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Why haven’t assist/apg numbers gone up like ppg despite supposedly less iso styles? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by houstonrockets3311@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Ppg numbers have gone up a lot as we all know - you have a lot more 20/30ppg players compared to the 2000s. But we don’t see the same trend in assists? Usually its still less than 5 players avg >10 assists in a season, similar to the 2000s. And we’re in a much less iso heavy, more ball movement style of game. Is it just that assists have been distributed more equally amongst players nowadays rather than it being the PG being primary distributor?

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[–] awntawn@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

More 3's = more points on less made baskets

[–] koverage@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

should 3 point assists count for 1.5?

[–] ogqozo@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Short answer, why would it lol.

Apg leaders used to be guys that were very good point guards, usually short, but not really big on scoring themselves. Makes sense that that kind of guy would be the one most often assisting, that's like the role.

There are basically no guys like this anymore, the few last ones are in their 30's. It's just not how teams are built in NBA anymore.

Nowadays, top apg guys are usually also scoring a ton, short guys mostly have to be excellent shooters to be playable, the whole distribution of shots is completely different.

[–] Altruistic-Drawing25@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You don't get assists for FTs