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Since 1973-74 there have only been 6 full seasons of a player having a 12+ box plus/minus — Jokic is on pace for his 4th (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Basketball_Reference@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Source: https://stathead.com/tiny/sB4q2

Context: Box Plus/Minus (BPM) is a basketball box score-based metric that estimates a basketball player’s contribution to the team when that player is on the court.

Rk	Player	BPM	Season
1	Nikola Jokic	14.6	2023-24
2	Nikola Jokic	13.7	2021-22
3	LeBron James	13.2	2008-09
4	Nikola Jokic	13.0	2022-23
5	Michael Jordan	13.0	1987-88
6	Nikola Jokic	12.1	2020-21
7	Michael Jordan	12.0	1990-91

Also h/t Andy Bailey on this find!

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[–] KingRicimer@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah because it overweights centers who rack up assists. I don’t understand why they reworked the formula after Westbrook “broke” it with his rebounding but haven’t done so for Jokic’s passing. Neither had better seasons than Prime MJ and LeBron.

[–] Johnyyyyyyyyy@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ok then, find me a stat that Jokic is bad in. Y'all will say anything before giving him the respect he deserves.

[–] CofTheEast@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone is responding butthurt because you said Jokic doesn’t have a season as good as Prime Michael Jordan lol.

While completely ignoring the real point which is this metric is biased towards centers and literally gives them more points for things like assists.

[–] No_Engineering_4925@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Or maybe you center actually being the best passer in the league is just that valuable?

[–] Zombiepirate86@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It calculates your position, it doesn't go off listed position. Jokic is not a center under the BPM formula he is a forward just like Lebron.