Evaluating Individual Scoring Efficiency
To evaluate a team’s scoring efficiency by its players, I like to compare:
- how often a player is used in absolute terms offensively (median of the player’s finishes)
- how often a player is used in relative terms (median of the player’s usage)
- how efficient a player is scoring-wise (player’s points per play)
- player’s playing time
I find the following chart useful to graph this:
Aris, 2012-2013 season:
Many low-impact players around team efficiency average - everybody appears to know what to do offensively.
Two outstanding players (Holcomb-Faye and Givens). Holcomb Faye is outstanding in terms of finishes, mainly because of his many assists, 37% assist ratio. Givens is outstanding in that he combines high usage with high scoring efficiency.
EBBC, 2012-2013 season:
All high impact players score at about team average efficiency, which makes it hard for opponents to focus there defensive attention.