Whos Clutch, Whos Not? READ

[ShAuN]

Ok Im just going to Copy and Paste. This was posted on RealGM on the Miami Heat Sectin, here it is:

Game Winning Shot Opportunity = 24 seconds or less left in the game, team with the ball is either tied or down by 1 to 2 points.

http://www.82games.com/random12.htmm

Stats are for 03-04, 04-05 and 05-06 seasons

Here are the leaders (TOP 12):

League-Wide 393/1323 FGS .297 273/367 FTS 174-127 AST-TO

Carmelo Anthony 8/14 FGS .571 4/6 FTS 0-1 AST-TO

Steve Francis 8/18 FGS .444 3/3 FTS 2-1 AST-TO

Allen Iverson 8/18 FGS .444 5/7 FTS 1-2 AST-TO

Joe Johnson 7/16 FGS .438 0/0 FTS 0-1 AST-TO

Michael Redd 7/17 FGS .412 4/5 FTS 0-1 AST-TO

Tracy McGrady 7/22 FGS .318 8/8 FTS 0-0 AST-TO

Vince Carter 7/25 FGS .280 4/4 FTS 3-2 AST-TO

Jalen Rose 6/10 FGS .600 4/5 FTS 0-4 AST-TO

Ben Gordon 6/12 FGS .500 0/0 FTS 1-0 AST-TO

Damon Stoudamire 6/12 FGS .500 0/0 FTS 4-1 AST-TO

Paul Pierce 6/17 FGS .353 8/9 FTS 5-3 AST-TO

Kobe Bryant 6/25 FGS .240 8/9 FTS 0-1 AST-TO


Wade ranked #19 5/15 FGS .333 3/5 FTS 1-1 AST-TO

Not as good as alot of us though huh? Shows you how biased we are sometimes. He has made 5 game-winner(or tying) shots in his whole career, but we act like he has made 100.


LeBron James 2/16 FGS .125 4/8 FTS 2-2 AST-TO

Lebron His % is horrible, below the league average as well. Everyone keeps saying he is way behind Wade in the clucth, but he has only made 3 less game winners than Wade(thats one per year). So, its not that hard for him to catch up in this area.

ranked #35 Chauncey Billups 4/18 FGS .222 10/11 FTS 1-1 AST-TO

He is known as the big shot guy in Detroit. But, he has missed alot of big shots too. What you can notice though is he is smart in the clutch and gets to the FT line where he is 10/11 in the clutch. Maybe he should be ranked higher cuz of the FTs?

Some of the worst in the NBA:


Steve Nash 1 12 .083 2 3 6 2
Emanuel Ginobili 1 7 .143 0 1 0

[AI2]

Kobe shoots only .240 in the clutch? I think that is an eror

[ShAuN]

No its not. He does shoot 24% its not a lying website. Pierce shoots only 35% I figured it was better for Pierce too. LeBron clearly sucks.

[Anthony15]

Melo is very reliable, half of his clutch shots going in. Nice to have a player that doesn't fail under pressure!

[hipn]

[H Rock]

Why is Kobe supposed to be clutch if he shoots only 24%?

[Wayne]

if not Kobe..who?..Lamar?..he might end up with an offensive foul..remember the game vs Kings when they are up by 5 and 22 secs left..?Lamar goes to the drvie and end up offensive foul and Kings tied and won the game..

[dada]

Cant really judge who is clutch or not based on these stats alone. There are a bunch of other things to take into consideration when dealing with these percentages.

Example: a guy might take a shot and miss it initially, then try to follow the shot and make a couple extra attempts. Even though it was one sequence at the end of the game it would record as him taking 2/3/4 shots. These things add up pretty quick even if he did win the game.

Also being a clutch player isnt solely based on shots taken in the last 24 seconds of a game, there are many other key moments in a game where a team needs a bucket and a player has to deliver it.

