*Team/NBA
Leaderboard ranks are qualified players only.
*The
Floor Time section includes both qualified and unqualified players in rankings.
*Remember
to check the Glossary at the end of this entry for stat/abbreviation
explanations.
PF/C
Al Horford (5th season with Hawks/5th
season overall)
Age:
25
Draft
History: 3rd pick in 2007 by Atlanta
Acquired:
2007 draft
2012
Salary: $12 Million
2013
Contract Status: $12 Million
2012
Regular Season Grade: D-
Grade
Explanation: This grade may seem harsh and unfair,
but the fact is that Al was expected to be perhaps the team’s best player,
making $12 million, and he was only available for about 15% of the regular
season. There’s no way of getting around that.
Overall:
Al started all 11 games, averaging 31.6 MPG, before going down with a torn pec
that cost him the rest of the regular season. Before the injury Al shot
.553/.000/.733 and averaged 12.4 P/G, 7.0 R/G, 2.2 A/G, 0.9 S/G, and 1.3 B/G
with 1.5 TOV/G. He played a miniscule amount at power forward, working almost
exclusively at center, where he was easily out-producing his counterpart. All
of Al’s floor time stats were good, but he played just 10% of the team’s total
minutes in 2011-2012.
Statistics:
Al
played just 11 games (all as a starter) before being lost for the remainder of
the regular season due to a torn left pectoral. Thus, any statistical
comparisons to his previous seasons would be essentially meaningless and
perhaps even worse than useless.
Al seemed to wear down
during the latter part of the 2010-2011 season, so it was going to be
interesting to see how he responded this year. We never got to find out, as his
season was over 6 minutes into the 11th game.
Al had gotten off to a
bit of a slow start, but another reason that we can’t make too much out of
Horford’s numbers is that he went down while the entire league was still
getting back into the swing of things after the lockout.
For what it’s worth, he
had 2 DD, a 1.50 ATO, and an excellent 19.02 PER in 11 games. His TS% was 58.5
and he had a .533 EFG. Horford had .180 WS/48 before going down.
On a per 48 minute
level, Al’s scoring, rebounding, and assists were all down significantly from
the year before. But again, we can’t make too much of 11 games coming out of a
lockout.
Floor
Time Stats/Team Rankings (Unqualified)
MIN%: 10% (12th)
+/-
Per 48:
+7.2 (2nd)
ON/OFF
48:
+4.3 (5th)
+/-
W-L-T:
6-4-1
WIN%: 60.0 (5th)
ON/OFF
OPHP:
+5.1 (5th)
ON/OFF
DPHP:
+0.9 (9th)
ON/OFF
NPHP: +4.2 (5th)
Team
Leaderboard: None.
NBA
Leaderboard: None.
Season
Review: Sadly, there’s not much to review. He started the
first 11 games of the season for the Hawks, but 6 minutes into the game at
Indiana on January 11th he tore his left pectoral.
At first there was some
hope that Al would return towards the end of the regular season, just in time
to get some work in before the playoffs. As time went on and updates were not
overly encouraging, all you could do was hope that he’d be available for the
playoffs.
There was a great deal
of uncertainty about Al’s progress. There were conflicting reports, even
conflicting direct statements by the principals involved, and the situation
seemed to change on a daily basis towards the end of the year.
Horford had grown more
and more pessimistic about his chances, and with the playoffs just days away he
indicated that he would not make it back. Then he changed his stance and said
that he was going to play in the final regular season game. But that never
happened.
I’m not sure what was
going in here. Perhaps Al really didn’t know if he was ready to come back.
Maybe he was being advised not to come back by someone outside the
organization. It could be that the Hawks were hesitant to have Al come back at
that moment.
All we know is that
2011-2012 ended up being essentially a lost year for Big Al.
