Best Basketball Article I've Ever Read

Just go to next link and read it. Best basketball article I've ever read.

"The No-Stats All-Star" by Michael Lewis
Warning: extremely long article and very technical about basketball

Michael Lewis: the author of the book: Moneyball, which was made into a movie and is now in theater

 Also Author of "The Blind side" which also made into the movie a while back.

You would think this guy is a sport story writer, but actually his main job was a financial journalist. Lewis has worked for the New York Times Magazine, as a columnist for Bloomberg. He now writes for Vanity Fair

Interesting Stats That You May Not Know (even if you are a fantasy freak)

Top 10 Dunkers (# dunk attempts per 100 possessions)

It's a clippers player who hold the number 1 spot, but not the clippers you think. (He is rank 3rd) Surprise to see Hollins and Warrick to be in 6th & 7th spot, who weren't even a starter.

RANK	NAME	TEAM	FGA	FG%
1	DeAndre Jordan	LAC	4.45	90.23%
2	Dwight Howard	ORL	4.21	96.52%
3	Blake Griffin	LAC	4.04	88.38%
4	JaVale McGee	WAS	3.82	95.48%
5	Tyson Chandler	DAL	3.48	94.16%
6	Ryan Hollins	CLE	3.37	92.11%
7	Hakim Warrick	PHX	3.33	92.31%
8	Andrew Bynum	LAL	2.88	93.67%
9	Kenyon Martin	DEN	2.83	92.75%
10	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	2.82	89.70%

Here are players who did not record a single dunk attempt last season:
Other than Battier, mostly are in Guard position. Although I find it quite odd to see Battier, Deshawn Stevenson & Chalmers on this list. Not a single dunk? really?

The Never-Dunkers

NAME	TEAM
Shane Battier	HOU
Andre Miller	POR
Anthony Morrow	NJN
Kyle Lowry	HOU
Toney Douglas	NYK
Beno Udrih	SAC
Tony Parker	SAS
Richard Hamilton	DET
Sasha Vujacic	NJN
Mike Bibby	ATL
Daniel Gibson	CLE
D.J. Augustin	CHA
Chris Paul	NOH
Steve Nash	PHX
James Jones	MIA
Derek Fisher	LAL
Kirk Hinrich	WAS
DeShawn Stevenson	DAL
Jameer Nelson	ORL
Luke Ridnour	MIN
Jason Kidd	DAL
Chauncey Billups	DEN
Jose Calderon	TOR
Steve Blake	LAL
Keith Bogans	CHI
Jose Barea	DAL
J.J. Redick	ORL
Mario Chalmers	MIA
Eric Maynor	OKC
Gary Neal	SAS

Top 10 Layup Rates

Barbosa is a good player, but you wouldn't expect him to be in number 1 spot. I'm surprise to see Melo and Monroe in that top 10 list. 

RANK	NAME	TEAM	FGA	FG%
1	Leandro Barbosa	TOR	9.63	62.45%
2	Tony Parker	SAS	9.23	65.78%
3	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	8.80	50.97%
4	Russell Westbrook	OKC	8.43	57.11%
5	Derrick Rose	CHI	8.41	57.84%
6	Tony Allen	MEM	8.39	62.18%
7	Carlos Boozer	CHI	8.25	65.41%
8	Tyreke Evans	SAC	8.24	58.33%
9	Rodney Stuckey	DET	8.10	56.35%
10	Greg Monroe	DET	8.04	63.11%

Top 10 Tip-In Rates

Camby is the leader in this category, but did it in a very poor FG%. If you talk about efficiency, Z is the man, leading with 65%.

RANK	NAME	FGA	FG%
1	Marcus Camby	2.01	36.36%
2	Andrew Bogut	1.94	48.78%
3	Joakim Noah	1.89	55.36%
4	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	1.85	65.00%
5	Kris Humphries	1.55	37.93%
6	Jason Thompson	1.49	50.98%
7	Amir Johnson	1.43	61.29%
8	DeJuan Blair	1.38	43.48%
9	Kevin Love	1.37	58.33%
10	Samuel Dalembert	1.25	38.30%

Top 10 Hook Shot Rates

Bogut is the modern day Kareem. With so many non american in this list, you kinda know that hookshot aint that popular in US nowadays. It's still amazing to find Darko (rank 2nd!!!) in this list

RANK	NAME	FGA	FG%
1	Andrew Bogut	7.93	44.78%
2	Darko Milicic	6.93	45.30%
3	Roy Hibbert	6.16	54.21%
4	Dwight Howard	4.78	49.43%
5	Brook Lopez	4.18	51.35%
6	Andris Biedrins	3.28	43.96%
7	Luis Scola	3.17	50.99%
8	LaMarcus Aldridge	2.98	46.55%
9	Andrew Bynum	2.96	43.21%
10	Pau Gasol	2.79	50.63%   source http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/

End of Long Holiday

So it has been a while since I updated anything. With NBA season still unsure, there was really not much to do and to write about. Just finished a long holiday, I used the holiday to watch many top sports documentaries. More about that in my next blog.
just to re-cap what's been happening in the past few months:
-Our Sunday school basketball has changed to mini-sparring from the usual first to 15. All players who attended divided into white & black jersey, and teams battle it out for 4x12 minutes. It was a success, however few drawbacks were a few player were complaining not getting enough minutes.
- One of my keeper player W.Chandler was the first to sign with China teams with no cancellation clause even if NBA is to resume :(
- I need new basketball shoes, but I dont like nike, any suggestions?
-There were talk about creating mini basketball here, trying to replicate on the video below, now we are trying to find sponsors and players


I dont know why the next picture is relevant, but I dont think anyone will complain.

Nice Bike & Helmet

Speaking about documentary, I was thinking it was time to do a memorable CD of compilation pictures & videos with highlight and interview with the sunday basketball 326 ers. As I quoted from my friend, let's face it "we ain't getting younger" Hopefully this can happen in the near future.