The goals that we have set for Jimmer can all be calculated using the standard stats that one can find on any sports website.

We also will keep track of a few additional categories that can’t be found on standard sports sites.

First we will take a detailed look at Jimmer’s “Playmaking” ability.

All of his assists will be categorized in the following manner:

KEY – assists where the scorer takes his shot from inside the key.

OPJ – assists where the scorer takes his shot outside the key, yet inside the three-point line, and has an open look.

OP3 – assists where the scorer makes an open three-point basket.

COJ – Same as the OPJ category except that the scorer makes a contested jumper.

CO3 – Same as the OP3 category except that the score makes a contested three-point jumper.

These categorizations will help us further break down Jimmer’s assists.  It is obvious that a KEY assist is a better assist than one where Jimmer passes to a teammate that is completely covered and they happen to make a tough shot on the defense.

We also introduce a category titled the “Could Have Been Assist”.  They will be broken down into the same 5 categories as above.  A CHBA is a play where Jimmer passes to a teammate and that teammate shoots and misses.  If the teammate had made the shot it would have counted as an assist but because he did not, it will be kept as a CHBA.  This will track how well Jimmer is distributing the ball even if his teammates are not making the shots he is creating for them.

HKY – A hockey assist is an assist where Jimmer makes a pass that leads to another pass which leads to a basket.  Hence the name “Hockey Assist” as this is routinely counted as an assist in hockey.

His total assists will be calculated which take the sum of all of his assists, CHBAs and hockey assists.

“Points Created” take into account whether or not the assist led to a 2 point basket or 3 point basket and will also add points that were made at the free-throw line.  IE Jimmer passes to Cousins under the basket and he is fouled while missing a layup.  First, this will go under the CHBA KEY category.  Second, after Cousins makes 1 of 2 free-throws, 1 point will be added to the points created category because technically, Jimmer created that point even though standard stats won’t count that as an assist because Cousins missed the layup while being fouled.

Drive Lane Stats:

We will track how many times Jimmer drives into the lane and what the result was.

ATT – Drive the Lane attempts

PTS – Number of times a drive led to points other than Jimmer assists.  This will be when Jimmer himself scores or when his drive led to a basket directly without being an assist.  IE Jimmer drives and draws help from the center.  He misses the floater but because the center had to help Cousins grabs an easy offensive rebound and lays the ball in.

AST – Number of times a drive resulted in an assist from Jimmer to a teammate.

MISS – Missed shot by Jimmer.

CHB – Could have been assist.  Drive by Jimmer led to a shot by a teammate that was missed.

TO – Turnover by Jimmer.

NEU – Drives by Jimmer where none of the previous things happened.  IE drive and dish where the teammate doesn’t shoot, drive and pull-out by Jimmer, etc.

These are then broken down into two more categoris: points and positive.

Points combine the PTS and AST categories above.

Positive combines PTS, AST, MISS, and CHB.  This shows how often Jimmer got into the lane and something positive happened, even if it didn’t result in points.

On Ball Screens:

A staple in the Kings offense with Jimmer is to set on ball screens for him.  We will track those just as we track his drives into the lane.

And lastly, we will look at a few miscellaneous categories:

CH – Plays where Jimmer is called for an offensive foul.

FD – This keeps track of Jimmer’s ability to draw fouls on the other team, even if they don’t lead to free-throws.

DEF – Deflections.  How often does Jimmer get his hands on the ball?

CHA – Attempts by Jimmer to take a charge on the defensive end.

CHC – Attempts to take a charge that were called so by the refs.

PGV – Point Given Up.  These are points that are given up by Jimmer.  Plays where Jimmer’s man drives on him and then creates an easy basket for a teammate due to poor defense by Jimmer will also be counted (IE Rose blowing by Jimmer, Cousins helping and Boozer getting an easy dunk).  3-on-1 fast breaks where Jimmer is the only player back will not be counted.  This stat is obviously subjective (like many of the detailed stats) as I will not always know whose fault the play is because I won’t know what the defensive game plan is by the coaches.  For most plays it will be easy to ascertain whether or not Jimmer is responsible for the other team scoring.

PTS +/- Points + Points Created – Points Given Up.  Is Jimmer’s offense making up for his not-so-stellar defense?