Heretic;1481280 wrote: As a question, while looking on Wiki for the time this happened with Magic, I read this: Although it is commonly believed that Magic Johnson orchestrated Westhead's ouster, a 1987 book called "Winnin' Times" (about the Los Angeles Lakers' franchise history) indicated that Laker owner Jerry Buss wanted to fire Westhead several days prior to the actual occurrence.

Any truth to that or is it more of an owner "falling on the grenade" to prevent a star player from getting any sort of a prima donna reputation?

Heretic;1481280 wrote:
Any truth to that or is it more of an owner "falling on the grenade" to prevent a star player from getting any sort of a prima donna reputation?

Commander of Awesome;1481404 wrote:

Further proof that LBJ/Durant are on another level. lol at Melo, Ellis, Gay.

Ironman92;1481422 wrote:Could you give a brief explanation...a few players on there are throwing me off on what I think it means. (Wade and Curry throwing me off on how I'm looking at it)

Ironman92;1481422 wrote:Could you give a brief explanation...a few players on there are throwing me off on what I think it means. (Wade and Curry throwing me off on how I'm looking at it)

• TS%: True Shooting Percentage - what a player's shooting percentage would be if we accounted for free throws and 3-pointers. True Shooting Percentage = Total points / [(FGA + (0.44 x FTA)]

Usage Rate - the number of possessions a player uses per 40 minutes. Usage Rate = {[FGA + (FT Att. x 0.44) + (Ast x 0.33) + TO] x 40 x League Pace} divided by (Minutes x Team Pace)

Commander of Awesome;1481424 wrote:Just shot attempts (including FTs) and TO's and it's based on shot attempts and TO's while you are on the floor, which is how it adjusts for pace.

Usg%
Usage Percentage (available since the 1977-78 season in the NBA); the formula is 100 * ((FGA + 0.44 * FTA + TOV) * (Tm MP / 5)) / (MP * (Tm FGA + 0.44 * Tm FTA + Tm TOV)). Usage percentage is an estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while he was on the floor.

Top right corner means you not only have the ball alot, but you score efficiently with it when you shoot.

The most surprising person on that chart for me is that Stephen Curry's USG% is so low. it was about the same in the playoffs too.

Fly4Fun;1481427 wrote:It seems pretty simple (or so I think).

The y-axis is True Shooting %, which is just efficiency when scoring; per ESPN, The x-axis is Usage %, or how many uses a player has of the team's possessions; per ESPN,

Basically it's just showing which players are justified as having a higher usage rate as their TS% is still high (LeBron and Durant being so much better than anyone else, while Melo is a chucker).

Edit: CoA posted while I was writing my post (sorry for the double up).

Commander of Awesome;1481404 wrote:

Further proof that LBJ/Durant are on another level. lol at Melo, Ellis, Gay.

Ironman92;1481477 wrote:Rudy Gay salary

Commander of Awesome;1481419 wrote: You see Harden's mark? Top 26 for sure :thumbup:

Heretic;1481280 wrote:I'm more and more understanding what you were saying about how this is sort of a matter of opinion thing where you can see it from both angles and not disagree. Because I read this and agree with what you were saying, but...

Magic was a long-time Laker who was, as CoA said, essentially the face of the franchise for a long time. This all happened really early in his career, though, but as a young draftee who'd already been really good for them, you could easily state he was a guy they were planning to build around for the future.

Meanwhile, Paul was a free agent signing to a historically horrible franchise that's having a shocking burst of competence in recent times, to where it feels more like a "do what I want...or you guys can go back to being a perennial lottery team" ultimatum.

As a question, while looking on Wiki for the time this happened with Magic, I read this: Although it is commonly believed that Magic Johnson orchestrated Westhead's ouster, a 1987 book called "Winnin' Times" (about the Los Angeles Lakers' franchise history) indicated that Laker owner Jerry Buss wanted to fire Westhead several days prior to the actual occurrence.

Any truth to that or is it more of an owner "falling on the grenade" to prevent a star player from getting any sort of a prima donna reputation?