The Grading Scale
“Flow”: this calculation puts a number to a team’s
unsuccessful possessions (i.e. the other guys’ “stops”). Just take their missed
field goals (attempts minus makes), subtract the offensive rebounds, and then
add the turnovers. The “scores” represent per-game performance.
“Striping”: this calculation measures the impact of missed
free throws and made treys. By subtracting the former from the latter [3’s
minus missed FT’s], we identify a team’s gain or loss in points through
“specialty shooting.” Again the “scores” are per-game. (A further division by
two converts “points” to “conversions” – thus they can be combined with the
“Flow” score.)
KK: Karl Kount – named for George Karl – is a way to measure
a team’s grit and savvy through its ability to defend its home court and win on
the road, a simple calculation for generally reliable info.
“SPOR-t”: SPOR-t stands for “Shooting Plus
Offensive Rebounds minus turnovers.” Add a team’s FG percentage and its offensive
rebounding percentage (o. boards divided by the sum of those o. boards and the
opposition's d. boards). Then subtract the percentage of a team’s possessions
lost to turnovers. For example, a team shoots field goals at a .488 clip,
offensive rebounds at a rate of .199, and commits a turnover on .143 of its
possessions. So its SPOR-t is (488+199-143) or 544. Once again, our measurement
will be the difference between the SPOR-t scores of a team and its opposition.
We’ll rank the teams from 1 to 12 in all criteria and simply
add up the rankings. Low score wins, naturally.
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