Post by 20s Navidad on Jul 14, 2014 14:27:40 GMT -6
When looking at a player, judging his strengths and weaknesses is pretty easy. An A is better than a B, my B+ rebounder is likely better than the B- free agent, etc. But it is often hard to distinguish how ratings are distributed leaguewide. An A- in one category might be much more rare and elite than an A- in another category. B- might be the average rating in one area while that is significantly above average in another category. How do you players compare to those leaguewide and are certain categories distributed differently than others? That is what I set out to determine. Let's take a look at the results.
A large majority of the league is rated either C+ or C at Inside Scoring. There are only 25 players rated A- or better in this category which is an average of less than 1 player per team. If your team has 2 or more guys with A- inside scoring, you are pretty strong inside. One thing to consider is that a majority of guys with high inside grades are big men so if you have a guard with a high Inside grade to go along with a high Outside grade, you are holding one of the league's rarest commodities.
Similar to the Inside Scoring category, there are zero A+ grades at Outside Scoring. There are 20 players with an A in the category making it a little more common than an A inside. However, anyone rated better than a C is already in the top half of the league in Outside Scoring while Inside Scoring requires a B- to be guaranteed to be in the top half of players.
We see our first A+ rated players in any category in Handling. There are six of them. However, only 8 with an A rating means there are actually less guys above A- in Handling (14) than in Outside Scoring (20). It looks like the key to getting to that coveted A+ Handling rating is to have a short, simple last name. It is interesting to note that while most of the A+ handlers are pretty good players, they are not necessarily the best PGs in the league. This is a good reminder that the best displayed grades do not always equal the best players.
Defense clearly looks different than the rest of the categories. The median grade is a B. That is much higher than the other categories. The most common grade is an A-. To reiterate, there are more players with an A- defensive rating than any other letter grade. This is confirming what many in the league likely already suspected - defensive grades are inflated across the league. An A- defender is clearly not the same as an A- inside scorer. One is elite while the other is commonplace.
Moses Malone is TMBSL's only A+ rebounder. Congrats to all our Nets fans. With only 39 players rated A- or better in rebounding, a team with 2 or more A- rebounders is likely to be pretty strong on the glass.
Potential is currently skewed a little more towards the higher end of grades than the lower end. C potential is still the most common grade and there are about as many C potential rated players as A and B potential combined. However, D and F potential is pretty rare consisting of only 17% of the league's players.
Here is a side by side comparison of each category so you can see how each rating compares to the others.
A large majority of the league is rated either C+ or C at Inside Scoring. There are only 25 players rated A- or better in this category which is an average of less than 1 player per team. If your team has 2 or more guys with A- inside scoring, you are pretty strong inside. One thing to consider is that a majority of guys with high inside grades are big men so if you have a guard with a high Inside grade to go along with a high Outside grade, you are holding one of the league's rarest commodities.
Similar to the Inside Scoring category, there are zero A+ grades at Outside Scoring. There are 20 players with an A in the category making it a little more common than an A inside. However, anyone rated better than a C is already in the top half of the league in Outside Scoring while Inside Scoring requires a B- to be guaranteed to be in the top half of players.
We see our first A+ rated players in any category in Handling. There are six of them. However, only 8 with an A rating means there are actually less guys above A- in Handling (14) than in Outside Scoring (20). It looks like the key to getting to that coveted A+ Handling rating is to have a short, simple last name. It is interesting to note that while most of the A+ handlers are pretty good players, they are not necessarily the best PGs in the league. This is a good reminder that the best displayed grades do not always equal the best players.
Defense clearly looks different than the rest of the categories. The median grade is a B. That is much higher than the other categories. The most common grade is an A-. To reiterate, there are more players with an A- defensive rating than any other letter grade. This is confirming what many in the league likely already suspected - defensive grades are inflated across the league. An A- defender is clearly not the same as an A- inside scorer. One is elite while the other is commonplace.
Moses Malone is TMBSL's only A+ rebounder. Congrats to all our Nets fans. With only 39 players rated A- or better in rebounding, a team with 2 or more A- rebounders is likely to be pretty strong on the glass.
Potential is currently skewed a little more towards the higher end of grades than the lower end. C potential is still the most common grade and there are about as many C potential rated players as A and B potential combined. However, D and F potential is pretty rare consisting of only 17% of the league's players.
Here is a side by side comparison of each category so you can see how each rating compares to the others.
