Post up efficiency (2013-2014)

[VengefulAngel]

post-game


POST-UP POWERS
Most efficient post-up players in 2013-14 season, according to Synergy (minimum 125 plays).

Player Plays Points FG% %FT Pts/play
LeBron James 261 283 55.9 21.8 1.08
Kevin Durant 207 221 47.8 20.8 1.07
Dirk Nowitzki 534 568 50.8 15.5 1.06
Dwyane Wade 145 153 53.7 17.2 1.06
Carmelo Anthony 420 427 49.4 16.7 1.02
Al Jefferson 840 813 51.0 11.0 0.97
Arron Afflalo 173 167 49.6 14.5 0.97
Blake Griffin 541 517 47.8 22.7 0.96
Joe Johnson 244 233 50.8 12.3 0.96
Brandon Bass 241 229 44.8 17.0 0.95

[ArbitraryWater]

In 2013 LeBron was statistically the best spot-up shooter in the NBA, in 2014 LeBron was statistically the best post-up player in the NBA..........


This guy keeps improving in every area :oldlol: :bowdown:

[VengefulAngel]

In 2013 LeBron was statistically the best spot-up shooter in the NBA, in 2014 LeBron was statistically the best post-up player in the NBA..........


This guy keeps improving in every area :oldlol: :bowdown:

68 percent TS% in the playoffs :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Demitri98]

Link?

Big Al with 840 post ups :applause:

Brandon Bass top 10? :biggums:

[VengefulAngel]

Link?

It's an insider article, ill quote it all if you want :)

[ballup]

Bass is on that list. Totally invalid now

[played0ut]

good for him.

[Demitri98]

It's an insider article, ill quote it all if you want :)
ah ok :cheers: Go for it

[VengefulAngel]

In 2013 LeBron was statistically the best spot-up shooter in the NBA, in 2014 LeBron was statistically the best post-up player in the NBA..........


This guy keeps improving in every area :oldlol: :bowdown:

http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingCatchShoot.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25&sortField=PLAYER&sortOrder=DES&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&filters=GP*G*60

Not 1st but quite close.

Kyle Korver is a beast

[VengefulAngel]

Here ya go :)


ah ok :cheers: Go for it


Halfway through the first quarter of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, LeBron James called for the ball.

He had Paul Pierce sealed near the right block on an island. Chris Bosh fed James the ball from the 3-point arc where Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers and Shane Battier also stood on the perimeter. With four defenders on the perimeter, help wasn't coming. James took two dribbles to his right, rose up from the paint and splashed a right hook over the top of Pierce.

This may not have happened three years ago. James was blasted then for not having a reliable post game, but now it's a veritable strength. A couple of possessions later against the Brooklyn Nets, James dribbled the ball up the left side of the floor and noticed he had the smaller Marcus Thornton on him. So he turned his back on the left block, posted him up, turned left and dribbled by him to the rim. Easy bucket.

This is pretty much how it went in Game 1. The Heat outscored the Nets 52-28 in the paint, but they didn't get there through highlight-reel transition buckets. Interestingly enough in this series against the veteran Nets squad, the Heat are showing off their "old-man game" in the post.

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And James isn't the only one showing his improvement on the block. Believe it or not, Wade ranks right up there with James as two of the most effective post-up weapons in the league.

The Heat don't feature traditional post-up men on the block, but Wade and James lead their increasingly integral inside-out offense. Actually, Wade and James combined have more points on post-ups than six teams this postseason, according to Synergy Sports. James and Wade have scored 47 points in the post in the 2014 playoffs, which is more than Golden State (45), Washington (43), Toronto (37), Atlanta (36), Charlotte (29) and Chicago (10).

At 32 years old and plagued by nagging knee issues, Wade has quietly migrated to the post more than ever this season. In 2010-11, the Big Three's first season together, Wade only sparingly went to the post, using it on 5.9 percent of his overall offense. But after losing in the 2011 Finals, Wade has made it a go-to option thanks to long hours with assistant coach David Fizdale. Now the post-up portion has more than doubled to 14.1 percent of his plays.

And even though the opposition knows it's coming, teams still struggle to stop it. Get this: If it weren't for James, Wade would own the NBA's highest field goal percentage in the post, according to Synergy tracking. This season, Wade shot 53.7 percent (58-of-108) on post-up plays, which is higher than Charlotte's paint maven, Al Jefferson (51 percent).

For Wade, developing the post game was a matter of survival in this league.

"Adapt or die," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Wade's progress in the post. "Wade has evolved his game for two or three years now where most people haven't noticed."

Wade typically uses his overwhelming strength to find deep position against smaller shooting guards, then deploys a lightning-quick spin move to keep them off balance. But he's not afraid to take on larger opponents down on the block. He dizzied Joe Johnson with the spin move in the second quarter of Game 1 to earn a point-blank layup.

