04-22-2021, 08:11 AM
(04-22-2021, 07:36 AM)TXBamanut Wrote: And yet, according to Locked on Mavs, KP assists or scores 70% of the time on postups and that is the third highest percentage for players with 4 or more postups per game. That is third highest in the league and higher than a lot of surprising names (Embiid, Giannis, Jokic, according to them). He normally has 5.5 attempts/game. That shocked me, but they are usually pretty reliable on stats. It's at the 14:15 mark in the pod. They use synergy for the source, I think.
I heard that yesterday. I'm certainly dubious from an eye-test standpoint.
I don't have access to synergy, but their numbers don't make sense statistically either. KP shoots .404 from 10-16 feet (where his post-ups tend to come from) and gets 16% of his 16.3 shots per game from there. That is 2.6 shots per game and he makes 1.05. He gets 1.7 assists per game. So, that is 2.75 scores or assists per game and doesn't come close to 70% of 5.5 post possessions per game (and that is if 100% of his 10-16 foot shots were post ups...they are not). Even if you added 100% of his 3-10 foot shots and 100% of his 10-16 foot shots, you don't get to 5.5 attempts (let alone 5.5 post attempts). Something feels off.