Comments on: Rockets Daily – Thursday, July 29th, 2010 http://www.red94.net/rockets-daily-thursday-july-29th-2010/3091/ Red94 | essays and musings on the nba and houston rockets Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stephenhttp://www.red94.net/rockets-daily-thursday-july-29th-2010/3091/comment-page-1/#comment-4569 Stephen Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:58:45 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=3091#comment-4569 RFWC,<br>I'd say attacking the basket definitely draws more FTs than shooting Js.<br>My theory is that you get FTs by disrupting the defense,which usually comes from attacking the basket.<br>Once the defense breaks down and the defensive players are out of position,they have to speed up their moves to the point they're almost out of control and commit fouls they otherwise would never do.(For instance 3pt shooters are rarely fouled by the defender in front of them,but often by some defender flying out to the perimeter trying to "contest" an open shot.)<br>I believe there are 4 ways a defense can break down:<br>1)The defending players don't want to play defense.(They're tired,have quit,whatever). This either results in a foul-fest as they reach w/hands instead of moving feet or simply give up and it's a lay-up drill for the offense.<br>2)An excellent offensive system well run. A well run motion-based offense will break down a defense and get the defense out of position to point defenders are scrambling to recover and end up fouling because they are out of position.<br>3)An offensive player so skilled he can get clear seperation from his defender. This is usually done from perimeter of D and gets the defense scrambling to recover w/usually bad results for the D. This gets FTS from defenders trying to stop lay-ups as they left their man inside to stop the drive,fouling the offensive player driving or hasty close-outs on open shooters.(For example,how many times did Landry,Scola and Yao go to the line because McGrady drew their man and the help defender arrived late and decided to foul rather than give up a basket.)<br>4)An offensive player can beat his man 1-on-1 but cannot get clean seperation. This esp applies to skilled bigs as the closeness to basket and defenses packing the lane prevent seperation.(How often in pick-up ball did your defender whack you going for a strip or block as you just got around him as opposed to your shooting a face-up or fall-away jumper?)<br>In 2-4 the defense is scrambling to recover and a defender is often faced w/either giving up an open shot or committing a foul and hoping it doesn't get called? RFWC,
I'd say attacking the basket definitely draws more FTs than shooting Js.
My theory is that you get FTs by disrupting the defense,which usually comes from attacking the basket.
Once the defense breaks down and the defensive players are out of position,they have to speed up their moves to the point they're almost out of control and commit fouls they otherwise would never do.(For instance 3pt shooters are rarely fouled by the defender in front of them,but often by some defender flying out to the perimeter trying to “contest” an open shot.)
I believe there are 4 ways a defense can break down:
1)The defending players don't want to play defense.(They're tired,have quit,whatever). This either results in a foul-fest as they reach w/hands instead of moving feet or simply give up and it's a lay-up drill for the offense.
2)An excellent offensive system well run. A well run motion-based offense will break down a defense and get the defense out of position to point defenders are scrambling to recover and end up fouling because they are out of position.
3)An offensive player so skilled he can get clear seperation from his defender. This is usually done from perimeter of D and gets the defense scrambling to recover w/usually bad results for the D. This gets FTS from defenders trying to stop lay-ups as they left their man inside to stop the drive,fouling the offensive player driving or hasty close-outs on open shooters.(For example,how many times did Landry,Scola and Yao go to the line because McGrady drew their man and the help defender arrived late and decided to foul rather than give up a basket.)
4)An offensive player can beat his man 1-on-1 but cannot get clean seperation. This esp applies to skilled bigs as the closeness to basket and defenses packing the lane prevent seperation.(How often in pick-up ball did your defender whack you going for a strip or block as you just got around him as opposed to your shooting a face-up or fall-away jumper?)
In 2-4 the defense is scrambling to recover and a defender is often faced w/either giving up an open shot or committing a foul and hoping it doesn't get called?

]]> By: RFWChttp://www.red94.net/rockets-daily-thursday-july-29th-2010/3091/comment-page-1/#comment-4568 RFWC Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:44:27 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=3091#comment-4568 Thanks for looking into it. Do you think Free throw attempts have anything to do with driving to the basket vs taking more J's. Thanks for looking into it. Do you think Free throw attempts have anything to do with driving to the basket vs taking more J's.