2012
Postseason Grade: C-
Grade
Explanation: Again, this may seem totally unfair, but
this one is tricky. If you go by the expectations going into the playoffs,
you’re obviously ecstatic that Al played in 3 of the 6 games, and was a huge
factor in the final 2 games of the series. But if you go by overall
expectations, you’re extremely disappointed, as he played in just 3 of the 6
games, and for only 20 minutes in game 4. He was expected to be one of the
team’s 3 good-to-great players this season, perhaps even the team’s best
player. He earned $12 million. It’s not his fault that he got hurt, but that
doesn’t change the reality of the situation. He wasn’t available for 3 of the 6
playoff games. And as great as he looked during the final 3 games, all things
considered, he still wasn’t 100% healthy or in regular game shape. It seems
harsh, but it’s reality.
Statistics:
Despite
playing in just half of the series against Boston, Horford ended up having one
of the best postseasons of anyone on the team, if not the best.
He played in 3 of 6
games, making 2 starts, and averaging 36.0 MPG. Horford produced 15.3 P/G, 8.3
R/G, 2.7 A/G, 1.3 S/G, and 1.3 B/G. He shot .588 from the floor, .750 at the
line, and did not attempt a 3-pointer. On the other hand, Al did average 4.0
TOV/G and 3.7 PF/G.
Horford ended up
playing 108 total minutes in the series (6th out of 13 on the team)
with a +/- number of +2 (2nd). He had a 2-1 W-L-T record in the
playoffs. Horford led the team with a 17.5 PER in the series. He amassed 0.3 WS
(4th) and .128 WS/48 (3rd).
Postseason
Review: After much back and forth about when or even if Al
would be able to return, it was announced just before the postseason got
underway that Horford was out for the playoffs.
Focus really shifted
entirely onto Zaza Pachulia’s status. A few days into the series with Boston it
became clear that Zaza was at least going to miss the entire 1st
round, and quite possibly the entire postseason, regardless of how far the
Hawks advanced. Then Josh Smith went down and it looked like the Hawks could be
without their top 3 big men for the rest of the playoffs.
Then all of the sudden
Al was activated for game 4 and he played big minutes in the final 3 games of
the series. I don’t know what exactly changed for Al. It could be that the time
had never been right until prior to game 4. Maybe he and the Hawks had wanted
to see how the series progressed and they now felt that the season was on the line
and they couldn’t afford to wait any longer. It may be that the knee injury to
Josh and the realization that Zaza’s injury was more serious than originally
thought had an impact on the decision to bring Al back in game 4.
Whatever the case, it
was certainly the right call. I say that it was certainly the right call to
bring Al back in game 4, but it’s possible that it was the wrong call not to
bring him back earlier. Considering that he played huge minutes in a physical
series right out of the chute, I have a hard time believing that the 6 days
between game 1 and game 4 made that big of a difference.
It’s impossible to know
whether Al’s presence would have made any difference in the way the series
ultimately turned out. Even with Al, the Hawks were steamrolled in game 4, won
by a point at home in game 5, and lost in game 6. If Al had played the entire
series, maybe he would have made the difference in game 2 or game 3 or in a
game 7 if it got that far.
Certainly it would have
been nice to have him in game 3 when Smith was out. And that is perhaps the
most puzzling thing about the timing of Al’s return. He was able to play 20
minutes during the first 3 quarters of game 4, sitting out the entire 4th
along with most of the regulars. That being the case, why in the world didn’t
the Hawks attempt to have him return just 2 days earlier when the Hawks were
without Josh Smith in game 3?
These questions will
never be answered. Al played better than could have been expected in the final
3 games of the season after missing the team’s last 58 games. He was a little
rusty. Certainly he had a much bigger problem with turnovers than he ever would
under normal circumstances. He wasn’t in game shape obviously. There were times
during game 4 and early in game 5 when you wondered how much longer he would
even be able to play without becoming more of a liability than an asset.
But then somehow he
just sort of worked his way through some rough patches and by the end of game 5
you had almost forgotten that there was anything to worry about. Still, playing
all of those high intensity minutes after all that time off led to some stretches
where he struggled a bit.
