I love a good old stats query to find some trends/unique players and how they help their teams. One I recently ran is the top 10 players by TS% who are considered low usage (less than 10 FGA). Below are the results:
- Austin Reaves – 66.2% TS%
- Isaiah Joe – 66.0% TS%
- Josh Green – 64.8% TS%
- Gary Harris – 63.6% TS%
- Luke Kennard – 63.0% TS%
- Terance Mann – 62.8 TS%
- Grayson Allen – 62.2% TS%
- Collin Sexton – 62.0% TS%
- Joe Harris – 61.6% TS%
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope – 61.5% TS%
These guys know how to score without high volume attempts – which is a huge indicator of being a strong role player.
Now, for some fun, I want to rank these guys based on my own personal opinion. I believe impacting the game in other areas besides shooting is huge, which is a big part of my thought process when doing these rankings.
- Austin Reaves
- Collin Sexton
- Grayson Allen
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
- Terance Mann
- Josh Green
- Gary Harris
- Isaiah Joe
- Luke Kennard
- Joe Harris
I think Austin Reaves is the no brainer #1, while 2-8 could be up for debate based on criteria, while the bottom two are clearly Luke Kennard and Joe Harris who provide little to nothing outside of shooting. I love the ball handling of Sexton and the defensive impact from Allen and KCP, while Mann does a little of everything, Josh Green is a bulldog, Gary Harris a solid presence, and Joe a certified sniper. You can’t go wrong with any of these guys!
What would your rankings be? Let me know in the Twitter comments!
LG Hoops 