![]() ![]() It’s imperfect, and a smaller sample size, but I can’t watch everything of everyone, so a small sample of one of the greatest passing bigs ever in Green, and one of the league’s best offensive engines in Tatum seemed like a good little comp. ![]() Over 5 games, 52-percent of Green’s and 44-percent of Tatum’s were advantaged. Over 65 games, 51-percent of Barnes’ halfcourt assists were advantaged. Different roles and contexts = different outcomes. The majority of Green’s were layups, because of all the cutting actions they run off of him while defenses are stretched out due to the spacing. The overwhelming majority of Tatum’s were 3-pointers, because he’s a driving force downhill who collapses the defense. Jayson Tatum over his last 5 games has 27 halfcourt assists, and 12 were advantaged. Of the 266 in the halfcourt, 135 came as advantage assists – 40 advantage layups, 26 advantage dunks, 55 advantage triples, 13 advantage floaters, and 1 advantage middy.įor reference, over Draymond Green’s last 5 games he has 29 halfcourt assists and 15 of those were advantage assists. Of Barnes’ 312 assists this season, 266 came in the halfcourt (46 in transition). If you can get guys buckets where they don’t have to dribble and they’re not facing heavy contests, you’re getting a lot of advantage assists. ![]() For the most part, you know it when you see it. Getting the big man wide in the pick n’ roll and finding the roller? Advantage created. Threading the needle on a back cut? Advantage created. Collapsing the defense and finding a good shooter? Advantage created. A lot of assists in the NBA are of this variety.Īn advantage assist is when a pass puts a teammate in a position of advantage (duh), and they score. These are banal and run of the mill assists. He’s not bending the defense with motion or creating a better look with a creative pass. Basically, you could insert any number of players into Barnes’ position and they generate the same outcome. Here’s a few examples of no-advantage assists. The ground rules are a mix of show and tell: Or DHO’s, like I used to do, Gary comes off it and hits that middy, that’s an easy assist. If the big man helps, it’s easy to get it to a roller. Being able to attack with so much space on the floor, if someone helps, you just make easy kick-out reads. So, I feel like it’s easier to get assists in the NBA. People at this level, they make tough shots. “If they take a dribble or two, you don’t really get an assist in college. “I think in the NBA it’s easier to get assists, to be honest.” Scottie Barnes told me. Let’s figure out just how special Barnes is. I watched it all and catalogued it, so we can have the numbers and the organized film on just how often Barnes is creating big advantages for teammates. But, how do you communicate that to someone without telling them to watch every game and every pass and all that? Well, you have me do it. The paper boy who drops your paper on the front step is providing a better service than the one who throws the paper haphazardly onto the roof, right? First and last outdated reference, I promise. They’re counted the same, of course, but we know what it looks like when someone has gift-wrapped a bucket. But, I don’t want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don’t understand.” Ed Tom Bell, No Country for Old Men ![]() I always knew you had to be willing to grind to even do this job. “The passing you see now, it’s hard to even take its measure. I tried to measure his passing, despite the difficulty. His gaze disorients and misdirects those who oppose him, and guides those he likes. Scottie Barnes is the Cheshire cat as a passer. ![]()
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