re: NBA puts Camera Tracking Data Online

Just perusing some of these very early numbers. I found some interesting things. Again, this is way too small of a sample size so things can change rather quickly.

Morrow, Gordon, and Davis are among the top 25 in the league in PTS per Touch. Davis is 11th in PTS per Half Court Touch. His 57 touches per game is bested only by Cousins (58) and the next closest guy is at 48 touches per game.

Imagine if Davis converted his shots at the rim around the 65% he was last year.

Steimsma is a mess on offense, but Opponents are only shooting 46.2% on 4.3 Rim Attempts per Game (RAG). For comparison, Dwight Howard is at 56.8% on 9.3 RAG (ipso facto, forget sample size, Steimsma is a better rim defender than Dwight. Suck it, Rockets) and Robin Lopez is at 51.7% on 9.7 RAG.

The RAG are very low right now for the Pelicans (4th lowest in the league compared to 4th highest last season). I wonder what the numbers looked like last year and if there is a decrease due to better perimeter defense, better scheme, or just sample size fluke.