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Volume vs Efficiency Outliers by Position: 23-24 Season
The traditional thinking goes that you either want players who efficiently use a lot of possessions (and it’s okay if they’re not possession positive) or players who pet you a lot of possessions through rebounds, stocks, and not turning the ball over (and it’s okay if they don’t score a lot of points).

Typically we find that players who use a lot of possessions use them efficiently:


I wanted to look at which players at each position:

• Score efficiently at volume
• Shoot a lot but inefficiently
• Don’t shoot but when they do it’s efficient
• Don’t shoot and for good reason

To make the outliers more clear, I compared each player to other players of their position by:

• Calculating their PPP and Possessions Used
• Calculating the mean and standard deviation of each metric for each position
• Percentile ranking vs other players at their position based on a normal distribution

This is a fairly safe assumption as the curves for each metric are close to normal (nice job Ashes):




PG: Possessions Used vs PPP


Score efficiently at volume:

• Luka Doncic
• Kyrie Irving
• Markelle Fultz
• Steph Curry

Shoot a lot but inefficiently:

• Kris Dunn
• Ja Morant
• Kira Lewis Jr
• Kemba Walker

Don’t shoot but when they do it’s efficient:

• Jose Alvarado
• Langston Galloway
• Tyus Jones

Don’t shoot and for good reason:

• Scotty Pippen Jr
• Lonzo Ball

SG: Possessions Used vs PPP


Score efficiently at volume:

• Shabazz Muhammad
• Tyreke Evans
• Jamal Murray
• Buddy Hield

Shoot a lot but inefficiently:

• RJ Barrett
• Jalen Suggs
• Cade Cunningham

Don’t shoot but when they do it’s efficient:

• Luke Kennard
• Jimmy Butler
• Caris Levert
• Jeremy Lamb

Don’t shoot and for good reason:

• Talen Horton-Tucker
• Matisse Thybulle

SF: Possessions Used vs PPP


Score efficiently at volume:

• Otto Porter Jr
• Kevin Durant
• Myles Turner

Shoot a lot but inefficiently:

• Harrison Barnes
• Michael Porter Jr
• Brandon Miller
• Herbert Jones

Don’t shoot but when they do it’s efficient:

• Ryan Anderson

Don’t shoot and for good reason:

• Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
• Maurice Harkless
• OG Anunoby

PF: Possessions Used vs PPP


Score efficiently at volume:

• Aaron Gordon
• Kevin Durant
• Obi Toppin
• Domantas Sabonis
• Kristaps Porzingis
• Rui Hachimura

Shoot a lot but inefficiently:

• Paolo Banchero
• Zion Williamson
• Kyle Kuzma

Don’t shoot but when they do it’s efficient:

• Jonathan Isaac

Don’t shoot and for good reason:

• Terrence Jones
• Reggie Perry
• Jarred Vanderbilt

C: Possessions Used vs PPP


Score efficiently at volume:

• Nikola Jokic
• Karl-Anthony Towns
• Deandre Ayton

Shoot a lot but inefficiently:

• Mark Williams
• Tarik Black

Don’t shoot but when they do it’s efficient:

• Dwight Powell
• Spencer Hawes

Don’t shoot and for good reason:

• Tacko Fall
• John Henson
• Nerlens Noel

All Positions Aggregate

Very cool to visualize

Super cool and all but your metrics must be on the Fritz or something because MPJ is goated

This is sick Tong!

Also Deandre Ayton

Grade: 825 RP