The conditioning issues
were most evident on defense. He was just overpowered by KG at times and was a
step slow occasionally. This was totally understandable. Stopping Rondo and the
Celtics is always hard. It’s even harder when you’ve been out for 4 months. Al
had to give up a few fouls that he ordinarily wouldn’t have if he was in normal
shape.
Offensively Al had an
impact on the glass, banging down low, as a passer, and of course in the
transition game. The mid-range jumper wasn’t as big a part of his arsenal as it
normally is, but it didn’t need to be. Al gave the Hawks a strikingly new
dimension offensively that the C’s never really adjusted to. All the others had
to do was get the ball to Al down low and he would score. It happened over and
over again. Even when Al wasn’t set up for a bucket he made some nice drives to
the basket for scores. Of Al’s 20 made FG’s in the playoffs, 17 were assisted
(85%).
Al did not start game
4. Instead he played 20:19 off the bench, and despite the Hawks getting
lambasted, Horford looked pretty good all things considered. He scored 12
points on 6 of 10 shooting, and added 5 rebounds and an assist with only 1
turnover. He had 2 PF and drew 1 foul. Al had a +/- number of -10 for the game.
Horford would play 5:20
in the 1st quarter (-5) and did not score (0 for 2 from the floor).
He did have 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 foul drawn in the 1st, but
also committed 2 PF and 1 TOV. Nearly 4 months after suffering a torn pectoral
6 minutes into the game in Indy on January 11th, Al took the floor
with 5:20 on the clock in the 1st quarter of game 4 with the Hawks
already behind 11-19.
He got off to a rocky
start, being called for a charge on Greg Stiemsma 7 seconds after coming into
the game. But he picked up an assist on a Marvin William 20-footer that cut the
deficit to 13-19 with 4:52 on the clock. He also drew a foul on Ray Allen.
The final minute of the
quarter was tough on Al. He missed his first shot (20-ft) with 46.5 left on the
clock. Then he got absolutely manhandled by KG on the defensive end. KG posted
up on Al on the left block and moved Horford 2 feet backwards before turning to
go up for a layup. Al shoved him but KG scored anyway and got the foul. KG hit
the free throw to put the Hawks down 19-32 with just 19 seconds to go. On the
other end Al went up for an inside shot at the buzzer and got blocked by
Stiemsma.
Al got more into the
swing of things in the 2nd, playing the final 5:45 (-1), although
things didn’t get any better for the Hawks. Al scored 6 points on 3 of 4
shooting in the period. He began the quarter on the bench, and by the time he
entered the game with 5:45 left in the half the Hawks were down 29-51.
He got his first points
of the playoffs with just under 4 minutes remaining, getting a pass from Josh
and going up for a score to make it an 18-point game. He missed from close in
with a minute-and-a-half to go, and by then the Hawks were down 23. Al hit a
little 4-footer with an assist from Hinrich to make it 39-60 with 1:16 to play
in the 2nd. Then Al got a beautiful lob from Josh to the right block
and slammed it down with one hand to make it 41-62 with less than a minute to
go. By the end of the half the Hawks were down 41-64.
Al started the 3rd
on the floor and played over 9 minutes in the period (-4). Once again he scored
6 points on 3 of 4 shooting, this time grabbing 3 boards as well. He missed his
first shot of the quarter (19-ft), but then got a dish from Josh and scored
from inside to cut the deficit to less than 30 with just under 10 minutes to
play. Al scored on a 4-footer about midway through the 3rd to make the
score 47-80. Finally, Al got a nice pass from Teague for a dunk to get the Hawks
within 29 again with 3:35 left. Horford exited the game for good with 2:46 left
in the 3rd and the Hawks down 55-82.
Despite looking a bit
rusty, Horford had done enough to convince Drew to start him in game 5. With
the Hawks facing elimination, Horford would attempt to play regular minutes. He
ended up playing 41 minutes and having a huge game, scoring 19 points (8 of 15
from the floor, 3 of 4 at the line) with 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and
3 blocks. He drew 3 fouls, but also committed 5 personal fouls and 4 turnovers.
He had a +/- number of +10 in the win.
