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Embiid gets 3.4 FTs a game on 8.6 drives a game.
SGA gets 3.0 FTs a game on 21 drives a game.
I mean, Embiid should be getting a ton more so it kind of checks out
Embiid is perhaps, and I do not say this lightly, the greatest flopper the league has ever known. It's absurd.
there's a video ou course teaching this? asking for a friend
Weird how SGA's game is the exact same as last year, yet his foul calls plummeted
Deservedly so when he pushes off every drive
Same with Luka
Its because they normally try to make the shot instead of pure theatrics
Nah Luka definitely foul baits he just isn’t getting it called anymore this year. Although idk if it’s rly baiting since he’s getting hacked everytime he drives
embiid made the most shots in the nba last year
Refs obviously trained their "anti-flop" measures on some of the big offenders from last year. Its obvious if you watched him last year vs now that the same exact drives that make contact are now no-calls
Same with Pascal. the league is a fucking joke
Dude could average 35 a night on high efficiency with the middy/drive game. In this day and age that’s wild to see. SGA averages more drives per game than anyone in the last 10+ years by far
Ja Morant...
There’s less people packed in the paint to foul him when playing OKC because their perimeter shooters have improved
More like he forgot to compliment the refs this year
Most impolite Canadian.
Maybe it's because of that house issue. Dude is stressed at home. 💀
He's getting fouled on almost every drive, they just straight up aren't calling them
now you understand why embiid sells contact as much as he does
It def is a little of that, but he's also night to night just not getting the same whistle. Is what it is, and should even out a bit over the season.
That says more about how SGA gets reffed than Embiid.
SGA gets reffed like Yao Ming
"I don't think that's fair."
What constitutes a drive? Is it a shot attempt (doubt it cuz that'd be wild)? Cuz if he's getting fouled but on the ground or just running a pick and roll but his initial first steps count as driving but he immediately dumps it off, idk how to interpret this
its also because they count drives on uncontested fast breaks vs in the half court.
This stat is damning, fuck Embiid
Drives per game isn't a good stat to determine this sort of thing. They always come up but drives aren't very high up on the list of plays likely to lead to FTs.
The highest are things like put-backs, lobs, post-ups, and dunks (you're standing under the basket and someone passes to you). So yeah big physical players/teams tend to be higher in these and get more FTs despite not driving as much.
Have you considered the fact SGA is a dirty Canuck and doesn’t deserve nice things?