Which Statistic Would You Like To See Tracked?

[n_huffhines]

Just out of curiosity.

And Ones: self explanatory
And Ones Converted: self explanatory
Defensive Touches: blocks, steals, tipped passes, etc.
Turnovers Forced: steals, charges earned, travel forced, etc.
Pass-to-Assist: the initial pass on a bang bang two-pass scoring play.
Saves: a hustle play that saves possession (excluding off rebounds)
Fouls Forced: any foul drawn other than late game intentionals

 

[GahLee]

Pass to assist.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Pass to assist

 

[005]

Hockey assists

 

[TBrown]

Defensive touches.. Deflections, tipped passes, etc.

 

[Mr_Henley]

I voted turnovers forced.

 

[005]

I voted turnovers forced.

Lotta gray area

 

[n_huffhines]

I would like to see all of them tracked, but I chose turnovers forced. There may be judgment calls in the scoring of the stat, that's the case for all of these to some degree.

I took turnovers forced over pass to assist, because advanced stats show that a turnover has twice the value of an assist. A PG may only have a pass-to-assist 1-4 times per game, and a good defender might be forcing 2 or 3 non-steal turnovers per game. I think there is more value in tracking turnovers*.

*currently if you force a bad pass out of bounds, draw a charge, force a travel, block a shot where your team gains possession, etc, you are only given partial to 0 statistical credit for making these great plays.

 

[005]

It's just a matter of "what's the difference between 'forcing' a travel, and a dude just screwing up and traveling?"

Same for out of bounds plays.

But I do like the sentiment, for sure.

 

[n_huffhines]

It's going to be a judgment call by the scorekeeper. Just like with a pass-to-assist, you're going to have to draw the line somewhere. What if the guy scoring takes 2 dribbles? Does the initial passer get an PtA to his credit? Even assists are judgment calls.

With an and-one, the judgment call is made by the official. Continuation? Was it really a legitimate foul? Etc.

 

[therealUT]

How many times Kendrick Perkins bear-hugs the opposition.

 

[YankeeVol]

None of them

 

[Pulscifer]

Turnovers forced.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

I would love to see defensive touches start getting recorded. I'm not much of a fan for the other stuff.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

I would love to see flopping count, also.

 

[005]

I would love to see flopping count, also.

Pretty impossible

 

[GAVol]

I'd like to see a greater emphasis on +/- and I'd like to see some sort of stat where a basket was "charged" to a defender if he gets beat so we can really see who gets lit up and who plays defense.

 

[865dude]

Uncalled travels

 

[005]

Uncalled travels

Please