Lillard's SportsVU Data: Touches

[Boise Blazer]

This linked articles is about Chris Paul but Lillard is in the top 5 of the mentioned stats:

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2013/11/06/early-storylines-out-of-sportvu/

Chris Paul has the ball in his hands a lot
The stat: The Clippers’ point guard leads the league in touches per game, front court touches per game, and time of possession, all by a pretty wide margin.
The context: We’ve had usage rate to tell us what players control the action most for some time. But usage rate tells you only about the end of possessions, taking shots, free throws, assists and turnovers into account. Paul currently ranks 27th in usage rate.
But by seeing the touches and time of possession numbers, we gain a greater appreciation for just how much Paul is controlling the Clippers’ offense. After Paul’s 7.5 minutes of possession, next on the Clippers is Darren Collison at 2.1 (76th in the league). The next L.A. starter is Blake Griffin at 1.6 (100th).
And here’s the thing. The Clippers, right now, have the No. 1 offense in the league, scoring a ridiculous 116.6 points per 100 possessions. The OffRtg will go down. The ranking might not.
The Clippers have to fix things defensively. But if they do, and the guy who leads the league in time of possession is also leading the league’s best defense, he has to be considered a serious MVP candidate.

 

[HailBlazers]

· The NBA defines “pull up shots” as “any jump shot outside 10 feet where a player took 1 or more dribbles before shooting.” And in that category, Lillard ranks second in the NBA with 12.0 pull up attempts per game, behind only Stephen Curry, who is well out in front with 17.3 attempts per game. Lillard also ranks second, always behind Curry, in pull up makes per game (5.0), pull up three’s attempted (4.3) and pull up three’s made (2.0).

This Week In SportVU: Small Sample Sizes

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Apparently Lillard is pretty crappy at creating scoring for others.

(No Blazer is good (except Will Barton if you remove the minutes restriction) but Lillard is behind even Mo and Nic.)

(See if you can spot the one big name PG who's worse.)

 

[Boise Blazer]

Apparently Lillard is pretty crappy at creating scoring for others.

(No Blazer is good (except Will Barton if you remove the minutes restriction) but Lillard is behind even Mo and Nic.)

(See if you can spot the one big name PG who's worse.)

Lillard is 16th in the league in assist opportunities per game at 11.5 per game. They should add percentage of assist opportunities that are converted.