NBA Stats 101: Scoring efficiency | Chauncey Billups , true shooting & skill curves

In Part 2 of the Thinking Basketball stats series: Field Goal percentage has been the classic efficiency stat in basketball, but it leaves out critical parts of scoring. This video details effective field goal percentage (eFG%), true shooting (TS%), and the relationship between scoring efficiency and volume. Additional sources:

Podcast #24: https://player.fm/series/thinking-bas...
APBR discussion on volume-efficiency: http://godismyjudgeok.com/DStats/APBR...

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