05-01-2021, 09:40 AM
(04-30-2021, 08:28 PM)F Gump Wrote: I don't think that chart speaks to my point. It doesn't tell me how long THJ is getting to possess the ball at his discretion, and that's what I was talking about. (There's probably not a way to assess that, however, because you have to know what the team/coach is demanding.)
While he may get the ball early in the shot clock at times, if Luka is on the floor, I'm wondering does he have the freedom to dribble, probe, reverse, crossover, etc and probe for a shot? Or is his role to (a) catch-and-shoot, (b) catch, make a quick decisive move, and shoot, or © give the ball back to Luka to fiddle with?
This won’t answer the question directly either, but THJ is in the 17th percentile for his position in Asst/Usage and the 94th percentile in TOV%. So, it is rare he gets an assist compared to how much he has the ball in his hands, but at least he doesn’t turn it over. Whether he’s allowed to probe/create is still unknown. But, we know he’s not doing it to create for others in any meaningful way. To give some context, Powell has had a higher Asst./Usage ratio than THJ the last three seasons.
In his pre-Dallas career, THJ had double and triple the Assist/Usage ratio with a peak of the 62nd percentile his final year in Atlanta. Of course, the tradeoff was he had a higher TO% in those years also. His usage hasn’t changed meaningfully over the years, he’s just getting it in different ways. 3’s have been 58% of his attempts instead of 51% and he’s hitting a way better percent of those than the rest of his career. He is unassisted on about half of his two point attempts, so he isn’t just a one trick pony. But the tricks he does do don’t include creating for others very often.