Defensive Fingerprint attempts to objectively identify the style of a team’s defense. Inputs into the system are the departure from the D-1 norm of the following defensive characteristics… <\/p>\n
– assist percentage (triple weight, higher means a more likely zone team)
\n– 3-point attempt percentage (triple weight, higher means a more likely zone team)
\n– free throw attempt percentage (double weight, higher means a more likely man team)
\n– turnover percentage (single weight, higher means a more likely man team)
\n– defensive rebounding percentage (variable weight depending on offensive rebounding percentage, higher means a more likely man team) <\/p>\n
All of these things are thrown together producing a number which will forever remain a secret. The number is then used to book the defense into one of four categories in an attempt to describe what type of defense the team employs…<\/p>\n
– Mostly man: The team probably plays man defense on the vast majority of its possessions.
\n– Inconclusive: The data does not support identifying defensive tendencies.
\n– Some zone: It’s likely that this team plays a significant number of possessions in a zone defense.
\n– Mostly zone: It’s likely that this team plays most of its possessions in a zone defense.<\/p>\n
A system such as this will have quite a few misses on blindly guessing a defensive style. It could be improved by using stats adjusted for the quality of competition, but for now I’m using the raw stats. Also, consider that labeling a defense simply by zone or man is an oversimplification. Some zone defenses are aggressive enough to function statistically as man defenses, and vice versa. But if you notice a label that looks out of place, let me know. This system will undergo some iterations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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