Have you ever wondered what all these stats that OMJ uses on this site even mean? Or why OMJ includes them? Or why he creates his own? Well… OMJ is obsessed with statistics and is constantly trying to quantify a Grinder’s performance and value. Plus – they’re fun.
The less obvious stats are defined below.
$$
GAPE + ((%GAPE-%FGA)*2.63)
Measures the approximate value, out of $50, a Grinder has to their team. Take too many shots, miss most of them? You aren’t as valuable to your team as you think. Essentially $$ = GAPE, modified by the difference of %GAPE and %FGA. More GAPE, less shooting is a bonus. More shooting, less GAPE is a detriment.
%FGA
Formula: FGA/Team FGA
Represents the percentage of a team shots taken. Formerly known as “What’s A Pass” or “WAP”
%GAPE
Formula: GAPE/Team GAPE
Represents the percentage of a team’s GAPE a player had. Formerly known as “Hero%”. Essentially – the team’s biggest contributor of positive things.
%REB
Total Rebounds/(Team Rebounds For + Team Rebounds Against)
Measures the amount of available rebounds a player had. This shows how dominant a player is rebounding differently than Rebounds Per Game.
3/FGM
3s Made/Field Goals Made
Measures the percentage of shots made that were 3-pointers.
A/T
Assists/Turnovers
Measures how careful, or careless, a player is with the ball.
AB%
Air Balls/Field Goals Attempted
Air Balls are fun. They cost $1. The fans love them. They are essentially a turnover. That’s it – this measures the percentage of shots that miss everything.
AST%
Assists/Team Field Goals Made
This measures the percentage of a team’s shots made that a player assisted on.
FG/100
Formula: (FGM+Assists)/(FGA+Assists+Turnovers)*100
Estimates how many field goals made a player would have or would have contributed to for every 100 times they shot or assisted/turned over.
Game Score
Formula: (EFG%/.50+Points/20+Rebounds/10+(AST+Stl+Blk-TOV-AB)/10)/4
Compares a player’s overall performance to the “perfect” Grinder game. Perfect Stat Line below. 100 = Great game. Over 100 = Superior Game. 30 = not great.
- EFG%: .500
- Points: 20
- Rebounds: 10
- Assists+Steals+Blocks-Turnovers-Air Balls: 10
GAPE
Points-Field Goals Missed+Rebounds+Assists+Steals+Blocks-Turnovers-Air Balls
GAPE is essentially PER. It measures how efficient a player is.
GAPE2
Assists+Steals+Blocks-Turnovers
GAPE2 is for the little guys in the league who can’t rebound like their taller peers. Measures everything except scoring and rebounding.
Usage
(Assists+Field Goals Made+Air Balls+Turnovers)/(Team Field Goals Made+Team Airballs+Team Turnovers)
This measures, approximately, the percentage of offensive possessions the player had involvement in ending. Meaning – they facilitated the final play of each offensive possession in one form or another.