Thursday, September 8, 2022

DID THE NBA GET IT RIGHT? (PART 1)

The 2021-22 NBA All-Pro teams have officially been selected and announced. As usual, there are detractors but a majority of the online sports bloggers and basketball analysts seem to believe that the voters got it right. Since voting is extremely "subjective" I decided to investigate the All-Pro team selections from an "objective" point of view.

I used the Player Valuation Numeric formula on all of the All-Pro team members. It is accurate, detailed, completely objective, and only uses actual player production in its calculations. In addition, the PVN recognizes no awards of any because they are subjectively decided.

I also evaluated two other All-Stars to see if they may have been unjustifiably omitted from an All-Pro team. Jimmy Butler and Dejounte Murray both had excellent seasons as well, but they did not make any of the three All-Pro teams.

* This article will contain each player's key statistics as well as their calculated Player Valuation Numeric (PVN) score. 

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                  NBA ALL-PRO 1ST TEAM

Nikola Jokic

Jokic played in 74 games. He averaged 27.1 points per game, 13.8 rebounds per game, 7.9 assists per game, 1.5 steals per game, and 0.9 blocks per game. Jokic also shot 58.3% from the field, 38.7% from three-point range, 81.0% from the free throw line, along with 3.8 turnovers each game. 

PVN = 49.4

Luka Doncic

Doncic played in 65 games, He averaged 28.4 points per game, 9.1 rebounds per game, 8.7 assists per game, 1.2 steals per game, and 0.6 blocks per game. Doncic also shot 52.8% from the field, 35.3% from three-point range, and 74.4% from the free-throw line, along with 4.5 turnovers each outing.

PVN = 44.5

Jason Tatum

Tatum played in 76 games. He averaged 26.9 points per game, 8.0 rebounds per game, 4.4 assists per game, 1.0 steals per game, and 0.6 blocks per game. Tatum also shot 45.3% from the field, 35.3% from three-point range, and 85.3% from the free-throw line, along with 2.9 turnovers per game. 

PVN = 38.5

Devin Booker

Booker played in 68 games. He averaged 26.8 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game, 4.8 assists per game, 1.1 steals per game, and 0.4 blocks per game. Booker shot 45.6% from the field, 38.3% from three-point range, and 86.8% from the free-throw line, along with 2.6 turnovers each game. 

PVN = 35.5

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Antetokounmpo played in 67 games. He and averaged 29.9 points per game, 11.6 rebounds per game, 5.8 assists per game, 1.1 steals per game, and 1.4 blocks per game. Giannis shot 55.3% from the field, 29.3% from three-point range, and 72.2% from the free-throw line, along with 3.3 turnovers each game. 

PVN = 47.0


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Stephen Curry

Curry played in 64 games and averaged 25.5 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game, 6.3 assists per game, 1.3 steals per game, and 0.4 blocks per game. Curry also averaged 43.7% from the field, 38.0% from three-point range, and 92.3% from the free-throw line, along with 3.2 turnovers each game.

PVN = 38.0

Ja Morant

Morant played in 57 games and averaged 27.4 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game, 6.7 assists per game, 1.2 steals per game, and 0.4 blocks per game. Morant shot 49.3% from the field, 34.4% from three-point range, 76.1% from the free-throw line, along with 3.4 turnovers each outing. 

Demar DeRozen

DeRozen played in 76 games. He averaged 27.9 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game, 4.9 assists per game, 0.9 steals per game, and 0.3 blocks per game.  In addition, DeRozen shot 50.4% from the field, 35.2% from three-point range, 87.7% from the free-throw line, along with 2.4 turnovers each game. 

PVN = 37.8

Kevin Durant

Durant played in 55 games. He averaged 29.9 points per game, 7.4 rebounds per game, 6.4 assists per game, 0.9 steals per game, and 0.9 blocks per game. Durant averaged 51.8% from the field, 38.3% from three-point range, 91.0% from the free-throw line, along with 3.5 turnovers each game. 

PVN = 44.0

Joel Embiid

Embiid played in 68 games. He averaged 30.6 points per game, 11.7 rebounds per game, 4.2 assists per game, 1.1 steals per game, and 1.5 blocks per game. In addition, Embiid shot 49.9% from the field, 37.1% from three-point range, and 81.4% from the free-throw line, along with 3.1 turnovers each contest. 

PVN = 46.0

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