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ELI5 TS% please (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by peanutburger@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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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.

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[–] shanmustafa@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

if you get 20 possessions, and you go 10/20 from 2 in them, you have 20 points and your FG% is 50%

if you get 20 possessions and you go 5/10 from 2, and then 2/5 from three, and in the other 5 you get fouled and go 8/10 at the line, you get 24 points and a FG% of 46.6%

FG% would suggest number 1 was more efficient, TS just takes into account that 3 > 2, and takes into account freethrows as well

[–] Shxcking@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Is this why “20 points on 20 shots is not efficient” despite being a 50% FG rate?

Because most players scoring 20 would have a mix or 2s and 3s, which should require less shots to reach 20? Whereas 20 points on 20 2s attempted would be fine?