There were some uneasy
moments early in game 5, as Al continued to look a bit rusty. You could tell he
was struggling with the shock of playing big minutes in a real game (an intense
playoff game at that). He started and played over 6 minutes in the 1st
(-6), making his only shot of the period for 2 points. He also had 3 rebounds,
1 steal, 2 blocks, and 2 turnovers in the quarter.
The Hawks got off to a
rough start as a team. Al had his pass stolen by Pierce, leading to a Brandon
Bass score that put the Hawks down 3-11 nearly 4 minutes in. Al would soon cut
into the deficit, grabbing an offensive board, and getting a pass back from
Teague for a jam to make it 5-11. Moments later Al blocked Avery Bradley’s shot
from inside and grabbed the rebound.
Al lost the ball out of
bounds for his second turnover of the game at the midway point of the 1st.
However, he stole Rajon Rondo’s pass about a minute later and then blocked Paul
Pierce’s shot from inside at the 4:44 mark. Horford exited with 3:42 to play in
the 1st and the Hawks down 9-15.
Horford would play
nearly the entire 2nd quarter (+9), going 0 for 4 from the floor,
but grabbing 3 boards and dishing out 3 assists. He had 1 PF in the quarter. Al
began the 2nd on the floor with the Hawks down 15-21. He missed his
first jumper of the game, a 19-footer about a minute in, and then fouled Ryan
Hollins to pick up his first PF of the game. His second miss came on a
12-footer at the 8:32 mark. He went 5 minutes without getting off another shot,
before bricking an 18-foot jay. His final shot of the quarter was a miss from
15-ft with 2:31 to go.
Al was really unable to
do much during the 2nd, and at times he appeared to be laboring. But
towards the end of the half he started to have an impact. He grabbed a board at
the defensive end and then set Marvin up at the other end for a 3-ball that got
the Hawks within 2, 31-33 with 2 minutes to play. Then with Joe in trouble, he
flipped to Al at the FT line and Al passed out to Marvin in the left corner for
another 3 that made it a 1-point game with 1:27 left. On the next ATL
possession Al dished out to Joe from the left side of the paint to the right of
the top of the key and Joe nailed a trey to tie it up 37-37 with 45.3 on the
clock. Al came out of the game with 10.1 left in the half and the Hawks now
ahead, 40-37.
The 3rd
quarter was Al’s best yet. He played nearly the entire period (+6) and scored 9
points on 3 of 5 shooting (3 of 4 at the line) with 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1
block, and 3 fouls drawn. He had only 1 turnover but did get called for a pair
of PF’s. By the end of the 3rd quarter, all worries about Al’s
conditioning were a thing of the past.
Horford began the 3rd
on the floor with the score tied 40-40. He then put the Hawks ahead, 42-40,
getting an assist from Marvin and knocking down a 17-footer at the 10:45 mark. Moments
later he stole Rondo’s pass, leading to a Teague bucket that made it 44-40. Al
then hit a 15-footer on Atlanta’s next possession to make it 46-42. With 7:21
on the clock, Al got a dish from JT and scored from inside to make it 54-48.
Al was starting to look
comfortable. On the next Atlanta possession he got the pass on the left elbow,
jab stepped hard to the left, then ran through the paint and went up for a
little 4-ft hook shot. His shot missed but Josh put it back up and in to make
it a 6-point Hawks lead. With 5-and-a-half to go in the 3rd Al fouled
Bass and he hit both FT’s to cut the ATL lead to 56-54, but the Hawks would go
on a 10-0 run after that, with Horford a big part of the action.
He grabbed a defensive
rebound and gave to JT who got fouled and hit both FT’s to make it 63-54. Al
then blocked Hollins from inside, grabbed the rebound, drew fouls on Allen and
Hollins, and hit 2 FT’s to make it 65-54 with 3:40 remaining. With under 3 to
play in the quarter Al missed from inside, but he got his own rebound, drew a
foul on Hollins, and hit 1 of 2 at the line to cap the 10-0 run, with the Hawks
now leading by 12. Unfortunately, Al was called for a charge on Rondo with 50.3
left in the quarter, and came out of the game, with the Hawks’ lead now down to
66-60.
