NBA has one blind spot stat wise: free throws are not included in shot attempts.
thus someone who shot 20 times but was fouled every time gets 40 free throw but shows 0-0 in field goals
this leads to dream taht some scorers like kobe are efficient, when they are just gunners
take any player and give them 36 shots a game like kobe and they score at least 30
so nba greatness recently esp since 90s is really simply ability to take lots of heaves
we wont get into ref changes in 90s
here is a stat: with 36 shots a game charles barkley woulda scored 45 a game
goto databasebasketball.com
get the point fg and ft
halve the ft and add to fg, and half ft made and add to fg attempted
now divide point by total goals [TM]
there you get the real points per game
whats wild is I did this in 2009 and top 4 players were ginobli pierce duncan and parker
kobe was way down like in 20s
its not a coincidence that spurs have been on top for long time, they have 3 massivly efficient players
celtics also not bad
shaq was alos way up there when i tested earlier years
whats interesting is that if a player is efficient, contrary to most street wisdom, it might be good to actually give him a shit ton of shots
it would interesting to see if the lakers had dwight take 36 shots each n every game, maybe they would start demolishing teams unlike now where its spotty
