Pounding The Rock · Jan 8, 2019
Why the Spurs’ midrange stars are more efficient than you think
Soobum Im-USA TODAY SportsIndividual efficiency is a tricky thing to contextualize. You need to account for play type, opponent, lineup fluctuations, and a dozen other wrinkles that influence how well a team scores when a particular player touches the ball. For hot takes and Twitter spats, it’s easier to revert to shooting metrics like effective field-goal and true-shooting percentage or lean on more nebulous catch-alls to affirm what our eyes and the box scores are telling us, and conversations usually end there.