Philadelphia 76ers: Five Statistical Nuggets

by Jordan Sams on Jan 19, 2012 10:32 AM PST in Philadelphia 76ers Stat Stuff

1. Long Two Pointers: Long two pointers are the most inefficient shot in basketball. The Sixers lead the league in forcing opponents to take jumpers from 16-23 feet at 26.2 attempts per game, in which they convert at a 32% rate. Unfortunately, the Sixers are fifth in the NBA in shooting long twos themselves, attempting 25.6 per game, in which they shoot 41%.

2. Shots at the Rim: The Sixers rank 26th in the league in shot attempts at the rim (21.5), but shoot a league best 71%. Evan Turner leads the team, with an absurd and unsustainable 97% conversion rate on shots at the basket. League average is 63%.

3. Player Efficiency Rating: The Sixers have eight players who play at least 13 minutes per game who have a PER higher than the league average of 15. Lou Williams leads the team at 22.9.

4. Free Throw Deficiency: The four players who man the power forward and center spots for the Sixers (Elton Brand, Thaddeus Young, Spencer Hawes and Nikola Vucevic) average 5.7 free throw attempts per game. Dwight Howard, Kevin Love, Blake Griffin, Amar'e Stoudemire and Andrea Bargnani are big men who average more free throws per game than the entire Sixers front court. Andrea Bargnani!

5. Jrue Holiday's Free Throw Rate: Jrue Holiday attempts 13.4 shots per game. Jrue Holiday attempts 1.9 free throws per game. His FTA/FGA ratio (also know as free throw rate) is 14%. You know who also has a 14% FTA/FGA ratio? Willie Green, who's historically atrocious at taking jumpers and not getting to the line. Don't turn into Willie Green, Jrue! For perspective, Jrue's FTR was 21% last year – league average is 30%.

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I was thinking about the first point last night for a team that wants to force the other team to shoot long 2s the 76ers shoot a lot of long 2s

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by KJ Brophy on Jan 19, 2012 10:44 AM PST reply actions

Anyone else think that Jrue could take a page out of ET’s book and drive to the basket more and start to really cause havoc together?

I really think that Jrue should live at the FT line and now that I’m writing this I feel like the more that the 76ers drive to the basket get high percentage shots and get to the free throw line the more games they’d win against tough teams. Although that is purely a shot in the dark as I haven’t been able to watch any sixers this year on TV minus the Knicks game at MSG and the Jazz game when I was home for the holidays..

by Vince1129 on Jan 19, 2012 11:09 AM PST reply actions

Jrue has had 6 games this year where he hasn’t got to the line ONCE. Averaging more fts won’t just make Jrue a more consistent scorer but it’ll raise his assist total as well. Getting into the paint forces teams to collaspse which frees up shooters and guys cutting to the basket.

I hope Collins is preaching to him every day that he needs to drive more.

by E.T.23 on Jan 19, 2012 11:23 AM PST reply actions