Below are the five players who averaged the most STOCKTOS ( STeals, bl OCKs and Turn Over S) per 100 possessions this season. Instead, I focused on three specific recordable acts - the steal, the block and the turnover (for the sake of brevity I’m not differentiating between live- and dead-ball turnovers here). Endless fouls are chaos of a sort but they are also endpoints that stop play and allow that chaos to be briefly reordered and brushed away. To be clear, I’m talking about a very specific kind of chaos - the uninterrupted, continuous kind. Basketball can be a rock fight too, utter chaos, devoid of flow, nothing but intentionality endlessly impeded by sloppiness and random obstruction.Ĭertain players embody that chaos better than others and with the caffeinated illusion of inspiration this morning I thought I’d try to identify some of them. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning.īasketball can be a beautiful game, precise and flowing, intentionality guiding actions and the movement of space, possessions unfolding like a flower revealing themselves to the players fractions of a second before they are revealed to us, the fans. The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |