NBA NUMB3RS 2020-21

names arent even needed on that

lol, glad I'm not the only one. I kept thinking, "they mislabeled cp3!"

it wouldn't be *as* bad if you could see the little hex outline around each zone. why is it so faint??

lol at zion leading the league on goals scored from already within the basket

zion meta-fgs champ

thats the way to do it

so play-in stats don't count in regular season totals.... nor in playoff totals!

ghost stats

its the playoffs. thats pretty lame

yeah why would they not be playoff stats?

cause its the playins

foil cover variant stats

imo they should count as reg season stats

nah for sure they should be playoff stats, don’t see now anyone could object to this tbh

bc its not the playoffs

it's post-season activity ergo

purgaseason

what a totally insane season he had

8 players attempted at least 100 step-back 3s this year.

Only one made at least 37% of them - Steph Curry, who made 47% of his 161 step-back attempts this year!

More here: https://t.co/ilJFgERRZE pic.twitter.com/0p7jEiUx0X

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 26, 2021

shoulda shot more smh

yep

Step-Back 3P% (Min. 100 3PA)
1. Steph Curry ......... 47.2%
2. Zach LaVine ........ 36.9
3. Jamal Murray .......36.9
4. James Harden ..... 36.8
5. Dame Lillard .........36.0
6. Luka Doncic ......... 35.7
7. Jayson Tatum ....... 34.6
8. Jordan Clarkson ... 33.3 pic.twitter.com/nsmV9Xw33C

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 26, 2021

if he didnt break his tailbone they woulda been a 5-6 seed :(

think they wouldve had a tough time in the offs regardless just cause they didnt have enough other offense to keep teams from completely loading up on him

that shot map is otherworldly. it would have been very frustrating seeing the dubs woefully poor at supporting him in the playoffs, but still sux that we don't get to see any more of him this season

think they wouldve had a tough time in the offs regardless just cause they didnt have enough other offense to keep teams from completely loading up on him

― lag∞n, Wednesday, May 26, 2021 8:23 AM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

woulda been the same thing he saw every night. but yah likely a first round exit in 6-7 games

pic.twitter.com/FpsZkcX4KT

— Out Of Context NBA (@oocnba) May 26, 2021

nba letters 2020-21

high volume 3s at average % and then just killing it inside 15 feet

Luka Doncic, Now With More Midrangehttps://t.co/mzsc3xGsdH pic.twitter.com/8ZgDrslxWS

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 28, 2021

if he’s gonna hit deep threes and midrange and make the right pass to an open shooter every time you swarm him he’s basically indefensible

yeah passing is so key to his game guys are scared to leave their mans to double him

just turned 22 a few months ago, you have to assume he's gonna be one of these guys who works on his game and adds something every offseason. never want to count your chickens but he is definitely on track for a LeBron-esque career

yeah the things hes done at his age are not normal, theyre not normal for any age!

It’s weird, before he came into the league, I thought luka would be more of a conventional wing and that his lack of elite running & jumping athleticism might limit him. but watching him now it feels like he’s really a big, high-scoring point guard and his skills are perfectly suited to it

hes such an unusual player as far as how he gets his points, he uses his great first step to get to the second level then kind of bullies and hesitates his way around until he hits any number of weird touch shots or perfect passes, his 3pt game is a little more in line with your elite high usage guys as far as a lot of dribbling leading into stepbacks and so forth

feel like i should mention his crossover too which is great and key to all this stuff

like that shot chart hes just scoring from all over the paint who does that

getting middle so constantly like that makes his passing work too

Luka now has 4 career 40 point playoff games. That’s the same as:

Melo, Duncan, Dame, Kawhi, Karl Malone had in their careers.

It’s more than:
Kyrie, Pierce, AD, Ewing, Moses, Giannis, Isiah has in their careers.

He’s 22 years old and has played 11 career playoff games.

— nick wright (@getnickwright) June 3, 2021

With his next 40 point playoff game, Luka will move into a tie for 20th ALL TIME. He’ll tie Barkley, Bird, Havlicek, McAdoo, Petit & Dominique.

We are watching a true phenomenon.

— nick wright (@getnickwright) June 3, 2021

ICMYI: I watched all of Curry's and Doncic's regular season 3PAs to see how accurate the NBA's shot type classifications are

tl;dr: Missed step backs are regularly recorded as missed jump shots resulting in inflated 3P% on step back attemptshttps://t.co/K8jyf5j9Cs pic.twitter.com/EatISv1OHY

— Owen Phillips (@owenlhjphillips) June 3, 2021

Leading Scorers By Zone, Last 25 Years pic.twitter.com/R5BbIxrRxS

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) August 24, 2021

can't believe trae won a zone already

         dirk 
    dirk      dirk 
dirk              dirk 
dirk              kg

that image is wacky and reminds you of just how good dirk was

The game has changed, dirk shoulda shot more threes honestly. Kinda surprised cP hasn’t taken one of those spots from dirk, or derozan

at the time a lot of people myself included thought he should be taking more threes but the thing about dirks midrange was he could just get a good look from there all the time, prob one of the more reliable plays ever

Oh yeah that shot was automatic I don’t think a ton more threes just avg like 1-2 more per game and he prob woulda won some scoring titles

the #7 and #8 seeds are 0-32 in series and 41-144 (.222) in games.

Only one player in NBA history has made 300 3s in a season while also shooting at least 40% from beyond the arc. Stephen Curry, who has done it 4 times in the last 6 seasons pic.twitter.com/lcaISrswBt

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) September 9, 2021

steph is universally recognized as the best shooter ever but feel like its not generally understood how much better he is than everyone else

hes so much better at shooting it puts him in the conversation for best offensive player ever