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If you make a pass to a player who ends up getting an easy trip to the foul line, an assist should be rewarded if he converts a free throw.
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I'm sorry but that's dumb, so your telling me everyone on the floor touches the ball everyone gets the assist ?Hockey it makes sense cause it's such a low, in basketball everyone is gonna average like 20
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Ive always thought that you should get some credit for a good pass that puts your teammate in the position to make a bucket but get fouled. But like Mez said, it would mess up any current assist record. So maybe a separate category.
Also like its been said Hockey assists but previous statement applies to this also.
And please some1 start tracking flops. It has to get under control. Because with the last week or so of the season and the playoffs so far. It is starting to look like a real problem when the faces of the league are doing it and being called out on it by fans on a nightly basis.
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Flake Griffin would finally have something to lead the league in... besides dunks
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So what? The game constantly changes. New rules and regulations that make it easier/harder to excel in some statistical category are constantly introduced anway.
In 1960, because of how the game was played, there were over 70 rebounds available to be grabbed during an average pro basketball game. In 2000, that number has changed to just over 40. Is it fair that a 6'5 player could grab 19 rebounds per game and the big men stars could grab 25-30 rebounds per game in 1960 thereby preventing anyone who played modern basketball to make an attempt at most of the rebounding related records?
The introduction of the 3 point line in 1979 messed up field goal percentage related records for perimeter players.
The shrinking of the 3 second area in 1964 had a major impact on every statistical category for the big men.
And most of all, the introduction of the shot clock in 1954 had an enormous impact on all statistical categories for every basketball player.
It is just ridiculous that a guy can make a great pass to an open teammate right under the basket, and if the opponent does a hard foul on the player in order to prevent a momentum boosting dunk and sends him to the free throw line, the guy responsible for creating this situation gets no recognition whatsoever on the box score.
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Maybe it should be counted as some sort of separate stat?
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Flops, Hockey assists and I feel like an assist should definitley be awarded if both free throws are made.
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All I want are stats that PROPERLY measure good defense in basketball -- not blocks and steals. I know that it sorta exists but that kind of info is extremely hard to find. I know some NBA teams have professional stats teams that measure things (for example, opponents points per possession when Player A is guarding 1 on 1), but that info isn't released. It's also further complicated by the fact that individual defense mixes in with team defense so it's not always "fair", but if some magical stat could show us who were the truly good defenders were (not just block and rebound leaders like DPOY often depends on and definitely not just "reputation"), our perception of a lot of players would change.
Frankly, we have enough offensive stats, and almost all advanced stats depend largely on those offensive stats. We're at a point where we actually can statistically measure the best offensive players quite well, but on the defensive end we're nowhere even close.
Frankly, we have enough offensive stats, and almost all advanced stats depend largely on those offensive stats. We're at a point where we actually can statistically measure the best offensive players quite well, but on the defensive end we're nowhere even close.
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I feel you. I've brought the same thing up in other threads too. I was just speaking on why I think the league wouldnt do it. But I think the 3 stats I said in my thread are definitely stats that should be recorded.
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Maybe deflected passes
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I swear to God on my life, I always thought of this being a possibility; BUT ONLY if the player makes both free-throws. Completing an actual 2-point and rewarding player A for setting up player B for completing that.
I see I wasn't the only one that thought about this
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Deflections (not counting kick balls).
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Im not sure this directly applies to the topic, but it kind of does.....
I hate when a closer comes in to the game in the top 9th inning, blows the save but escapes the inning with the game tied.....then his team goes on to score in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving said closer the win.
There HAS to be a better way to do this. There is absolutely no way that said closer should be credited with a win in this all too frequent scenario.
I hate when a closer comes in to the game in the top 9th inning, blows the save but escapes the inning with the game tied.....then his team goes on to score in the bottom of the 9th inning, giving said closer the win.
There HAS to be a better way to do this. There is absolutely no way that said closer should be credited with a win in this all too frequent scenario.
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Yep.
Skew records? Who knows what records there will be held in like 90 years it's not like we will know.
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The camera angle one: I've noticed it for 3 pointers as well. And also when I'm at the game, 3 pointers never go in when I do the stand-up-as-shooter-releases-the-ball
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Hockey assist in soccer...
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Can you imagine a commentator though...
"if Garnett can manage to knock down this 2nd free throw here, Rondo will be awarded with his 10th assist of the game".
..that sounds pretty normal, I would like to see that applied to the NBA some day.
"if Garnett can manage to knock down this 2nd free throw here, Rondo will be awarded with his 10th assist of the game".
..that sounds pretty normal, I would like to see that applied to the NBA some day.
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This.
And A.T.F. (Assists to free throws). Maybe ATFs would be counted in the same column as "hockey assists." The logic is that it could have been an assist had the opponent played legally. Furthermore, it leads to directly a penalty that can cause immediate strategic changes by the opponent (2 fouls in 1st qtr, player sits; 6 fouls, disqualification). I think both stats would quell a lot of the "bad passer" marks some guys have against them.
Can anyone elaborate on why either of these is a "bad" idea? I think it holds just as much, if not more weight than plus/minus
Another good concept. I'd go with: All free-throws made, "Assist." Any split in free-throws, "Hockey Assist/ATF."
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How many assists would John Stockton have if the NBA counted the times his passes led to Karl Malone getting free throws??
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Good question
probably twice as many as what was recorded.
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Crazy to think about. What would be the quickest way to find out how many of Malone's points came from free throws? One could guestimate from there.
You'd have to take the ratio of Malone's total shots made to shots assisted by Stockton (if you can find it), then apply that ratio to his total free throws made divided by 2.
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