AG’s Contributing Winners and Losers MEM@SA

by Joe deLarios on Dec 27, 2011 9:54 PM CST

The individual stat represents how many positive contributions a player makes for his team per minute. A few of you may remember my earlier attempt at creating this stat but I have tweaked it a bit. Also, I have added two new elements based off of this algorithm. The Team contribution stat per minute has been added as well as a defensive stat that represents how well the backcourt/frontcourt of team does.

More after the jump

SAS .37

Manu .79

Tim .47

TP .46

RJ .41

Leonard .41

Blair .37

&erson .37

Tiago .18

Bonner .03

Ford -.02

MEM .3

Gay .52

Gasol .42

Conley .36

Pondexter .35

Cunningham .32

Pargo .29

Randolph .29

Mayo .26

Young .08

Dr. Allen -.09

We see that the Spurs' players averaged .37 positive contributions to their team per minute. While the Grizzlies' players averaged .3 positive contributions per minute.

The top players of the game were Manu (.79) and Gay (.52). If you watched the game, you noticed that Manu dominated the game anytime he was on the court. This is reflected by his dominating positive contribution rating of .79 contributions per minute. On the the other end of spectrum for the Spurs were Bonner and Ford. Ford was actually so out of sorts that he did not have a positive contribution rating.

Not surprisingly, the BIG 3 led the Spurs to victory with their contribution ratings of .79, .49, .47 respectively. We also witnessed RJ 3.0 and a certain rookie with very large hands contribute at a high rate.

Dr. Allen may have his medical license revoked if he keeps this kind of play up.

Bonner and Ford. Hope you two have a better game next time but honestly, I don't expect too much from either player. Bonner is good in short stretches but Pop had to play him more due to foul trouble and with the compressed schedule this will not be an aberration. Ford, you might grow on me but I was hoping that the Spurs would sign Boykins, whom I believed was a higher quality back up point guard for the same $$$.

The number for the defensive stat is how many positive contributions had been allowed per minute by the opposing frontcourt/backcourt.

The lower the number, the better the defense.

SAS Front Court Defense Rating: .243

SAS Back Court Defense Rating: .004

SAS Total Defense Rating: .247

MEM Front Court Defense Rating: .107

MEM Back Court Defense Rating: .379

MEM Total Defense Rating: .486

Stats are stubborn things.

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Not sure how you got the numbers, but I like them! And TJ’s negative number really does reflect how he played. I kept yelling for him to pass the ball, but most of the time he kept dribbling as though he was trying to set up his own shot. By the time he realized he had no shot and passed it, we were late in the shot clock.

"Ginobili. . .He's weaving, he's throwing up triple axels in sneakers, he's willing the ball into the basket. It's Cirque du Soleil with refs." Dan Oshinsky / KENS 5

by janieannie on Dec 27, 2011 10:10 PM CST reply actions

There was one deep shot he took that had me screaming. I could feel Pop rolling his eyes.

Do or do not! There is no try!

by Spurs Yoda on Dec 28, 2011 12:15 PM CST up reply actions

Have you made any tweaks since you first unveiled this? I know you had talked about working on a few things. I’m very interested in seeing where this will go.

Also, please check your email. Thanks. =]

small ball will at least be bigger overall. - grego21
Pounding the Rock

by J.R. Wilco on Dec 28, 2011 1:27 AM CST reply actions

AG …your going some place good with this for sure.

by indiancharlie on Dec 28, 2011 7:11 PM CST reply actions

I hope so, thanks!

"got him at 42……Chad Ford can’t keep up with RC ‘Bargin Basement’ Buford."

Spurs Yoda on Draft Night 2011

by Joe deLarios on Dec 29, 2011 11:19 AM CST up reply actions

I like the tweaks you made. And like I said last time, please keep these coming.

"Deep down we all know that swagger comes hand in hand with insecurity. We strut not to convince competitors of our dominance; we strut to convince ourselves."
Matthew Powell

by Edg5 on Dec 28, 2011 7:28 PM CST reply actions

I still feel that Ford would be a better choice over Boykins. That lack of size and Boykins being a hard core scoring PG who likes to not pass doesn’t help the second unit much.

They say every time Pop smiles, an angel is told to stop being so fu--ing lazy and play some defense. -Hipuks 2/3/11

by grego21 on Dec 29, 2011 3:31 AM CST reply actions

I suppose we will never get to find out!

"got him at 42……Chad Ford can’t keep up with RC ‘Bargin Basement’ Buford."

Spurs Yoda on Draft Night 2011

by Joe deLarios on Dec 29, 2011 11:19 AM CST up reply actions

Nope, we won’t, but the FO had chances at him.

They say every time Pop smiles, an angel is told to stop being so fu--ing lazy and play some defense. -Hipuks 2/3/11

by grego21 on Dec 29, 2011 1:17 PM CST up reply actions

true and suppose PATFO decided they didn’t like what they saw

"got him at 42……Chad Ford can’t keep up with RC ‘Bargin Basement’ Buford."

Spurs Yoda on Draft Night 2011

by Joe deLarios on Dec 30, 2011 11:14 AM CST up reply actions

I was going to piggyback on this, by calculating the “ranking” score that Euroleague uses, but I can’t find a boxscore that lists the total “fouls drawn” by each player. I haz a sad.

Free Cory Joseph!

by Tim C. on Dec 29, 2011 12:12 PM CST reply actions

too bad – that would be a nice stat to have!

"got him at 42……Chad Ford can’t keep up with RC ‘Bargin Basement’ Buford."

Spurs Yoda on Draft Night 2011

by Joe deLarios on Dec 30, 2011 11:14 AM CST up reply actions

The stats seem to make more sense with your adjustments. Over time, hopefully it falls in. Cumulative over a few games should give a good sense on who’s working and who is not.

They say every time Pop smiles, an angel is told to stop being so fu--ing lazy and play some defense. -Hipuks 2/3/11

by grego21 on Dec 29, 2011 1:18 PM CST reply actions