Articles by Jackson Frank (31)
Key Highlights Alperen Şengün is making a career-high 52 percent of his shots from midrange, which ranks in the 84th percentile among big men, according to Cleaning the Glass The Cleveland Cavaliers have outscored opponents by 27 points in the 25 minutes that Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Caris LeVert, Max Strus and Evan Mobley have […]
Key Highlights The Milwaukee Bucks are seventh in offensive rating and 12th in net rating Cade Cunningham is shooting 51 percent at the rim, which ranks in the 15th percentile among wings, per Cleaning the Glass Moritz Wagner leads the NBA in true shooting percentage at 70.9 Max Christie played a career-high 33 minutes in […]
Key Highlights After ranking 27th or worst the past three years, the Rockets are third in defensive rating (107.4) During their six-game winning streak, they lead the league in defensive rating (102.7) Only seven teams allow a smaller rate of shots at the rim than Houston Over the past two seasons, the Houston Rockets’ sixth […]
Key Highlights: Sharpe is averaging twice as many points this season as last year (19.8 vs. 9.9) Despite his rate of assisted makes dropping from 67 to 53 percent, his true shooting percentage is slightly better (57.2 vs. 56.8) His assist rate has jumped from 7.5 to 12.3 percent Shaedon Sharpe finds himself in an […]
Key Highlights: Anthony holds career-highs in true shooting percentage (60.6), two-point percentage (51.0), three-point percentage (42.9) and free-throw rate (.429) A career-best 46 percent of his shots are coming off of assists Orlando needs more floor-spacing, ball-handling guards like him When Cole Anthony checked into Monday’s game midway through the first quarter, his Orlando Magic […]
Key Highlights: Maxey’s .411 free-throw rate blows past his previous career-high of .247 The Sixers are 8.6 points better per 100 possessions when he’s on the court New head coach Nick Nurse is putting him in plenty of good spots to succeed Over the past few years, Tyrese Maxey has rightfully earned his reputation as […]
Key Highlights: Murray’s true shooting percentage of 60.9 is a career-high Thirty-six percent of his shots are coming at the rim, his highest mark since 2017-18 The Hawks are third in offensive rating, thanks largely to Murray’s play and head coach Quin Snyder’s system Despite Trae Young‘s ghastly shooting — a .326/.250/.875 slash line, 49 […]
Key Highlights: Vassell could become more aggressive as a driver and one play from Tuesday’s win exemplified how to do that Generating more efficient shots are important for his scoring development His free throw rate has nearly doubled to .333 compared to his previous career-best mark (.168) The Spurs’ rebuilding phase should allow him to […]
Key Highlights: Fifteen of Harden’s 17 points came alongside bench-heavy lineups He had 54 touches, down from 93.5 per game last season The Clippers were minus-13 during the 18 minutes their starting unit played James Harden’s NBA career has spanned 15 seasons, five teams and more than 1,000 games. There isn’t much space left for […]
Key Highlights: Porzingis (30 points, five 3-pointers) made an impact on both ends of the floor in his Celtics debut Thanks to the added spacing provided by Porzingis’ shooting ability, Boston converted 25 of its 38 two-pointers (65.8 percent) and 20 of 25 (80 percent) attempts at the rim New York was 1-of-13 on shots […]