Despite playing just
his second game in 4 months, Al was able to finish strong, coming up with a big
4th quarter to help the Hawks hold on. He played over 9.5 minutes in
the 4th (+1), scoring 9 more points on 4 of 5 shooting. He had 2
more PF and 1 turnover, but he also added a rebound and a steal.
Al began the 4th
on the bench, and by the time he entered the game with 9:42 to go the Hawks
were tied up 68-68. He picked up his 4th foul of the game at the
7:16 mark, fouling Hollins. Hollins hit 1 of 2 to put Boston ahead by a point.
But Al drilled a 16-footer at the other end to put Atlanta ahead 75-74.
With the Hawks leading
by 3 with just over 5 minutes to play in the game, Al came open underneath, Josh
fired a pass down the middle, and Al went up and jammed to make it 81-76. Al
then stole Rondo’s pass, but Rondo stole the ball back from Horford, before
Pierce was called for traveling at the 4:39 mark.
Not surprisingly,
things would tighten up. Al got a pass from Teague and scored at the rim to put
the Hawks ahead 85-83 with 2:20 to go. On the next ATL possession Al got the
pass from Joe on the right elbow, made a hard fake, then put a shot off the
glass and in to make it 87-83 with 1:34 left. Al had a chance to put the Hawks
in complete control with just over a minute to go but missed from 19-feet out.
He then fouled KG on the rebound for his 5th of the game.
Boston made a charge,
but with 10.9 left and Atlanta up by 1, it appeared the Hawks were going to
hang on and win. They still had to get the ball in from out of bounds and make
some FT’s. As it turned out, a poor inbounds pass by Josh would eliminate the
FT’s. Al came up huge on the play. After Rondo stole Josh’s inbounds pass in
the far right corner, he brought it back the other way with Josh closely
guarding. Rondo then moved to his left with Garnett setting a screen. Al picked
Rondo up, allowing Josh to stay in between Rondo and KG. Horford stayed with
Rondo, Rondo lost control momentarily, and then tried a late pass out to KG
that Josh knocked away to preserve the 87-86 win. Horford pumped his fist in
celebration.
Just days before, Al
had been ruled out of the playoffs and was an afterthought. Amazingly, after
being out 4 months, Al Horford was suddenly the one thing giving the Hawks a glimmer
of hope in the series. Now he would have to play nearly the entire game for a
second game in a row, and this time it would come on the road.
He delivered again in
game 6, playing 46:26 of 48 minutes, and scoring 15 points on 6 of 9 shooting
(3 of 4 from the line). He grabbed 9 boards and had 4 assists, 1 steal, and 1
block. He had 4 PF and 3 fouls drawn. Unfortunately, Al committed 7 turnovers
in the game, but he had a +/- number of +2 on the night.
Horford’s only time off
in the game would come in the 1st (+8), when he played about 10.5
minutes and made 1 of 2 shots for 2 points. He produced 5 rebounds, 2 assists,
and 1 block in the opening quarter, but also had 2 TOV’s and picked up a foul.
Obviously Al started
again. He got off to a tough start, getting the ball stolen by Bradley, and
then fouling KG on an and-1 play at the other end within the first 2 minutes.
He then had his pass stolen by Pierce less than a minute later.
It was halfway through
the 1st before Al took his first shot. Teague drove middle and
dished to Al on the left block, who put a shot up off the glass that wouldn’t
go, but Josh tipped it in to put the Hawks up a point. At the 4:46 mark, Al got
a pass inside from Teague and scored at the rim to make it 14-11 Hawks. On the
next Hawks possession Al dished to Joe for a jumper that made it 16-13 with
4:09 to play. Al came out of the game with 3:24 on the clock and the Hawks
leading 19-15.
