I was playing around with some advanced statistics this morning, specifically looking at the correlation between high efficiency and usage rate.
I think most people have a pretty good idea what PER is...basically a comprehensive measure of how efficient a player is on both ends of the floor.
Usage rate is a measure of what percentage of an offensive possession each player uses up. So in a perfect world, with 5 guys on the floor, each would have a usage rate of 0.2 (100% divided by 5).
Typically, PER and usage correlate highly. Someone with a high PER tends to also have high usage. Which makes sense. If someone is talented and efficient, you usually want the ball in their hands a lot.
So I started playing around with numbers to see who had the highest ratio of PER to Usage. In other words, someone who is highly efficient but doesn't demand the ball much.
I'm not sure it this stat is typically tracked in this way. It would be cool if one of our stat guys would pull the data into a table and break it down nationwide. I was only picking and choosing a handful of players to take a look at.
Here's what I found that was pretty cool. Tyler Ulis has a PER to Usage ratio of 1.46. His PER is a little over 20 with Usage of 13.8. This is pretty amazing, really.
I searched through several of the top point guards and the closest I could find were Tyus Jones and Kevin Pango, both at 1.4. Interestingly, both of those guys have PERs around 23 with Usage close to 17. Goes a long way toward explaining the overall success of their offenses.
Even more impressive, was WCS, coming in at a whopping 1.53. His PER is over 28 with Usage close to 18. Just confirms what we see with our eyes. No wonder is has scouts drooling.
Just for fun, I ran a check on Chris Jones as well. He registered at a very poor 0.66. PER of 18 with a Usage of 27.
I think most people have a pretty good idea what PER is...basically a comprehensive measure of how efficient a player is on both ends of the floor.
Usage rate is a measure of what percentage of an offensive possession each player uses up. So in a perfect world, with 5 guys on the floor, each would have a usage rate of 0.2 (100% divided by 5).
Typically, PER and usage correlate highly. Someone with a high PER tends to also have high usage. Which makes sense. If someone is talented and efficient, you usually want the ball in their hands a lot.
So I started playing around with numbers to see who had the highest ratio of PER to Usage. In other words, someone who is highly efficient but doesn't demand the ball much.
I'm not sure it this stat is typically tracked in this way. It would be cool if one of our stat guys would pull the data into a table and break it down nationwide. I was only picking and choosing a handful of players to take a look at.
Here's what I found that was pretty cool. Tyler Ulis has a PER to Usage ratio of 1.46. His PER is a little over 20 with Usage of 13.8. This is pretty amazing, really.
I searched through several of the top point guards and the closest I could find were Tyus Jones and Kevin Pango, both at 1.4. Interestingly, both of those guys have PERs around 23 with Usage close to 17. Goes a long way toward explaining the overall success of their offenses.
Even more impressive, was WCS, coming in at a whopping 1.53. His PER is over 28 with Usage close to 18. Just confirms what we see with our eyes. No wonder is has scouts drooling.
Just for fun, I ran a check on Chris Jones as well. He registered at a very poor 0.66. PER of 18 with a Usage of 27.
