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Originally Posted by RebeccaTwigley
Quick question..
What are everyone's rankings in terms of advanced metrics.
First off, I wouldn't put all-in-one metrics on the same list as more specific stats. They are trying to accomplish different things and should usually be used for different purposes. Moreover, the all-in-ones each contain all the information in most of the more specific stats such as TS% and TOV%. So for example if players A and B have the same BPM, knowing that player A also has higher TS% doesn't really change the odds that player A is better.
I think the best way to rank the all-in-ones is by their predictive power. That list looks like:
RPM
BPM
WS/48
PER
There's also some lesser known ones such as PT-PM which is better than BPM. I noticed VORP was on your list; this is just a minutes adjusted version of BPM. All of these have minutes adjusted versions besides PER and they should be ranked in the same order as above.
For the more specific stats, they all need to be used in conjunction with each other, so a pure ranking isn't as meaningful. Knowing how a player plays and in what ways they provide value is usually more important than the crude rankings of the all-in-ones. Generally the most useful for offense in rough order are:
TS%
USG%
AST%
Shot location distribution, fg% by shot location, and %Assisted by shot location (all on b-ref)
TOV%
OREB%
There isn't really any "good" defensive stat. For the all-in-ones, DRPM has a much bigger lead over the box-score-based stats than it does on offense. Nylon calculus' rim protection numbers are good for big men; I think they still publish them. Also NBA.com has some good ones such as charges drawn and passes deflected. And let's not forget the traditional block%/steal%/dreb%.
Last edited by w_alloy; 06-03-2017 at 04:14 AM.