'02 Team EFF Ratings (FINAL) (129 views)

[skrouse]

Better late than never...

Welcome to the 3rd annual edition of the Team Efficiency Rating. For those living under a rock or working as much as I have been lately, here is a short explanation for those not familiar with the NBA's Efficiency Ratings.

The NBA's Efficiency Rating is a very simple way to judge how efficient a player is when they're on the floor. These are different from Hollinger's Player Efficiency Ratings (PER).

Look at this example (from NBA.com) of 2 players from the same game.

Player A 43 MIN 5-22 FGM-A 7-9 FTM-A 8 REB 6 AST 3 STL 0 BL 4 TO 17 PTS
Player B 29 MIN 5-8 FGM-A 3-4 FTM-A 4 REB 7 AST 0 STL 0 BL 2 TO 15 PTS

Who had the better game? Well player A had more points, more assists, double the rebounds and made 4 more FTs on 5 more attempts. His efficiency rating is +11 but player B's rating was +20. Why? He shot 5/8 from the floor while player A shot a poor 5/22, he also only had 2 TO's while player A had 4.

So a player could have more points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks than another player but not be as efficient.

The formula the NBA uses is very simple:
Points + Rebounds + Assists + Steals + Blocks - Turnovers - Field Goals Missed - Free Throws Missed

And now for the update some of you have been wanting...

Current Record Holders
EFF: 159.8 '02 Jazz 155.5 '01 Jazz
oEFF: 113.6 '00 76ers
+/-: 40.8 '02 Jazz 37.2 '01 Jazz

Current Tanking Record Holders
EFF: 77.6 '01 Bullets
oEFF: 152.6 '01 Lakers
+/-: -73.6 '01 Lakers

**Note records are based on Final EFF ratings only

Quick Analysis: Mavs are good at scoring efficiently, Celtics are better at scoring efficiently, Clippers would be the best at scoring efficiently if the Jazz hadn't just set record at scoring efficiently. Meanwhile the Grizz and Magic are the only 2 tankers to stay sub 90.

Team EFF
Jazz 159.8
Clippers 153.2
Celtics 151.4
Mavericks 150.4
Pistons 145.1
Bucks 145.0
Hornets 144.6
Bulls 143.2
Nets 141.6
Rockets 141.3
Trailblazers 138.4
Thunder 138.1
SuperSonics 135.1
Cavaliers 133.8
Pacers 132.5
Warriors 131.2
Timberwolves 129.4
Heat 128.3
Hawks 126.6
Raptors 126.5
Lakers 124.6
Nuggets 115.3
Pelicans 107.7
Knicks 106.9
Bullets 98.7
Suns 98.5
76ers 91.8
Magic 85.5
Grizzlies 83.0


Quick Analysis: The Mavs were .1 away from tying the record for best oEF in a regular season. This category was very tight though, the Sonics, Thunder, Nets, Jazz and Bulls all finished under 120. The 76ers did the best at letting the other team score, but not quite enough to set the record held by LAL.

Team oEFF
Mavericks 113.7
SuperSonics 116.0
Thunder 116.7
Nets 118.2
Jazz 119.0
Bulls 119.7
Cavaliers 120.1
Clippers 120.6
Celtics 120.9
Pacers 121.3
Trailblazers 121.7
Hornets 123.5
Rockets 126.3
Nuggets 126.4
Lakers 127.2
Bucks 127.3
Warriors 129.1
Pistons 129.4
Hawks 130.3
Timberwolves 130.4
Heat 131.2
Raptors 132.5
Bullets 134.0
Magic 137.9
Knicks 139.0
Pelicans 139.5
Suns 141.5
Grizzlies 143.1
76ers 150.3


Quick Analysis: Jazz be breaking records and shit by being the first team to end a season with a +/- above 40. The Mavs, Clippers and Celtics were the only other to top +30, then the cliff drops off to the Bulls at +23.5. The Grizzlies were a stunning -60.1 on the tanking end but that was still 12.5 points higher than the record set last year by LAL. I think that record may stay there for a while.

Team +/-
Jazz 40.8
Mavericks 36.7
Clippers 32.6
Celtics 30.5
Bulls 23.5
Nets 23.4
Thunder 21.4
Hornets 21.1
SuperSonics 19.1
Bucks 17.7
Trailblazers 16.7
Pistons 15.7
Rockets 15.0
Cavaliers 13.7
Pacers 11.2
Warriors 2.1
Timberwolves -1.0
Lakers -2.6
Heat -2.9
Hawks -3.7
Raptors -6.0
Nuggets -11.1
Pelicans -31.8
Knicks -32.1
Bullets -35.3
Suns -43.0
Magic -52.4
76ers -58.5
Grizzlies -60.1

Bonus Playoff Preview.

Based on EFF ratings the bracket would play out like this

East
1) 21.1 Hornets
8) 11.2 Pacers

4) 23.5 Bulls
5) 23.4 Nets

6) 13.7 Cavaliers
3) 17.7 Bucks

7) 15.7 Pistons
2) 30.5 Celtics

East Semis
1) 21.1 Hornets
4) 23.5 Bulls

3) 17.7 Bucks
2) 30.5 Celtics

East Finals
4) 23.5 Bulls
2) 30.5 Celtics


West
1) 40.8 Jazz
8) -2.6 Lakers

4) 19.1 Supersonics
5) 16.7 Trailblazers

6) 21.4 Thunder
3) 36.7 Mavericks

7) 15 Rockets
2) 32.6 Clippers

West Semis
1) 40.8 Jazz
4) 19.1 Supersonics

2) 32.6 Clippers
3) 36.7 Mavericks

East Finals
1) 40.8 Jazz
3) 36.7 Mavericks

TMBSL Finals
1) 40.8 Jazz
2) 30.5 Celtics

Jazz Win with Gervin as MVP if all goes according to the +/- EFF Ratings 

P.S.

Sorry it was so late boys, my work schedule has just absurd lately and I'm not getting home most nights until almost 7 ( I go in at 8). Then by the time I do some shit around the house, assuming I go home after work, I say fuck it when I'm done and chill out for the evening. We're hiring a new guy on 7/7 so I should gradually start getting home early and even gain some down time at work. Then I can get back to being involved and hopefully this article will continue to be enjoyable for everyone. And who knows I may get even get a 2nd one in sometime! Haha

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Top 5 :)

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Love these

[skrouse]

Jun 27, 2014 18:07:06 GMT -6 [Account Deleted] said:

Love these

Glad a few people do. I think next season ima do players as a 2nd one. Takes so much longer but I think more people like that 

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You guessed the Finals correctly

Those damn Bulls messed it up for you though

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Yeah skrouse I've thought about doing like a "Hollinger stats" article that tracks those advanced stats all season but I'm too lazy to write the macros to get all that data to load into Excel.

[skrouse]

I feel ya, I did hollinger stats once but you have to take too much into account. A lot of manual work