Portland NBA Touch Stats

[wizenheimer]

I posted this in another thread but was kind of thinking it deserved it's own thread:

the NBA 'touch' stats for Portland are kind of interesting:

touches per game:

Simons 65.0
Scoot 59.9
Avdija 59.8
Sharpe 46.8
Ayton 45.1
Camara 41.8
Grant 40.4
Banton 34.8
Timelord 23.6
Clingan 23.3
Walker 13.5
Murray 13.1

average seconds/touch

Scoot 4.59
Simons 4.55
Banton 3.82
Sharpe 3.32
Avdija 3.04
Grant 2.60
Camara 1.94
Murray 1.90
Walker 1.77
Ayton 1.61
Clingan 1.48
Timelord 1.30

average dribbles/touch:

Scoot 4.08
Simons 4.07
Banton 2.99
Sharpe 2.77
Avdija 2.20
Grant 1.81
Murray 1.15
Camara 1.08
Walker 0.84
Ayton 0.57
Clingan 0.42
Timelord 0.33

average points/touch:

Sharpe 0.363
Grant 0.357
Ayton 0.320
Murray 0.307
Simons 0.283
Walker 0.269
Banton 0.254
Avdija 0.247
Camara 0.246
Timelord 0.246
Clingan 0.240
Scoot 0.207

a bit surprising that Grant is 2nd in points/touch. However, he led the Blazers last season at 0.400 so his lack of efficiency this season is noticeable. Might be that Grant isn't quite the low efficiency ball-hog we're assuming

I'm assuming these numbers do not gauge points from assists. I recall seeing a metric of around 1.2 points/assist (fantasy is 1.5). If you used the 1.2 gauge, then points/touch would be:

Sharpe 0.422
Grant 0.422
Simons 0.375
Avdija 0.317
Scoot 0.313

I would think if we are adding credit for assists, then we should be debiting for turnovers. But I don't know how that could be assessed

I think we are undervaluing Sharpe because he has failed the expectations gauge. We can see that he should be doing better than he is. But before the Blazers discard him as a bust they really need to examine if Billups is the best coach for Sharpe. I don't believe he is

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isolation play-type:

Sharpe - 61st percentile (11.2% of plays)
Simons - 46th percentile (14% of plays)
Scoot - 23rd percentile (13.8% of plays)

Avdija - 98th percentile (only 5.3% of plays)
Banton - 70th percentile (8.7% of plays)

PnR ball handler:

Sharpe - 84th percentile (26.4% of plays)
Simons - 78th percentile (39.4% of plays)
Avdija - 61st percentile (19.8% of plays)
Scoot - 47th percentile (33.7% of plays)

again, it seems like there's a disconnect between the perception of Sharpe's production and efficiency vs how he stacks up on the team statistically

some of it though, may be tied to spot-up shooting:

Simons - 81st percentile (17% of plays)
Grant - 80th percentile (34% of plays)
Banton - 77th percentile (23.4% of plays)
Scoot - 65th percentile (17.8% of plays)
Camara - 40th percentile (39.8% of plays)
Sharpe - 21st percentile (17.3% of plays)

 

[SheedSoNasty]

It’s crazy how much stats have evolved lately. They track everything

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I bet if Seth Curry were still on our team he would be leading in points per touch handily.

 

[PDXFonz]

So 20 more touches for Sharpe
20 for Scoot
And the remaining 25 divided between everyone else?

25 for sharpe
15 for scoot?

 

[Mediocre Man]

I bet if Seth Curry were still on our team he would be leading in points per touch handily.

Depends on how good his defense is. He might be buried on the bench and never touch the ball

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Depends on how good his defense is. He might be buried on the bench and never touch the ball

You're ALMOST getting my point