Re: Athlon Sports on scoring efficiency (or, the truth about Toine)

["j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

         Very interesting (nice to see Paul up there so high) but I'm not 
quite sure I understand the explanation of Scoring Efficiency Index. Does 
an SEI of .707 simply mean that Paul Pierce scored a higher points-per-FGA 
than the league average in 70.7% of the games he played in?

         As for Walker, he does more besides scoring than Pierce does. But 
he DOES need to have more humility in his shot selection, no question.


At 09:12 23/10/01 -0400, Berry, Mark  S wrote:
>The list:
>#1 Shaq O'Neal, .851
>#2 Dirk Nowitzki, .793
>#3 Karl Malone, .741
>#4 Reggie Miller, .728
>#5 David Robinson, .713
>#6 Paul Pierce, .707
>#7 Kobe Bryant, .691
>#8 Ray Allen, .671
>#9 Tim Duncan, .646
>#10 Andre Miller, .646
>#11 Steve Nash, .643
>#12 Donyell Marshall, .642
>#13 Anonio McDyss, .629
>#14 Predrag Stojakovic, .627
>#15 Bonzi Wells, .627
>#16 Steve Francis, .625
>#17 Corey Maggette, .623
>#18 Ruben Patterson, .618
>#19 Shareef Abdur-Rahim, .617
>#20 Rashard Lewis, .615
>More:
>#22 Vince Carter, .600
>#25 Jerry Stackhouse, .588
>#30  Alan Iverson, .563
>#36 Tracy McGrady, .545
>#97 Latrell Sprewell, .390
>#111 Ron Mercer, .344
>#129 Olowokandi, .305
>#136 Antoine Walker, .272
>#140 Larry Hughes, .260
>#150 Chris Mills, .200
>
>Very interesting reading.  The table also lists points per 48 minutes and
>subtacts this ranking from the SEI ranking to determine who should be
>shooting more and what scorers are really "fools gold" and should be
>shooting less.  Those with minuses are under utilized and those with pluses
>are overrated as scorers.
>Pierce had a -2 and Walker a +117.  That pretty much sums up the difference
>that most fans see on a game by game basis.  We didn't need an SEI ranking
>to point that out to us.