Atlanta Hawks by the Numbers: Statistical Ranks Deep Dive

Random Individual Notes and Nuggets

(Rankings are league-wide, unless otherwise noted)

• Jeremy Lin is 23rd in three-point percentage among players with at least 55 attempts at 41.3%
• Lin is 16th in true shooting percentage among players with at least 20 games played at 64.8%
• Trae Young has attempted the most three’s among rookies with 144. (Luka Doncic is 2nd with 143)
• Trae Young is 8th among rookies with at least 20 games played in free throw percentage at 78.1%
• Young is 12th in the league and 1st among rookies with 7.2 assists per game
• Young is 5th in turnovers per game with 4.0
• Young is 21st in usage percentage at 27.2%
• Kent Bazemore is 16th in percentage of points that come off turnovers at 24.5%
• Bazemore is 9th in steals with 1.7 a game
• Dewayne Dedmon is 14th in defensive rebounding percentage at 24.4%
• Kevin Huerter is 4th among rookies with at least 20 games played in three-point percentage at 38.5%
• Huerter is 8th among rookies with at least 15 games played in plus/minus at -1.2

(A number in the negative doesn’t seem impressive, until you factor in the number of rooks playing on MUCH better teams, and the average margin of defeat in most Hawks games this year)

So there it is, some chewy goodness for my analytics gurus out there.

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Statistics courtesy of NBA.com and are current as of December 12.