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A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

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  • A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

    Using 82games I wanted to post just a few statistics of the Pacers season just for fun and also to hopefully destroy a few common myths on this board.

    According to 82games, George Hill was the best defender on the team.

    His opponent PER was 12.2 on the season.

    Of course to completely understand statistics we have to at least try to understand why the numbers show what they show. I think a big reason Hill had the best defensive numbers is not only is he a good defender of course, but the majority of the season he was playing with the second unit and had to defend lesser talent. I think that has a lot to do with it. It is worth noting though, that he does play good defense. I think he got a lot of criticism because he happend to have trouble with Jameer in the playoffs because it wasn't the best matchup for Hill, but he played well all season.

    Who came in second? Danny Granger. Danny's opponent PER was 12.4 on the season.

    Danny opponent PER was slightly higher (not as good) than Luol Deng's Opponent PER. I'm noting Deng because a lot of people love to rave about his defense, which is not entirely misplaced, but it can give us perspective. Danny Granger is a good defender folks. He had the best defense out of all the starters this past season. And yes that includes Paul George. One more comparison is Kobe Bryant who gave up an opponent PER of 12.4 as well this season.

    I think we all know that Paul George will be a great defender. He is not one now however. He can't go through screens* and has given up some huge points to guys like JJ Reddick this season. That is not a mark of a great defender. We like to rave about Paul's defense because he can play excellent on the ball defense but he lacks two important ingredients that make a great defender: strength and the ability to get through screens.



    The rest of the starters' opponent PER during the season:

    Hibbert: 15.0
    West: 15.2
    George: 14.2

    According to simple rating (via 82games) in descending order the best players on the Pacers were as follows:

    Danny Granger: 7.5
    Roy Hibbert: 5.1
    Paul George 4.3
    David West 3.9
    George Hill 2.3

    Here is 82 games explanation of simple rating:

    The main components of the 'Simple Ratings' are a production measure (a variant of John Hollinger's PER rating) for a player's own stats versus the counterpart player on the other team while he is on the court, as well as a simple on court/off court plus minus.
    Simple rating cannot be used as a concrete rating system but I think it does give us a pretty good idea on who was the most effective during the season. I think this gives us a pretty good idea on who was the best player on the Pacers and where the rest of the starters fall in line. Though this shouldn't be a surprise, I must emphasize that despite what some on this board say, Danny Granger is the best player on this team. He is the best scorer and defender among the starters.

    For fun, here is a random list of players that had a lower simple rating than Danny Granger this season:

    Paul Pierce
    M. Gasol
    Josh Smith
    Harden
    Aldridge
    Westbrook
    'Melo


    * Paul is NOT having trouble getting through screens because he's playing the two. Guess who sets screens for teams? Big men. Doesn't matter if he's defending the two or three, the same guy is setting a screen! Paul is having trouble getting through screens because he sucks at getting through screens not because he's defending OJ Mayo instead of Rudy Gay!

    I'm going to add more stats to this and complete this post tomorrow but halfway through I remembered I haven't slept in a long time and I'm about to pass out. I can't hardly function. I'm certain there are many spelling and grammatical errors. I'll fix them. Just let me allow my brain to recuperate.
    Last edited by mattie; 08-05-2012, 04:44 AM.

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    Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

    Very interesting.

    This adds some more credence to my own observations. Danny, although some seem unwilling to believe it, is a pretty good defender. He may not portray effort all the time, but it's definitely there, if that makes sense. And now that DC is gone, I'm sure Danny and the rest will not have to help on defense so much.

    Also, about PG, he definitely needs to figure out how to get through screens better. It's the only explanation how he looks amazing on guys like Kobe but gets destroyed by off-ball guys like Reddick.

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    • #3
      Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

      Cool post, enjoy ones like this.

      One could argue that Danny's defense numbers were better the PG's because PG took on the better offensive player.
      PG24: "Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon!"

      RT @Hoya2aPacer "When I play this game I love. I play to make my teammates better. But I'm a mouther****er on defense."

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      • #4
        Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

        I enjoy threads like this very much.
        Go Pacers!

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        • #5
          Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

          Danny can't shut down Lebron so he's a terrible defender and I'm going to have to assume that 82games is a site full of hacks and number-distorters.

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            Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

            If you look at Hill's stats on mysynergysports.com, his offensive stats are pretty great. 53rd in points per possession, 11th in PPP as the pick & roll ball handler, and 66th in PPP in transition.

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              Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

              Granger is an above average defender, when he's willing to defend. And he was pretty willing last season. He had to, he lost his offensive touch.

              I would not look into that simple rating too much. Ryan Anderson has like +10, which puts him at the top 10 list in the league.

