Leading scorers in each region
As shown in the picture, this picture of the leading scorers in the NBA for the past 25 years is divided by region. Do the characters in it represent their personal abilities?
Some people say that Kobe only appeared in this picture once, Durant did not once, is it an overestimation of the strength of these two people. Did Treyang make a mistake? How could he appear here after only three years of playing? James can be inside and outside, should be the first person and so on.
Today we are here to analyze whether the characters appearing in the position of this picture represent their personal abilities. Sufficient conditions for appearing in the position of this picture: the highest score in this position, the necessary conditions for appearing in this picture: high number of hits (not necessarily high hit rate). Let us give an example (aside from the shooting percentage for now): There are four players from A, B, C and D. In the game, these four players all scored 18 points. The score statistics table for the four players is shown in the figure
Four players score statistics
We can see that if the leading scorer is found according to the area: the three-point line area is Player B; the mid-range area is Player C; the basket area is Player D. Player A will not appear in this list at all, and whether it can appear on this list has nothing to do with the shooting rate (why it said above, leaving aside the shooting rate for the time being), does this mean that Player A has no strength? I believe that at this time you will also say that it is not representative. But what does that mean?
We can see from this picture: Tre Young has just entered the league for three years, and his number of long-range shots has been much higher than that of other players, so his number of long-range shots will be higher. It also proved that in the previous era, few players shot at this distance. At the same time, this does not mean that Treyang’s highest number of shots in his career is at the ultra-long distance position. It only means that he has a higher number of hits at the ultra-long distance position than others, nothing more. Compared with other players, James (current career score: 35367) with a high number of hits is more at the basket and near the three-point line.This also confirms that James is indeed better at finishing at the basket, and with the increase of age, James's shots in the long distance are also increasing. And why Durant did not appear in this picture, Kobe only appeared once, the reason is that they have too many scoring methods, covering almost every position of the basketball court.
is like counting the students with the best grades in the school. You can't just look at the students with the highest scores in a single subject on the transcript, but look at the same total score. So this picture can only show that a certain player has a higher number of hits in a certain area than other players, and you don't even know if the player has the highest number of hits by himself. It is meaningless.
(This article only represents personal views, welcome to discuss)
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