So NBA.com has a new stats page powered by SAP, and there all kinds of goodies to be had. For instance, I decided to dive into our horrible rebounding numbers and found the following:
John Salmons Contested Rebounds through 6 games = 0
What's a contested rebound? A rebound gathered when an opponent is within 3.5 feet. Apparently with all the new camera's they are able to track this kind of data. So in 2 and 1/2 hours of playing basketball, Salmons has only been within 3.5 feet of an opposing player rebounding six times and gotten zero of those rebounds. He is actually getting 71.4% of rebounds that are with 3.5 feet of him. But is 3.5 chances an average #? If you look at player who have played over >25 minutes a game so far, sorted by Rebound Chances per Game
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
John Lucas III- 28.0 - 3.0 - 79.2 - 5.3
Jamal Crawford - 27.0 - 3.1 - 60 - 13.3
Deron Williams - 27.3 - 3.3 - 60 - 25.0
JJ Reddick - 30.3 - 3.4 - 81.5 - 0.0
Joe Johnson - 29.6 - 3.5 - 71.4 - 20.0
John Salmons - 26.4 - 3.5 -71.4 - 0.0
Salmons is 6th after a bunch of guards. To put this in perspective:
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Isiah Thomas - 27.8 - 4.2 - 52.0 - 30.8
Grevious Vasquez - 27.7 - 4.3 - 50.0 - 7.7
Though I would like to point out that our 6'6" guard is not rebounding better than our 5'7" guard.
So how's our SG doing?
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Marcus Thorton - 28.5 - 4.8 - 51.7 - 13.3
Kevin Martin - 35.0 - 4.6 - 70.3 - 15.4
And how is our PF doing?
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Patrick Patterson - 26.0 - 8.5 - 54.9 - 25.0
Jason Smith - 28.7 - 8.3 - 56.9 - 21.2
So besides Cousins our starting 4 is rebounding the same as
I. Thomas/Kevin Martin/Joe Johnson/Jason Smith
That is going to make it almost impossible to win.
However there is hope:
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Ben McLemore - 20.0 - 5.3 - 43.8 - 35.7
Travis Outlaw - 16.0 - 4.7 - 78.6 - 22.7
Jason Thompson - 19.5 - 8.7 - 59.6 - 41.9
I know it won't be a straight linear progression, but that should give us a net of +7 rebounds per game if those 3 started. Also for comparison:
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Kevin Love - 36.6 - 23.6 - 63.5 - 36.7
DeMarcus Cousins - 32.1 - 13.2 - 73.4 - 39.7
oh and don't forget
Steve Adams - 20.2 - 11.0 - 54.5 - 69.4
John Salmons Contested Rebounds through 6 games = 0
What's a contested rebound? A rebound gathered when an opponent is within 3.5 feet. Apparently with all the new camera's they are able to track this kind of data. So in 2 and 1/2 hours of playing basketball, Salmons has only been within 3.5 feet of an opposing player rebounding six times and gotten zero of those rebounds. He is actually getting 71.4% of rebounds that are with 3.5 feet of him. But is 3.5 chances an average #? If you look at player who have played over >25 minutes a game so far, sorted by Rebound Chances per Game
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
John Lucas III- 28.0 - 3.0 - 79.2 - 5.3
Jamal Crawford - 27.0 - 3.1 - 60 - 13.3
Deron Williams - 27.3 - 3.3 - 60 - 25.0
JJ Reddick - 30.3 - 3.4 - 81.5 - 0.0
Joe Johnson - 29.6 - 3.5 - 71.4 - 20.0
John Salmons - 26.4 - 3.5 -71.4 - 0.0
Salmons is 6th after a bunch of guards. To put this in perspective:
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Isiah Thomas - 27.8 - 4.2 - 52.0 - 30.8
Grevious Vasquez - 27.7 - 4.3 - 50.0 - 7.7
Though I would like to point out that our 6'6" guard is not rebounding better than our 5'7" guard.
So how's our SG doing?
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Marcus Thorton - 28.5 - 4.8 - 51.7 - 13.3
Kevin Martin - 35.0 - 4.6 - 70.3 - 15.4
And how is our PF doing?
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Patrick Patterson - 26.0 - 8.5 - 54.9 - 25.0
Jason Smith - 28.7 - 8.3 - 56.9 - 21.2
So besides Cousins our starting 4 is rebounding the same as
I. Thomas/Kevin Martin/Joe Johnson/Jason Smith
That is going to make it almost impossible to win.
However there is hope:
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Ben McLemore - 20.0 - 5.3 - 43.8 - 35.7
Travis Outlaw - 16.0 - 4.7 - 78.6 - 22.7
Jason Thompson - 19.5 - 8.7 - 59.6 - 41.9
I know it won't be a straight linear progression, but that should give us a net of +7 rebounds per game if those 3 started. Also for comparison:
Player / Minutes / Rebound chances per game / Rebound % / % Contested
Kevin Love - 36.6 - 23.6 - 63.5 - 36.7
DeMarcus Cousins - 32.1 - 13.2 - 73.4 - 39.7
oh and don't forget
Steve Adams - 20.2 - 11.0 - 54.5 - 69.4