Productivity

["Alden Brosseau" <aldenb@vom.com>]

In Friday’s Wall Street Journal, 2 guys who specialize in computerized
statistical analysis of sports ran a column on the NBA purporting to
identify the most productive players.  Their measure is MaxPoints (MP),
which they define as follows:

 Points+Rebounds+Assists+2xSteals+2xBlocks-Turnovers-.5x(Field goals
missed).

By this measure Shaq is most productive at 46.3 MP per game with Duncan 2nd
at 38.9.
Rounding out the top 10:
Garnett 38.8, Weber 37.5, Mourning 36.4, Malone 35.4,
Hill 34.5, Payton 33.4, Iverson 32.2, Mutombo 31.2

Top 6 in MP per minute played are:
Shaq 1.16, Weber 1.03, Mourning 1.01, Duncan .98, Garnett .97, Malone .96.
(Iverson at .80 is 22nd.)

Here are MP per game for the Celtics through the All-Star break:

Pierce 28.4, Walker 25.8, Anderson 20., Griffin 19.1, Potapenko 15.7
Battie 13.8, Fortson 10.2, Williams 9.4, Barros 8.0, Cheaney 7.5,
McCarty 6.8, Ellison 5.3, Overton 3.3.
(Alvin Williams 10.6)

MP per minute played are:

Fortson .82, Pierce .80, Battie .73, Walker .71, Potapenko .65,
Anderson .63, Griffin .60, Barros .54, Ellison .53, Williams .50,
McCarty .43, Overton .37, Cheaney .36.
(Alvin Williams .61)