James wields a whole different bag of tricks in the post. For one, he is ambidextrous and incredibly skilled with either hand. He'll often catch the defense off guard by floating a left-handed hook shot off the glass on the left block. His skilled ambidexterity keeps the defense guessing, and usually those guesses end up wrong. He likes to showcase "the Dirk" fadeaway jumper off the wrong foot, which he's just about perfected. But most times he just bullies his smaller opponents, much like Wade does.

POST-UP POWERS
Most efficient post-up players in 2013-14 season, according to Synergy (minimum 125 plays).

Player Plays Points FG% %FT Pts/play
LeBron James 261 283 55.9 21.8 1.08
Kevin Durant 207 221 47.8 20.8 1.07
Dirk Nowitzki 534 568 50.8 15.5 1.06
Dwyane Wade 145 153 53.7 17.2 1.06
Carmelo Anthony 420 427 49.4 16.7 1.02
Al Jefferson 840 813 51.0 11.0 0.97
Arron Afflalo 173 167 49.6 14.5 0.97
Blake Griffin 541 517 47.8 22.7 0.96
Joe Johnson 244 233 50.8 12.3 0.96
Brandon Bass 241 229 44.8 17.0 0.95
Of course, James and Wade aren't going to the block every time down the floor; they have too many other ways to puncture the defense. But against a versatile Nets team that wants to play small, the post game will become a focal point in the series.

The Nets almost never play two traditional big men at the same time, which makes it easier for James and Wade to find space in the paint. Spoelstra has doubled down on this formation by having the sharpshooting Bosh pull Kevin Garnett and Mason Plumlee out to the perimeter. In 2010-11, you might have survived leaving Bosh at the 3-point line. But now? Bosh has shot 17-for-37 (46 percent) in the playoffs from deep. Good luck leaving him open.

The Nets also get into the old-man game. Pierce likes to work from the elbows, but Shaun Livingston is a sneaky good option on the block. And as you can see in the above chart, Johnson is one of the best low-post options in the league, converting 50.8 percent of his shots on post-up plays. Where he comes up short compared to James and Wade is his ability to get to the free throw line, getting there just 12.3 percent of his plays, considerably lower than James' 21.8 percent and Wade's 17.2 percent. Johnson has never been a great foul-drawer, but he should rely on that more as he goes deeper into his 30s.

What we have here in the Eastern Conference semifinal matchup features two of the three most effective post-up teams in the NBA. Led by Wade and James, the Heat rank at the top of the leaderboard. They're the only team to average at least a point per post-up play, supported by their 51.8 percent shooting in the regular season. Beneath them are the Dallas Mavericks and the Nets.

In order to even up the series, the Nets have to find better ways to get into the paint. They could pick up a few tricks by watching James and Wade work the post on the other end. Three years ago, such a suggestion would have been preposterous. But with James' and Wade's old-man game, this isn't the same old Heat.

[brownmamba00]

Dirk, big Al and Melo>>

top 3 post up players

[VengefulAngel]

Dirk, big Al and Melo>>

top 3 post up players

Any of those names still in the playoffs?

[brownmamba00]

Any of those names still in the playoffs?
it don't matter

[ArbitraryWater]

http://stats.nba.com/playerTrackingCatchShoot.html?pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25&sortField=PLAYER&sortOrder=DES&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&filters=GP*G*60

Not 1st but quite close.

Kyle Korver is a beast


That's 2014. I remember an article on 2013, wait, here...


He crushed the rest of the league in PER last season with a 31.7, just shy of his career high. He shot a ridiculous 56.5 percent from the field. He scored more points in the paint per game than anybody else in the league. He dished out more assists than most point guards. He registered a higher rebound rate than Marc Gasol and Robin Lopez. Defensively, he's tall, quick and strong enough to guard just about anyone in the league, and he almost did.

And if all that wasn't enough, consider this: He now wields one of the most potent jumpers in the league. Only Jose Calderon averaged more points per spot-up play than James, according to Synergy Sports.

Most efficient spot-up players, 2012-13 regular season(Min. 100 plays)

Player Plays Points PPP
Jose Calderon 187 281 1.50
LeBron James 143 195 1.36
Kyle Korver 224 301 1.34
Steve Nash 114 153 1.32
Stephen Curry 226 294 1.30


James' name pops up near the top of all the jump-shot leaderboards for last season. And that includes the unguarded catch-and-shoot category, in which he effectively shot 73.1 percent once you account for the added value of 3s. Only five players were more lethal with open shots. While he couldn't find his shot in the Finals until the very end, he ended up converting 37.5 percent of his 3s in the postseason, which is well above average. (For perspective, Kevin Durant shot 31.3 percent from deep in the playoffs.)

Close 2nd.

[salwan]

Bass da Goat

[VengefulAngel]

Bass da Goat

like a bass

[Natureland]

Dirkules third with more post plays than KD and LeBron combined. :biggums:

[Trollsmasher]

Look how many ****ing freethrows Durant gets. He has the worst FG% of that table and still is 2nd in effiency:lol :facepalm

[TylerOO]

Where's Kobe?

[CeltsGarlic]

carmelo 420 just blaze it