Al wasn’t out long. He
came back on the floor with 1:50 left in the 1st and the Hawks now
down 19-20. He grabbed a defensive board and dished to T-Mac for a score at the
other end to put the Hawks back on top, 21-20 with less than a minute to go. He
then blocked Stiemsma’s shot from inside on the ensuing Boston possession. At
the end of the quarter the Hawks led 23-20. Horford would play the remainder of
the game.
Al played the entire 2nd
quarter (-9), and all of those minutes may have had an effect on him, as he
missed his only shot and had just 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 turnovers, and a
personal foul. His only FGA of the 2nd was a 16-footer with just
under 10 minutes left that he missed. He was called for a charge of Rondo at
the 7:12 mark, picking up his 2nd foul. About midway through, Al got
caught giving too much free space to KG. In a deliberate fashion, Rondo dropped
a pass over Horford’s head, and KG made the catch under the basket and laid it
up and in to put the Hawks down 31-34.
Horford’s pass was
stolen by KG with 4:21 left in the half. With 3-and-a-half left in the 2nd,
Al dished to Josh for a dunk, but that only made the score 33-41. However, it
did stop a 16-0 Boston run, and the Hawks got the score to 41-47 by halftime.
Horford played the
entire 3rd quarter as well (+2). He did not take a shot from the
field during the period, but he scored 2 points, going 2 for 2 at the FT line.
He picked up another foul but also drew a foul, and added 1 rebound, 1 assist,
and 1 steal. Unfortunately, Horford turned the ball over 3 more times in the 3rd,
bringing his total for the game to 7.
Al didn’t start the 2nd
half on a good note, losing the ball out of bounds on Atlanta’s first
possession of the 3rd. Then Al picked up another charge, this one on
Pierce, with 8:13 to play in the 3rd. Late in the quarter he got
Pierce back, drawing a foul, and going 2 for 2 from the line to cut the deficit
to 57-62 with 2:50 on the clock. Al got the board on the ensuing Boston
possession but was called for a carry, turning it back over to the C’s.
With the Hawks down 8
and on the brink of being left behind, Al stole Rondo’s pass, and the Hawks got
a 3 from Joe at the other end to make it 60-65. On the next Hawks possession, Al held the ball
at the FT line, flipped it back out to his right to Joe, and Johnson nailed
another 3 to bring Atlanta within 2. After 3, the Hawks trailed 63-67.
With no tomorrow unless
the Hawks could come up with a win, Horford played the entire 4th
quarter (+1). After scoring just 4 points on 1 for 3 shooting through the first
3 quarters, Al went off in the 4th, hitting 5 of 6 from the field
and 1 of 2 at the line for 11 points. He added 2 rebounds and did not have a
turnover. He picked up another PF but also drew 2 fouls.
Early in the 4th,
Al grabbed a board at the defensive end, and sank a 20-footer at the other end
to make it a 65-67 game. He tried to score from inside the paint on ATL’s next
possession and KG blocked his shot. With just over 5 minutes to go, the Hawks
trailed by 5 when Al spun at the FT line to send Hollins flying, then spun
again inside the paint, and went up with a right hand layup to make it a
1-possession game.
On Atlanta’s next
possession Al buried a 17-foot jumper to make it 73-76 with 4-and-a-half
remaining. The Hawks got a stop on the ensuing Boston possession, and at the
other end Josh launched a beautiful lob pass from behind the 3-point line and
Al jammed it home to bring the Hawks within a point with just under 4 to play. It
was Al’s third straight score.
With the Hawks leading
by a point and less than 3 minutes remaining, Al hit a little 3-footer late in
the shot clock to make it 79-76 Atlanta with 2:23 on the clock. It looked like
the type of shot that might win the game, but Boston came back. Horford fouled
Hollins after an offensive rebound with 42.3 to go. Moments later, KG scored to
put Boston ahead by a point with 30 seconds left.
On the ensuing Atlanta
possession, Al gave the ball up to Josh late in the shot clock, and Josh missed
a long jumper. But the Hawks weren’t dead yet. After Ray Allen made only 1 of
2, Joe tried to drive for a game tying score but Pierce blocked him. The ball
was knocked towards the middle of the paint and Al got a hand in to keep the C’s
from grabbing the ball. The ball flew out of bounds, and after a review, the
Hawks were given the ball with 3.1 to go, down 2.
