PATPA: Points + Assists – TOs per FG Attempt

Top 20:
1 Oberto, Fabricio C WAS 2.47
2 Paul, Chris PG NO 2.13
3 Nash, Steve PG PHO 2.03
4 Kidd, Jason PG DAL 2.03
5 Miller, Mike SG WAS 1.92
6 Williams, Jason PG ORL 1.91
7 Rondo, Rajon PG BOS 1.89
8 Billups, Chauncey PG DEN 1.85
9 Calderon, Jose PG TOR 1.85
10 Howard, Dwight C ORL 1.78
11 Chalmers, Mario PG MIA 1.77
12 Lowry, Kyle PG HOU 1.75
13 Lawson, Ty PG DEN 1.74
14 Gasol, Pau PF LAL 1.73
15 James, LeBron SF CLE 1.72
16 Andersen, Chris PF DEN 1.71
17 Williams, Shelden PF BOS 1.69
18 Gasol, Marc C MEM 1.68
19 Rodriguez, Sergio PG SAC 1.68
20 Pierce, Paul SF BOS 1.67

* Oberto only has 15 FGA in 211 minutes!

This seems a lot more accurate with respect to the players you’d expect to be most efficient offensively. It does favor point guards who don’t take a lot of shots (Kidd, Rondo, Chalmers, Lowry), but many of the superstars are in there (James, Paul, Nash, Howard, Pierce) are in there too.

Here’s how the Bucks rank:
Ridnour, Luke #23
Jennings, Brandon #157
Bell, Charlie #165
Warrick, Hakeem #169
Ilyasova, Ersan #175
Delfino, Carlos #186
Bogut, Andrew #196
Thomas, Kurt #259
Moute, LRM #266
Meeks, Jodie #278

Imnotjesus – That’s an interesting stat. It favors Johnson in that roughly all of his attempts are dunks and layups. You should throw turnovers in there some how and see how that would affect it.

I hear that Amir Johnson has been AMAZING for the Raptors this season off the bench, hustling for loose balls, playing aggressive, and getting them extra possessions every game. That’s what you want from a team, someone that is consistently solid and that you don’t have to run plays for but does the garbage work in the paint.

Bargnani is playing much better defence this year and is playing a lot tougher, taking it to the basket and playing in the post. He’s more aggressive this year, for sure.

We definitely have an advantage with Luc Ridniour (with Calderon not playing and Toronto having to play their 3rd string PG) but we have to watch out for Belinelli, that dude can light it up in a hurry!

* As measured by a stat i just invented: PAPA, or Points + Assists per FG Attempt

Here’s the top 20:
Johnson, Amir TOR 3.20
Howard, Dwight ORL 2.56
Dragic, Goran PHO 2.39
Gasol, Pau LAL 2.30
Oden, Greg POR 2.20
Dampier, Erick DAL 2.19
Westbrook, Russell OKC 2.15
Kirilenko, Andrei UTA 2.10
Pierce, Paul BOS 2.07
Gasol, Marc MEM 2.06
Azubuike, Kelenna GS 2.04
Terry, Jason DAL 2.03
Andersen, Chris DEN 2.00
Williams, Shelden BOS 2.00
Miller, Mike WAS 2.00
Lewis, Rashard ORL 2.00
Anthony, Carmelo DEN 1.95
Perkins, Kendrick BOS 1.93
Maggette, Corey GS 1.92
Okafor, Emeka NO 1.91

And the Bucks with their rankings:
Ridnour, Luke MIL 1.77 #29
Jennings, Brandon MIL 1.64 #58
James, LeBron CLE 1.58 #81 (for comparison)
Ilyasova, Ersan MIL 1.56 #88
Warrick, Hakim MIL 1.55 #91
Delfino, Carlos MIL 1.52 #106
Bell, Charlie MIL 1.22 #240
Bogut, Andrew MIL 1.17 #260
Thomas, Kurt MIL 1.14 #265
Meeks, Jodie MIL 1.03 #275
Moute, LRM MIL 1.00 #279

And some notable players from the 3PT era for their careers:
Johnson, Magic 2.33
Bird, Larry 1.59
Jordan, Michael 1.55
Iverson, Allen 1.51
Olajuwon, Hakeem 1.42