.5% to 36.0%

Free-throw percentage: up from 90.5% to 92.8%

True shooting percentage: dead even at 62.6% to 62.6%

all stats from basketball-reference

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[–] butterflyl3@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

That's good. While TS% measures scoring ability, a lower difference between FG% and TS% means less variance and off games, especially in the playoffs.