Post by Lasagna and tears of failure on Jul 11, 2020 13:08:43 GMT -8
Red’s Frenzy Guide of the Best of the Best
Well the frenzy is here and what better time to look at RPEF, EFT%, PpS, and BihP for figuring out if a player is worth making the big trade for.
Building on what was done with the Freshman / Sophomore mid season article, breaking the players up as they really are, Bigs, Wings, and the court generals. As always there are always different ways of looking at players, so we now will talk about the best in each grouping.
So first we’ll talk about the Bigs. When it comes to the overall score on the RPEF you have Duncan smashing to the top score, yet again, followed by KG, Zo, Shaq and Yao. When it comes to EFT% it’s Shaq, McDyess, Zach, Bosh and Kaman. Then when it comes to pure scoring, BihP it is Zach, Haslam, Duncan, Yao, and West. The interesting thing is not a single one ranks in the top 5 among all three.
Next, we move onto the guys where it is all about scoring, and when it comes to the overall score of the RPEF, it’s Kobe, then AI and then… it falls way off. Rounding out the top 5 of RPEF is Davis, Dirk, and Ray Ray. Onto EFT it’s Ray Ray by a mile, then Prince, Predrag, Kobe, and Davis. Onto pure scoring and the top five is as follows where Ray Ray again tops the chart. Then it is Kobe, Rickey, Allan, and the Prince. Unlike the bigs you have a couple that make all three top five categories for wings.
Last as always, we have the floor generals and hubba hubba about Billups and Gilbert. While Nash and Crawford were the original crème de la crème of the league at PG, they have been supplanted by these two. Crawford, Parker and Nash round out the top five. There are numerous youngsters on the list behind the top 5, and if they continue to develop, who knows where they will end up.
PEACE!
Points per shot is just that, total points from FGs and 3pointers divided by FGA. Ball in players hand is the same but it also looks at FT’s too, basically it comes down to, every time a person tries to score, this is their average per attempt. The guys that have the highest BihP are the guys you want to have the ball in one position game with time running out. I looked at the PER formula by John Hollinger, and realized while I would not mind programming it, doing it in excel would blow chunks. So I looked at combining a basic version of his idea with the outdated ( (ppg+R+A+B+S-TO) to come up with a rating that not only rewarded a good EFT, but also penalized people from missing fee points. I’m sure Shaq hates this formula that I developed. While it really hurt his points portion of the formula, his nonstop rebounding and the best assist per game rate of any of the Centers has him as one of the best Centers in the game. Now to validate the formula I looked at historical data of some of the best players to ever play the game and then further tweaked the formula to reward steals a tad more than blocks as a block doesn’t automatically cause a turnover. At no point was the PEF copied or tweaked, just a few ideas about what he has done. That said assists are going even more down in value that they have now.
PEACE!
Points per shot is just that, total points from FGs and 3pointers divided by FGA. Ball in players hand is the same but it also looks at FT’s too, basically it comes down to, every time a person tries to score, this is their average per attempt. The guys that have the highest BihP are the guys you want to have the ball in one position game with time running out. I looked at the PER formula by John Hollinger, and realized while I would not mind programming it, doing it in excel would blow chunks. So I looked at combining a basic version of his idea with the outdated ( (ppg+R+A+B+S-TO) to come up with a rating that not only rewarded a good EFT, but also penalized people from missing fee points. I’m sure Shaq hates this formula that I developed. While it really hurt his points portion of the formula, his nonstop rebounding and the best assist per game rate of any of the Centers has him as one of the best Centers in the game. Now to validate the formula I looked at historical data of some of the best players to ever play the game and then further tweaked the formula to reward steals a tad more than blocks as a block doesn’t automatically cause a turnover. At no point was the PEF copied or tweaked, just a few ideas about what he has done. That said assists are going even more down in value that they have now.
