Some interesting numbers

[Andrew]

Harvey Pollack's 2003/2004 NBA Statistical Yearbook has been released, and NBA.com has posted some interesting stats that are featured in the book:

Just the Stats Man

[flip_wun]

must be crazy to keep all them stats

i'd definitely wanna read that book

[Matt]

15-foot leader: Michael Jordan, Washington, 52
20-foot leader: Chris Webber, Sacramento, 52
22-foot leader: Wesley Person, Memphis, 33
23-foot leader: Shawn Marion, Phoenix, 54
24-foot leader: Allan Houston, New York, 59
25-foot leader: Ray Allen, Mil.-Sea., 69

this shows you the best shooters + proves that Chris Webber is not a PF

having shots blocked

1. Jermaine O'Neal, 131
2. Shareef Abdur-Rahim, 108
3. Tim Duncan, 106
4. Amare Stoudemire, 105
5. Juwan Howard, 101

this is my fav category, surprised the A Walker wasn't there, he was 2nd to Rahim in 2000 i think

[Ruff Ryder]

Kinda interesting how t-mac lead the NBA in 1st and 2nd Quarter pts, and Kobe leads in 3rd and 4th Quarter points.

First quarter: Tracy McGrady, 686
Second quarter: Tracy McGrady, 588
Third quarter: Kobe Bryant, 655

TOP 10 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING

1. Kobe Bryant, 578
2. Tracy McGrady, 526
3. Jalen Rose, 510
4. Allen Iverson, 508
5. Paul Pierce, 505
6. Stephon Marbury, 498
7. Shawn Marion, 461
8. Dirk Nowitzki, 461
9. Allan Houston, 434
10. Steve Francis, 421

[fgrep15]

this shows you the best shooters

Not neccesarrily, because some players could have played more games than others, so of course they'd have more shots made. It would be better to do an average per game rather than a total season.

And Webber is still a 4, he's not quick enough to guard other positions, he just has range

[benji]

this shows you the best shooters

Not neccesarrily, because some players could have played more games than others, so of course they'd have more shots made. It would be better to do an average per game rather than a total season.

That wouldn't do it either. Because that would be biased towards players who play more minutes. Per48 would be better for all of them as would a percentage.

Sure Jermaine O'Neal got swatted 131 times, but that's only 10.4% of FGA. While Amare is ranked 4th, but had 12.7% of his FGA's blocked.

Infact, redoing the top five of Pollack's (with his ranking) list:
1. Amare Stoudemire (12.7%, 4th)
2. Jermaine O'Neal (10.4%, 1st)
3. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (9.1%, 2nd)
4. Juwan Howard (8.0%, 5th)
5. Tim Duncan (7.6%, 3rd)

I suspect none of these guys except maybe Amare are actually in the top five of getting their shots blocked...

Plus, anyone who uses +/- loses a large amount of my respect...you can tell it's a faulty stat when you look at the teams on the list...Dallas finishes in three of the top four, they led the league in point difference, while Cleveland who finishes in three of the top four finished dead last...this shows team success more than anything about an individual player...

Don't forget, Greg Ostertag was 7th in +/- last season.

All the stats on this nba.com excerpt are fun, but they really don't say anything of use. I'll look at the book and if it has anything of use in it, I'll let everybody know.