With the NBA on hiatus for at least 30 days, I'll be coping by posting an article every day with 30 random/interesting facts from each of the 30 teams. Hopefully, the season will resume when I hit publish on the Wizards' article.
Day Two:
Brooklyn Nets
- Spencer Dinwiddie's 34.6% assist rate is in the 95th percentile for combo guards.
- Spencer Dinwiddie shoots just 31% on mid-range jumpers -- the 24th percentile for combo guards.
- Spencer Dinwiddie is hitting just 31% (18-for-59) of his corner threes -- the 11th percentile for combo guards.
- Spencer Dinwiddie gets fouled on 17.0% of his shot attempts, which ranks in the 98th percentile for combo guards.
- Spencer Dinwiddie's 0.9 STL% ranks in the fifth percentile for combo guards.
- Taurean Prince's 99.9 points per 100 shot attempts ranks in the eighth percentile for players classified as bigs (though I'd argue he's a forward. Either way, it's bad)
- Taurean Prince has just three and-ones this season.
- DeAndre Jordan is in the 94th percentile for bigs with a 0.99 assist-to-usage ratio.
- DeAndre Jordan is in the 97th percentile for bigs with a 28.5% defensive rebounding rate off of field goals.
- Wilson Chandler has just 15 made field goals at the rim.
- Joe Harris has hit 51% (33-for-65) of his corner threes this season, which ranks in the 93rd percentile for wings.
- Joe Harris leads the Nets with a +6.5 net rating.
- Jarrett Allen gets fouled on 20.7% of his shot attempts, ranking in the 94th percentile for bigs. He also ranks in the 94th percentile for drawing non-shooting fouls (3.4% of team plays)
- Kyrie Irving ranks in the 91st percentile for point guards in drawing non-shooting fouls (3.4% of team plays).
- When Kyrie Irving is on the court, the Nets allow 9.2 more points per 100 opponent halfcourt plays -- a difference that ranks in the second percentile.
- The Nets take the second-fewest mid-range jumpers in the NBA (21.8% of team field goal attempts)
- The Nets are bottom-11 in shooting percentage from every area of the court.
- Brooklyn allows the second-fewest shots at the rim in the league (31.1% of opponent shot attempts).
- The Nets are the second-best transition defense team in the NBA, allowing just 113.8 points per 100 transition plays.
- Brooklyn's best lineup with at least 100 possessions played has a +12.6 net rating. It includes Spencer Dinwiddie, Caris LeVert, Joe Harris, Taurean Prince and Jarrett Allen.
- Brooklyn's worst lineup with at least 100 possessions played has a -20.6 net rating. It includes Kyrie Irving, Caris LeVert, Joe Harris, Taurean Prince and DeAndre Jordan.
- Since the All-Star break, 71% of Caris LeVert's made threes have been unassisted, a number that ranks in the 98th percentile for combo guards.
- Since the All-Star break, Caris LeVert is taking 28% of his shots from mid-range, a number that ranks in the 87th percentile for combo guards. However, his 32% (20-of-62) conversion rate is in the 19th percentile.
- When Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan share the court, the Nets have a -5.5 net rating.
- When Spencer Dinwiddie and Jarrett Allen share the court, the Nets have a +2.2 net rating.
- Brooklyn has a 0.0 spread differential.
- The Nets' -5.4 spread differential on back-to-backs is the sixth-worst in the league.
- Since the All-Star break, the Nets are both the fourth-best offensive and defensive rebounding team (28.9%, 77.3%). However, they have the fourth-lowest effective field-goal percentage (52.1%) and force the fewest turnovers.
- Since the All-Star break, Brooklyn has the best defensive shot profile in the league (52.3% opponent location effective field-goal percentage).
- Nets' small-ball lineups -- no DeAndre Jordan, Jarrett Allen, Nicolas Claxton -- have a +1.6 net rating.