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Embiid has mastered the art of flopping drawing fouls on drives.

Here’s the top 10

  1. Embiid—19.8%

  2. Thomas—13.9%

  3. JJJ—13.3%

  4. Dame—12.9%

  5. Paolo—12.0%

  6. Trae—12.0%

  7. LeVert—11.4%

  8. Jalen Green—11.3%

  9. Hayward—11.2%

  10. Giannis—11.1%

    • bkbeam@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      Weird how SGA’s game is the exact same as last year, yet his foul calls plummeted

    • DnD4dena@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      What constitutes a drive? Is it a shot attempt (doubt it cuz that’d be wild)? Cuz if he’s getting fouled but on the ground or just running a pick and roll but his initial first steps count as driving but he immediately dumps it off, idk how to interpret this

      • CPTHoagie@alien.topB
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        10 months ago

        its also because they count drives on uncontested fast breaks vs in the half court.

    • vthinlysliced@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      Drives per game isn’t a good stat to determine this sort of thing. They always come up but drives aren’t very high up on the list of plays likely to lead to FTs.

      The highest are things like put-backs, lobs, post-ups, and dunks (you’re standing under the basket and someone passes to you). So yeah big physical players/teams tend to be higher in these and get more FTs despite not driving as much.

    • bronet@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      I mean, Embiid should be getting a ton more so it kind of checks out