No team optimizes shot selection like the Rockets. He was one of the least efficient high-usage players. In a basketball game, each team gets approximately the same number of possessions. The team that is the most efficient with those possessions wins. When it comes to shots, teams and players can increase their efficiency in two ways.
They can shoot a higher percentage on the shots they take. Or, they can take better shots. Carmelo has always been a shot-maker. He has elite offensive ability. Back to resources. Smith—both of whom are heavily criticized for their shooting—had higher effective field goal percentages. Russell Westbrook—often maligned for shooting too much—had a better true shooting percentage. At 6'8'' and pounds, Carmelo Anthony is a big man for a small forward. He has pulled down some impressive rebounds on a few occasions.
His rebounding in general has been defended and praised by many. Nevertheless, Anthony's total rebounding percentage—an advanced metric for evaluating a player's ability to grab rebounds when they are available—is shockingly poor.
At It also places him slightly ahead of former teammate and shooting guard Landry Fields. One of the most all-encompassing statistics is player efficiency rating PER. PER measures a players overall per-minute productivity. Since it is based on production and not the efficiency of that production, it greatly favors players who touch the ball a lot on offense. It should really be called player production rating, but the name is what it is. He is tied with James Harden and Josh Smith for 31st.
To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. What can we learn from player shot charts less than a month into this NBA season? With Anthony on the court this season, L. But his volume of attempts might be. His rate was higher in his game spell in Houston in , but all parties involved probably want to forget about that brief stint.
There are two main reasons why this distribution shift makes sense. The first is that the Lakers desperately need competent shooting to space the floor in lineups featuring Westbrook, Davis, and a center.
Before his injury, LeBron was also taking 3-pointers at a career-high rate. But with LeBron out, Anthony, Wayne Ellington, and maybe Malik Monk are the only threatening shooters in the rotation, so they have to spread to the perimeter as much as possible to give Westbrook and Davis room to work inside. The second is that more 3s mean fewer midrange looks for Anthony. But this season, that midrange rate is down to just a third. From one banana boat rider to another: Paul also exhibits an unusual shot distribution so far this season.
That strangeness might not matter, given that Paul is leading the league in assists, at Yet one glaring weak point stands out in his profile. Every shot was from the midrange or behind the arc.
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