There are numbers for everything in today’s NBA. How accurate is a player on catch-and-shoot attempts from the left wing? We’ve got that stat. How many points per possession does a player generate on pick-and-rolls during the second game of back-to-backs? You can look it up. What’s the average PER for opposing players against a specific defender? A few clicks away.
Yet the game will always be played by human beings. Living, breathing people who share many of the same traits and frailties as everyone else. So how do you measure the impact of being a good teammate?