]]> By: Stephenhttp://www.red94.net/rockets-daily-thursday-july-29th-2010/3091/comment-page-1/#comment-4567 Stephen Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:25:54 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=3091#comment-4567 Little late,but Wed RFWC brought up the Rockets increased shot attempts.<br>Some raw numbers,<br>This past season the Rockets jumped to 94.3 shot attempts a game. Previous season was 88.9.(Curiously the Rocket have ave'd @ 88 shots a game under both Adelman and JVG in the McGrady era.)<br>Turnovers this past season were 1188(14.49/game) compared to previous season's 1130(14.12/game).<br>Free Throws attempted this past season were 2022,the previous yr 1903.<br>Add shot attempts and TOs and Rockets increased their possesions some 5.6% and increased their FTAs some 6.25%,not a huge difference.<br>What does stand out is who is taking FTs. Here are the teams FTAs from Francis last yr thur this past season and in parenthesis the number of players who attempted 200+ FTs that season.<br>2003/4 1774(3))<br>2004/5 1986(2)<br>2005/6 1980(3) note McGrady,Yao missed large portion of season,Juwan Howard had 191 FTAs<br>2006/7 1906(2)<br>2007/8 1848(3)<br>2008/9 1903(3)<br>2009/10 2022(5) note Kevin Martin had 185 in 24 games w/Rockets Little late,but Wed RFWC brought up the Rockets increased shot attempts.
Some raw numbers,
This past season the Rockets jumped to 94.3 shot attempts a game. Previous season was 88.9.(Curiously the Rocket have ave'd @ 88 shots a game under both Adelman and JVG in the McGrady era.)
Turnovers this past season were 1188(14.49/game) compared to previous season's 1130(14.12/game).
Free Throws attempted this past season were 2022,the previous yr 1903.
Add shot attempts and TOs and Rockets increased their possesions some 5.6% and increased their FTAs some 6.25%,not a huge difference.
What does stand out is who is taking FTs. Here are the teams FTAs from Francis last yr thur this past season and in parenthesis the number of players who attempted 200+ FTs that season.
2003/4 1774(3))
2004/5 1986(2)
2005/6 1980(3) note McGrady,Yao missed large portion of season,Juwan Howard had 191 FTAs
2006/7 1906(2)
2007/8 1848(3)
2008/9 1903(3)
2009/10 2022(5) note Kevin Martin had 185 in 24 games w/Rockets

]]> By: HW Hugheshttp://www.red94.net/rockets-daily-thursday-july-29th-2010/3091/comment-page-1/#comment-4560 HW Hughes Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:34:43 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=3091#comment-4560 "Cutting JaVale McGee from Team USA was a mistake... he was the perfect 12th man candidate in that he might be needed for only 5-6 important minutes during the entire World Championship"<br><br>Sheridan is going waaaaay out of his way to say something interesting. That is such a joke. JaVale averaged 6 points a game for the Washington Wizards. If you're barely cracking the Wizards' line-up, you're just happy to be invited. <br><br>IT'S TEAM USA! It's supposed to have players like KD, Michael, Dream, Kobe, and Shaq. Not back-ups (McGee has not once in his career started a game according to <a href="http://NBA.com" rel="nofollow">NBA.com</a>) on Eastern Conference lottery teams. “Cutting JaVale McGee from Team USA was a mistake… he was the perfect 12th man candidate in that he might be needed for only 5-6 important minutes during the entire World Championship”

Sheridan is going waaaaay out of his way to say something interesting. That is such a joke. JaVale averaged 6 points a game for the Washington Wizards. If you're barely cracking the Wizards' line-up, you're just happy to be invited.

IT'S TEAM USA! It's supposed to have players like KD, Michael, Dream, Kobe, and Shaq. Not back-ups (McGee has not once in his career started a game according to NBA.com) on Eastern Conference lottery teams.

]]> By: HW Hugheshttp://www.red94.net/rockets-daily-thursday-july-29th-2010/3091/comment-page-1/#comment-4559 HW Hughes Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:34:43 +0000 http://www.red94.net/?p=3091#comment-4559 "Cutting JaVale McGee from Team USA was a mistake... he was the perfect 12th man candidate in that he might be needed for only 5-6 important minutes during the entire World Championship"<br><br>Sheridan is going waaaaay out of his way to say something interesting. That is such a joke. JaVale averaged 6 points a game for the Washington Wizards. If you're barely cracking the Wizards' line-up, you're just happy to be invited. <br><br>IT'S TEAM USA! It's supposed to have players like KD, Michael, Dream, Kobe, and Shaq. Not back-ups (McGee has not once in his career started a game according to <a href="http://NBA.com" rel="nofollow">NBA.com</a>) on Eastern Conference lottery teams. “Cutting JaVale McGee from Team USA was a mistake… he was the perfect 12th man candidate in that he might be needed for only 5-6 important minutes during the entire World Championship”

Sheridan is going waaaaay out of his way to say something interesting. That is such a joke. JaVale averaged 6 points a game for the Washington Wizards. If you're barely cracking the Wizards' line-up, you're just happy to be invited.

IT'S TEAM USA! It's supposed to have players like KD, Michael, Dream, Kobe, and Shaq. Not back-ups (McGee has not once in his career started a game according to NBA.com) on Eastern Conference lottery teams.

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