re: Spreadsheets of Basic and Advanced Stats for Potential Draftees

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nice work, guys

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anytime

I'll try to do the same for guards and wings soon.

I'll be honest, as awesome as it would be to get Davis, I will not be mad if T.Rob ends up being the guy we end up with.
It's seems to me that Rebounds tend to translate to the NBA as well as any other stat out there. Kevin Love, Dejuan Blair, and now Kenneth Faried all guys who were really effective college rebounders.

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I don't think blocks are overrated though. The mere threat of a shot blocker changes the way an offense operates. At the absolute worst a blocked shot is the equivalent of a missed shot, regardless of who retains possession. Toss in the fact that it changes possession sometimes and affects the way offenses operates and I'd say it's not overrated. If they were overrated then the whole world wouldn't be on Davis's nuts.

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This.

Shots altered is a really important stat but not something that is widely kept up with. A guy that is "known" as a shot blocker but still racks up blocks like Davis is being very efficient in their shot blocking oppurtunities. Not too many people challenging him down low after one or two shots get stuffed back down their throats.

shot blockers change how the offense acts too.

A shot blocker is nice, but he also needs to be able to rebound to be useful. Some shot blockers actually make it easier on the offense as they're constantly out of position. Tyson Chandler is the best defensive center in the league and isn't known as a shot blocker.

Tell me, who is the best shot blocker in the NBA?

I think the biggest problem is that the stat itself is flawed. Blocks obviously are useful and the threat of a block can be huge. But not every block has equal value, so just recording the number of blocks doesn't tell the whole picture. There need to be stats for something like Altered Shots and Block Result, which focuses on the offensive team's possession ending.

Finally got around to the guards:



Ranked by Assists per game:
1 Kendall Marshall
2 Scott Machado
3 Marquis Teague
4 Tyshawn Taylor
5 Tu Holloway
6 Trey Burke
7 Tony Wroten
8 Damian Lillard
9 J'Covan Brown
10 Dion Waiters
11 Orlando Johnson
12 Darius Johnson-Odom
13 Jared Cunningham
14 William Buford
15 Bradley Beal
16 Austin Rivers
17 Marcus Denmon
18 Doron Lamb
19 Jeremy Lamb
20 John Jenkins

Assist to Turnover:
1 Kendall Marshall
2 Scott Machado
3 Dion Waiters
4 Marquis Teague
5 Marcus Denmon
6 Damian Lillard
7 Trey Burke
8 Tu Holloway
9 J'Covan Brown
10 Tyshawn Taylor
11 Doron Lamb
12 William Buford
13 Orlando Johnson
14 Darius Johnson-Odom
15 Bradley Beal
16 Jared Cunningham
17 Tony Wroten
18 Austin Rivers
19 Jeremy Lamb
20 John Jenkins

Thanks!