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A Deep Dive into Rotations
The Bourbon Street Shots crew did a deep review of lineup data in an effort to tackle the Pelicans’s inconsistency issues. We can’t control effort and motivation, but we damn sure can look at our spreadsheets and figure out who clicks with who. And that’s exactly what we did. Below is a tag team effort […]
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An Intro to Shot Selection
Introduction This is a cursory post on shot selection. Many of you may already be familiar with concepts explained below, so bear with me. For those who aren’t, this post aims to contextualize the value of 3 point shots. A lot of people wonder why our star big men have moved further away from the […]
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Line Up Awards and Continuity
Continuity. Three years ago that was the buzzword, right? Bring back the same team and if you have less injuries, you get more continuity, and presto, more wins! Sadly, it didn’t really work out that way, and last off-season continuity was shown the door along with Eric Gordon. The concept, however, still holds weight. Players have to spend […]
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Holiday Pleasantness and Team Leaders
I’ve spent too much time writing unpleasant things about this team. Really unpleasant things. I decided that this piece, being right before I go on vacation for the Holidays, will instead try to be light-hearted and instead throw out categories and list the Pelicans that do them well! That’s right, some Pelicans do some things well! […]
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Pels setting records – for lowest offensive rebound rate
Last week I noted that the Pelicans were on pace to set a record low in offensive rebound rate. Since then, they’ve managed to dip even a little lower, posting a current rate of 17.0% on on the offensive glass. (I.E. they grab only 17% of available offensive rebounds. League average is about 23.5% right […]
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How the Pelicans have changed
I had a lot of questions this summer stemming from the subtraction of Anderson and Gordon. How was the team going to replace all those threes? Would the team maintain its good turnover rate? Who would dribble off his own foot 5 times a game? Would the free throw rate increase? Could the steal rate […]
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Going small isn’t helping during crunch time
The Pelicans have been in a lot of close games this season. Only the Spurs game was an outright blowout, and the Pelicans have now logged the second highest number of “clutch” minutes (defined as last 5 minutes, within 5 of other team) in the league. Obviously, with zero wins, the team hasn’t exactly been […]
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Behind the Numbers: Can the Pels replace Gordon’s and Anderson’s Offense?
Ever since Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon arrived in New Orleans, there has been one unwavering reality about this team: They are going to field a fine offense – and an abysmal defense. This off-season was obviously and explicitly about solving the issues on the defensive end of the ball. Moore, Hill and Galloway have had […]
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The Pels want transition defense – are they getting it?
Gentry – and his coaching tree – are big proponents of transition offense. You heard all about pace in the off-season, and the general reason for that is transition attempts are generally worth about 1.09 points per possesion, or .1 more points per possession than their half-court conterparts. The flipside of that is that the […]
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Some Anthony Davis-related Numbers
Figured I’d throw this stuff out there. All stats since 1980. Since 1980 only 2 players have had a streak of 6 games with at least 28 points, 9 rebounds and 1 block in every game: Anthony Davis, and Shaquille O’Neal. (who had 7 in a row) Anthony Davis is currently posting the 2nd best […]
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The Pelicans Defense – and why they can’t hold a lead
The season is young, and game to game numbers can shift fairly dramatically as the Pelicans run into teams that are hot – or not – or having babies like they did last night.(Congrats, Z-Bo!) As the Pelicans stand today, they are scoring 104.4 points per 100 posessions – and giving up 103.3 points per […]
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The Pelicans won’t impress your average NBA stat guy
A lot of us are pretty high on the Pelicans latest team transformation. In a single off-season the physical profile of the team has changed dramatically as Dell Demps has added young athletes and shooters to a perimeter that was devoid of them. For the first time in a decade, the team now has multiple […]
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Season in Review: Austin Rivers
Our series of 2012-13 New Orleans Hornets player evaluations continues with Austin Rivers, the controversial 10th pick of the draft. With the 10th pick of the 2012 NBA Draft, a pick the Hornets received from the Timberwolves via the Clippers in the CP3 trade, the Hornets selected Austin Rivers out of Duke University. That was […]
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Team Progress this Season – and Bad Wings
In part 2 of the season Moratorium, I take a look at the changes from last year.
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The Hornets’ Broken Defense
Welcome to the first part of the 2013 season Moratorium.
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The boring way in which Skynet is excelling
Numbers draw attention. Davis doesn’t have them. Or does he?
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Has Ryan Anderson Changed his Game?
Anderson was supposed to suffer without Dwight Howard. Is he?
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Mid-season Review: Talking Lineups
The Sacramento game marked the halfway mark for the Hornets – 41 games of up and down, injury-marred basketball that is currently soaring along on an extended high note. With half the season in the books, it’s time to do a little review, and the first set of data I decided to present was five-man […]
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Gordon and the Anatomy of a Few Wins
Eric Gordon is back, but he’s certainly not scoring well. Why are the Hornets winning?
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Back Home for the Holidays: Projecting the Return of Eric Gordon
In a two-part series by Michael McNamara and Mason Ginsberg, we take a look at how Eric Gordon’s return could impact both individually players and the team as a whole. Part One focuses on his impact on the offensive end, while Part Two will dive into the impact he could have on the defensive end. […]