Eric Hofmann
1 min readApr 13, 2017

PER is notoriously correlated with USG though; a 31 FG% player will see better PER just by taking more shots. BPM isn’t as bad but it is distinctly worse than the WS and WP methodologies. This is relevant because we know the four accepted candidates do not have equal USG; for example, LeBron’s PER is 4 points lower than Westbrook’s but his USG is 12 points lower. This could spiral into a long debate about usage-efficiency curves, team building, etc., but the main takeaway I hope we can agree on is that not every composite stat has the same answer to parsing volume and efficiency.

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Eric Hofmann
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I agree. Every advanced stat we throw out there has its flaws. For example, even TS% has its flaws. My issue is that looking at the breadth of the stats, data, and narrative, Harden doesnt have that great of an argument. He is great in certain…

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