              The really interesting stat is actually from the 'clutch' department, where Granger was ranked 6th in the league last season during ''4th quarter or overtime, less than 5 minutes left, neither team ahead by more than 5 points''.

              http://www.82games.com/1112/CSORT11.HTM
              Originally posted by Piston Prince
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                Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

                I've always argued that Danny is a good defender, he just lacks focus off the ball from time to time. On the ball however, he rarely gets blown by, and he picks up a decent amount of blocks for a SF that isn't particularly über athletic. Of course others will debate it, but DG can play good D as long as he remains focused.

                Good post here, some interesting numbers for sure

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                • #9
                  Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

                  I am waiting for vnzla81 and olblu to get on here and tell us how dumb these numbers are and how anyone who likes Granger is overrating him.

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                    Originally posted by joew8302 View Post
                    I am waiting for vnzla81 and olblu to get on here and tell us how dumb these numbers are and how anyone who likes Granger is overrating him.
                    I have olblu on my ignore list so I don't think he can see this thread.

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                      Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

                      I don't think there was ever really any serious doubt that Granger is the best player on the team, from anyone who is rational. I believe the debate is about who is more important to the team between Granger and Hibbert.

                      I was looking through the stats back near the end of the season, and there are a lot of stats there that fly in the face of common perception on this board.

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                        Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

                        Originally posted by mattie View Post
                        I have olblu on my ignore list so I don't think he can see this thread.
                        IIRC, the ignore button only keeps you from seeing him. not the other way around.

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                          Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

                          Nice work MAttie, but simple rating seems like a terrible way to judge a player. Hollinger's PER is bad enough as it rewards inefficient chuckers like Danny while hardly taking into account a players defense, evident by Hollinger ranking Rajon Rondo 21st among PGs right behind great players like Jerryd Bayless, Sessions, Jarret Jack, Dragic and one spot ahead of Jordan Farmar . Add that to on/off court, which is one of the most useless stats in the game IMO, (there's sooo many holes in that stat if you're using it to rank players) and you get an interesting yet nearly worthless statistic called simple rating.

                          I do like the clutch stat Yoadknux brought up, though. Now that's impressive.

                          edit: also, Danny is not our best defender. No advanced stat you can dig up can make me believe he's better than Paul. People that matter (coaches) obviously agree or they wouldn't have voted for Paul to be on the all defensive team over Danny. Our very own coach claims Paul's one of the top 5 most versatile defenders in the league, yet mattie wants us to believe Danny's our best defender? I don't think so
                          Last edited by CJ Jones; 08-05-2012, 06:06 PM.

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                            Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

                            Originally posted by CJ Jones View Post
                            Nice work MAttie, but simple rating seems like a terrible way to judge a player. Hollinger's PER is bad enough as it rewards inefficient chuckers like Danny while hardly taking into account a players defense, evident by Hollinger ranking Rajon Rondo 21st among PGs right behind great players like Jerryd Bayless, Sessions, Jarret Jack, Dragic and one spot ahead of Jordan Farmar . Add that to on/off court, which is one of the most useless stats in the game IMO, (there's sooo many holes in that stat if you're using it to rank players) and you get an interesting yet nearly worthless statistic called simple rating.

                            I do like the clutch stat Yoadknux brought up, though. Now that's impressive.

                            edit: also, Danny is not our best defender. No advanced stat you can dig up can make me believe he's better than Paul. People that matter (coaches) obviously agree or they wouldn't have voted for Paul to be on the all defensive team over Danny. Our very own coach claims Paul's one of the top 5 most versatile defenders in the league, yet mattie wants us to believe Danny's our best defender? I don't think so
                            Paul may be versatile, but in no way is he our best defender. The guy gets lost all the time, gives up wide open shots, leaves his feet, and cannot get through screens.

                            I attribute that to inexperience. However, anyone who watched the Orlando series saw how much Paul regressed. Really struggled.

                            Please don't take this as me trying to blindly bash PG, I love the guy/think he's going to do great things. I just think his defensive abilities are overstated due to his length/quickness giving him the ability to get some great steals. I expect him to have a huge year defensively in 12-13.

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                              Re: A look statistically at the Pacers 2011-12 season

                              Originally posted by Derek2k3 View Post
                              Paul may be versatile, but in no way is he our best defender The guy gets lost all the time, gives up wide open shots, leaves his feet, and cannot get through screens.

                              I attribute that to inexperience. However, anyone who watched the Orlando series saw how much Paul regressed. Really struggled.

                              Please don't take this as me trying to blindly bash PG, I love the guy/think he's going to do great things. I just think his defensive abilities are overstated due to his length/quickness giving him the ability to get some great steals. I expect him to have a huge year defensively in 12-13.
                              I'm sorry... I just can't figure how this is even debateable? If Danny's better, can you explain to me why 2 opposing coaches voted Paul George for the all defensive team while none voted for Danny? I think their votes have more clout than Hollinger's defensive PER or any poster's opinion here on PD.

                              Danny's really good, but he's not better nor did he have a better season last year than Paul did defensively. I'd put Danny 3rd or 4th on my list.

                              Roy's still probably the most important player on the defense. Hopefully he continues to improve... he's already pretty damn good.

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