Are you really telling me you would rather have Zach Randolph (62.5%) over Chauncey "Mr. Big Shot" Billups (22.2%)?

[ShAuN]

Yea I mean Clutch isnt just the last 24 seconds of the ball game. Its also coming up big in the last few minutes of the game for your team.

[Andrew]

Interesting stats as always but not necessarily conclusive. I wouldn't suggest Jalen Rose as being more clutch than Kobe Bryant. Aside from clutch playing extending beyond the final 24 seconds, one also has to consider the fact a player like Kobe is expected to have the final play drawn up for him or that he's going to take it himself, so the defensive pressure is going to be there immediately, especially on the inbounds pass.

[kevC]

He is Clutch. Everyone else is not.

[J@3]

Clutch play isn't just game winning shots. For all we know a guy could score 10 points and have 3 steals in the last 2 minutes of a game, but if he missed the game winner then that's all we'd see in those statistics posted. It is interesting though.

[Fresh8]

Why is Kobe supposed to be clutch if he shoots only 24%?

Well.. if people want to know about stats... another interesting one would have to be game winning baskets. Kobe Bryant, I read a few months back, is only a few shots away from tying MJ for that category - over their carrers. It may haven been a mistake... but it was around 20? And that's what made it weird... maybe it was buzzer-beaters?

Anyways, the article said noone was near the two of them... doesn't that prove Kobe is clutch?

[Matt]

Billups has more than 4 game winners in the last 3 yrs.

[Laxation]

Billups' Mr Big Shot name doesnt just come from winning shots, but also from making big plays towards the end of a game
i wasnt aware how good anthony was at it... or how many times hes done it... good for him

[j.23]

fuck what those stats say, i would still choose billups and bryant to take game winning shots for my team regardless if their stats indicate they only make 24% of their baskets

[Jugs]

Why is Kobe supposed to be clutch if he shoots only 24%?

Well.. if people want to know about stats... another interesting one would have to be game winning baskets. Kobe Bryant, I read a few months back, is only a few shots away from tying MJ for that category - over their carrers. It may haven been a mistake... but it was around 20? And that's what made it weird... maybe it was buzzer-beaters?

Anyways, the article said noone was near the two of them... doesn't that prove Kobe is clutch?

I saw that somewhere in wikipedia but i cant fucken find it

[Andrew]

Well.. if people want to know about stats... another interesting one would have to be game winning baskets. Kobe Bryant, I read a few months back, is only a few shots away from tying MJ for that category - over their carrers. It may haven been a mistake... but it was around 20? And that's what made it weird... maybe it was buzzer-beaters?

At last count, MJ's number was around 27 after his Wizards stint. I can't recall Kobe getting quite that many but not being a Kobe fan I haven't followed his career quite as closely or attentively as I did Michael Jordan's.

[Jugs]

I think it was around 21, i saw it on wikipedia, IM NOT LYING!

[Andrew]

Kobe's or Michael Jordan's? Because the number stood at 25 for MJ back in 1998, I remember the feature on NBA Action/NBA.com quite distinctly.

[J@3]

www.answers.com/topic/kobe-bryant

Note: Bryant has made 21 game-winning shots so far in his career

I think it's pretty much inevitable he'll take over from MJ.

[Jugs]

ugh, i went to wikipedia and the list wasn't there, it just said "late-game heroics" and some bunch of stuff.

When i first saw it, the list was there.

[Andrew]

I think it's pretty much inevitable he'll take over from MJ.

Quite possible, he's getting up there. Kind of snuck up on it though, he's certainly hit his fair share but I wasn't aware it had climbed that high.

[J@3]

I can't really see him not hitting another 6 or 7 in the next 5 seasons or so. Especially since the Lakers go to him for every single last minute play.

[Andrew]

Guess we'll find out in due time.

We might as well start the count for Bogut too. I remember the one against San Antonio and I thought he had another one earlier this year as well...but I could be mistaken.