On offense, Trail Blazers newcomer Robert Covington is off to a rough start to his tenure in Portland. The former Rockets forward is shooting 30.3 percent from the field, 27.8 percent from beyond the arc, and producing just 6.5 points per game. The first two figures in that set represent career-lows for Covington.
Through 15 games, Covington was identified by Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale as one of the 10 worst shooters in the NBA to start the season. Favale’s list utilized a statistical outlook labelled “Total Shot Value Added” to put together the rankings.
Before we get to Covington’s place in the rankings, here is how the formula works:
This specific approach will measure how much value a player has added—or, in this case, not added—on mid-range jumpers, corner threes and above-the-break triples relative to the rest of the league.