Boston still had a foul
to give, and Marquis Daniels came on to give up a foul. However, he fouled
Horford before the Hawks inbounded the ball. This should have meant 2 FT’s for
Al and the ball for the Hawks. Inexplicably, the officials ruled that it was
Atlanta’s ball from the side, with no FT’s coming. Josh made an incredible pass,
putting the ball over Daniels to Al in front of the basket. Al tried to go up
for the score but he was pulled from behind by Daniels and hammered across the
arm by Bradley.
With just 2.3 seconds
on the clock, Al went to the line needing to hit both free throws to tie the score.
I remember at the time being scared that Al would fail, and thinking how unfair
it would be, as he could have so easily never tried to play in the series, and
he was the only reason the Hawks were still alive. Al’s natural free throw
stroke—just like his jump shot—doesn’t have a lot of arc to it. He’s a good
shooter, but he doesn’t have much room for error. His first FT banged in and
out.
The best thing to do
now, more than likely, was intentionally miss the second free throw and hope
that the carom went Atlanta’s way. The Hawks may not have been thinking this
way. Whatever the case, Al made the second free throw to cut the deficit to 1,
but there simply wasn’t enough time left. The Hawks couldn’t steal the inbounds
pass, Paul Pierce ended up making 2 FT’s, and the Hawks never got a shot off,
losing 83-80.
Moving
Forward: Things are certainly going to look a lot different
next season. I’d like to see Al take his game to the next level and become one
of the best players in the NBA next year. It’s possible that he’s reached his
ceiling. Next year should tell us a lot.
Stat
Glossary
Total
Stats
Games
Played (GP)
Games
Started (GS)
Minutes
Played (MIN)
Field
Goal Percentage (FG%)
Three
Point Field Goal Percentage (3PT%)
Free
Throw Percentage (FT%)
Field
Goals Made (FGM)
Field
Goal Attempts (FGA)
Three
Pointers Made (3PM)
Three
Point Attempts (3PA)
Free
Throws Made (FTM)
Free
Throw Attempts (FTA)
Two
Pointers Made (2PM)
Two
Point Attempts (2PA)
Two
Point Field Goal Percentage (2P%)
Offensive
Rebounds (OR)
Defensive
Rebounds (DR)
Total
Rebounds (REB)
Assists
(AST)
Steals
(STL)
Blocks
(BLK)
Turnovers
(TOV)
Personal
Fouls (PF)
Points
(PTS)
Flagrant
Fouls (Flagrants)
Technical
Fouls (Techs)
Ejections
(Ejections)
Foul
Outs (DQ’s)
Double-Doubles
(DD)
Triple-Doubles
(TD)
Per
Game Stats
Minutes
Per Game (MPG)
Field
Goals Made Per Game (FGM/G)
Field
Goal Attempts Per Game (FGA/G)
Three
Pointers Made Per Game (3PM/G)
Three
Point Attempts Per Game (3PA/G)
Free
Throws Made Per Game (FTM/G)
Free
Throw Attempts Per Game (FTA/G)
Two
Pointers Made Per Game (2PM/G)
Two
Point Attempts Per Game (2PA/G)
Offensive
Rebounds Per Game (OR/G)
Defensive
Rebounds Per Game (DR/G)
Total
Rebounds Per Game (R/G)
Assists
Per Game (A/G)
Steals
Per Game (S/G)
Blocks
Per Game (B/G)
Turnovers
Per Game (TOV/G)
Points
Per Game (P/G)
Personal
Fouls Per Game (PF/G)
Per
48 Minute Stats
Points
Per 48 Minutes (P/48)
Rebounds
Per 48 Minutes (R/48)
Assists
Per 48 Minutes (A/48)
Steals
Per 48 Minutes (S/48)
Blocks
Per 48 Minutes (B/48)
Personal
Fouls Per 48 Minutes (PF/48)
Turnovers
Per 48 Minutes (TOV/48)
Ratio
Stats
Assist-to-Turnover
Ratio (ATO)
Steal-to-Turnover
Ratio (STO)
Steal-to-Personal
Foul Ratio (SPF)
Block-to-Personal
Foul Ratio (BPF)
