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Preview & Chat: The Dallas Mavericks
Forum Blue And Gold — ... For those of you stat nuts out there, a new site to check out is Hoopdata, which tracks a lot of information including a lot of the expected advanced stats as well as charges drawn, shot locations, assist locations and more. It has stats from the last three seasons as well as this one. It’s too early to read anything into statistics for this year, but the site is well worth checking out. ...

Preview & Chat: The Atlanta Hawks
Forum Blue And Gold — ... They are off to a hot start in part because of very efficient play from Josh Smith, who has a True Shooting percentage of 72.3% (for those unfamiliar, True Shooting percentage is basically a points per shot attempt stat that counts both free throws and three pointers a number, the league average so far this season is 52.8%.) He is shooting that well because he is attacking the rim — 7 of this 10 shot attempts per game come at the rim. (Stats from Hoopdata) ...

An Ugly, Beautiful Butterfly
The Two Man Game — ... the Mavs’ poor shooting has been a virtual non-factor, as a newfound commitment to attacking the basket has led to more shot attempts in the paint than ever before, and a sudden bump in free throw attempts for one of the best free throw shooting teams in the league. Here’s a look at the Mavs’ shot distribution this season: Now, compare those numbers with the distribution for last season: Shot distribution data from HoopData.com. Those subtle changes may not seem substantial on face, but the shift in ...

Comparing the 08-09 Seasons of Vince Carter and Hedo Turkoglu
Third Quarter Collapse — Making major changes to your team when you are already very, very good appears to be the thing to do in today's NBA.  The Lakers essentially swapped Trevor Ariza for Ron Artest, the Magic swapped Hedo Turkoglu for Vince Carter, and the Cavaliers added Shaquille O'Neal.  Each of these teams was among the best in the league last year, and we'll see how messing with a good thing turns out. Of course, since this is a Magic blog, I will look at Orlando's decision to let Hedo Turkoglu walk and trade for Vince Carter.  I will be using a number of advanced statistics that, thankfully, I didn't ...

Why Are The Nets 0-12: Looking At The Four Factors
NetsAreScorching - New Jersey Nets Blog - Nets News, Rumors, Analysis, Podcasts, Salaries, & Statistics — We have looked at the Nets start every which way and while, for the most part, injuries to blame, I wanted to look at what was actually happening on the court. A good way to do that is to look at the four factors. Before we start though, lets talk a little bit about what the four factors are. In his book, Basketball On Paper, Dean Oliver introduces the theory of the four factors.  We’ll let him tell you about it: What Basketball on Paper also adds is that these ratings can be broken down into four elements of the game: shooting, turnovers, rebounding, and ...