Advanced Stats Glossary

Plus-minus can be an indicator of potential playing time for bench players. A high plus-minus is suggestive of a player who helps his team win when he is on the fllor even if he does not put up great individual stats. If you are looking for players who could be in line for increased playing time, plus-minus can be used as one data point to decide if you should add them.

This is a great stat when scouting back-up point guards who may be in line for increased playing time. A player with a high assist rate is likely to produce a lot of assists with more minutes.

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Modestly useful for fantasy purposes, defensive rating provides the overall defensive impact of a player without any attribution to specific defensive stats. Players who tip balls, alter shots without blocking them can have a high defensive rating without producing valuable fantasy stats like steals and blocks.

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Taken together, field goals-at-rim and field foals-mid-range are good stats to measure scoring for players who shoot threes infrequently. PLayers who shoot more shots at the rim are less likely to become players who move outside the 3-point line. This is important when looking for big men who may add three-pointer to their arsenal. For these players, look for power forwards and centers who shoot a high volume of mid-range field goals with a solid overall field goal percentage.

Free throw rate is valuable when you are looking for players who consistently get to the free line. Players who go to the free throw line often will have less variation game-to-game in their scoring than players who rely more heavily on field goals. This stat is more useful for head-to-head leagues and daily fantasy than it is for rotisserie or points-only leagues.

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PER is most useful for fantasy basketball when projecting the value of bench players, who could be poised to get more minutes. Players with a better PER are more likely to produce well if their minutes increase. Typically, players with the highest PER are stars, so it is less useful when analyzing top players.

This number shows how many times a teams has the ball when a player is on the floor. Possession = offensive opportunities. The more possessions a player has the more opportunites for points (three-pointers, free throws, field goals), assists and offensive rebounds.

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This is the flipside of assist rate. A player with a high turnover rate will produce more TOS, the more minutes he plays.

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TS% is a good to for helping fantasy basketball players determine when a player's shooting is truly harmful to their teams.

This stat can be helpful to identify potential fantasy stars who don't see a lot of playing time. If a player sees the ball often when he is on the floor, it is possible he will see the ball often with more minutes. Players with low minutes but who are high in usage percenage in addition to effective field goal percentage and true shooting percentage (i.e. they score efficiently) are great sleeper candidates.

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