Points
Scored Per Shot Attempt (PPS)
Percentage
Stats
Offensive
Rebound Percentage (OR%) (% of available OR player grabbed
while on floor)
Defensive
Rebound Percentage (DR%) (% of available DR player grabbed
while on floor)
Total
Rebound Percentage (R%) (% of available REB player grabbed
while on floor)
Assist
Percentage (A%) (% of teammate FG’s player assisted on
while on floor)
Steal
Percentage (S%) (% of opp’s possessions ended with steal
by player while on floor)
Block
Percentage (B%) (% of opp’s 2-pt FGA’s block by player
while on floor)
Turnover
Percentage (TOV%) (Turnovers per 100 possessions)
Hollinger
Stats
True
Shooting Percentage (TS%) (Takes into account value of 2-pt,
3-pt, and FT)
Assist
Ratio (ARAT) (% of possessions ended with Assist by
player)
Turnover
Ratio (TOVRAT) (% of possessions ended with TOV by
player)
Usage
Rate (USG%) (% of team plays used by player while on
floor)
Player
Efficiency Rating (PER) (Player’s per minute statistical
rating)
Value
Added (VA) (# of pts player adds to team above
replacement level)
Estimated
Wins Added (EWA) (# of wins player adds above replacement
level)
NBA
Reference.com Stats
Effective
Field Goal Percentage (EFG) (Adjusts for 3-pt being
worth more than 2-pt)
Offensive
Rating (ORAT) (Points produced by player per 100
possessions)
Defensive
Rating (DRAT) (Points allowed by player per 100
possessions)
Offensive
Win Shares (OWS) (# of wins contributed by player due to
offense)
Defensive
Win Shares (DWS) (# of wins contributed by player due to
defense)
Win
Shares (WS) (# of wins contributed by player)
Win
Shares Per 48 Minutes (WS/48) (# of wins contributed
by player per 48 minutes)
82games.com
Stats
Minutes
Percentage (MIN%) (% of team minutes player was on floor)
Net
Plus/Minus (+/-) (Net pts for team while player on floor)
Offensive
Points Per Possession (OFF-PPP) (Team Off PPP while
player on floor)
Defensive
Points Per Possession (DEF-PPP) (Team Def PPP while
player on floor)
Net
Plus/Minus Per 48 Minutes (+/- Per 48) (Team net pts per 48 of
PT for player)
On
Court W-L Record (+/- W-L-T) (# of gms team
outscored/didn’t outscore opponent while player was on floor)
Win
Percentage (WIN%) (W-L-T in win pct form)
Net
Production vs. Opponent (PRO/OPP) (How player fared vs.
counterpart)
Net
On Court vs. Off Court Per 48 Minutes (ON/OFF 48) (Team
+/- while player on/off court per 48 minutes)
Simple
Rating (SIMRAT) (Taken from combo PRO/OPP and ON/OFF 48)
Net
On Court vs. Off Court Offensive Points per 100 Possessions (ON/OFF OPHP)
(Team’s offensive points per 100 possessions while player on/off court)
Net
On Court vs. Off Court Defensive Points per 100 Possessions (ON/OFF DPHP)
(Team’s defensive points per 100 possessions while player on/off court)
Net
On Court vs. Off Court Points per 100 Possessions (ON/OFF NPHP)
(Team’s offensive points per 100 possessions vs. team’s defensive points per
100 possessions while player on/off court)
Clutch
Situations (CLUTCH) (4th quarter or overtime,
less than 5 minutes left, neither team ahead by more than 5 points)
If you’re confused
about a stat or abbreviation you can check this glossary. Many of the
abbreviations are ones I came up with just for shorthand. If you want further
explanation/info on the stats, check out the sites listed within the glossary.
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