If he has zero FGA, FTA, and turnovers? Then yes - 0% Usage
Okay: of the things I am concerned about Isaac McKneely, adding muscle is not one of them. Why? Because I have 100% confident he will do it. He’s already added what looks like at least 10lbs of muscle since he committed to UVA and we have one of the best strength and conditioning coaches on the planet. Between the physical development he’s already shown and MC’s track record there is no reason, at least imo, to doubt Isaac will successfully get to where he needs to be strength wise.
I am not trying to push back against you saying he needs to get stronger. Just that I’m not worried he’ll be able to do it. He will just like basically all of our guys have done (Jay and Kyle being the two debatable cases)
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Ok, I can see the measure of the stat, but Usage is an odd term for it.
Just insane how efficient London was in 2014 on such low usage … astronomical really.
And that was such a good team they didn’t need him to look to score very much …
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Also , do we win it all in 2014 if Harrell had figured it out and stayed at UVA and progressed like he did at Auburn?
Yeah that’s a good example. Someone who seemed to control the game and facilitated so much of the production but has low “Usage”? Just a strange term, but I can’t think of an appropriate term. It’s so shooting-centric.
Yeah it’s definitely an approximation of how involved a player is. I think it’s probably worth looking at Usage% in conjunction with Assist% to get a sense of how involved someone is. Maybe a better mental model for usage is “the percentage of a team’s scoring opportunities this player is taking up”.
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Yeah, just one of those terms where it means something slightly different than the literal meaning of the word, but as long as we all know the definition, it works just fine.
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They should rename it after Caleb Love and RJ Davis. And give it a fun name related to the girl drama gossip in the other thread.
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The metric would represent something a bit more intuitive if they removed turnovers. Then it’s basically “What % of the team’s shots did this guy take” (including FTs on an adjusted basis). Throw in turnovers and it’s a bit harder to grasp what it’s trying to do.
I find the metric to be counter-intuitive to measuring the performance of a player on a team that shares the ball and plays like a team.
IMO it’s more of a contextual measure that helps put other metrics in context. Nobody is saying a high or low usage is good or bad in a vacuum. At least I hope not (and when you say things in a vacuum nobody hears you)
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I thought we had settled this. He’s joe-malcolm brogdon-Harris
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What we have not seen yet is IMac’s ability to rise up and throw down. He has that rim rattling dunk ability. Hold on … its coming …
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Yeah, vacuums suck.
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I agree. He has done it in high school and AAU. His game for now is centered on the 3pt shot, but teams are starting to get up tight on him. I think we’re starting to see him shoot a bit more off a screen lately. The next thing to add is the dribble penetration, but it’s near impossible to get from 3pt land to the rim without a defensive rotation drawing a charge. I think VT missed a rotation and McKneely was a bit surprised to have a clear lane to the rim that he was hesitant and missed the dunk. If he gets that mid-range pull up jumper going, he’s going to be so tough to guard.
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Hey guys, we’re looking for 2 tix for Saturday for Sean Singletary+guest if anyone has spare shoot me a DM.
Edit- we got two, all set now
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Heels about to start a brutal stretch of games…on the heels of a 3-game losing streak. Will be desperate by the time we come to town. Would love to just deal the finishing blow
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Guard 3 pt shooting under Bennett, compared to the NCAA Division I 3 pt % — top 10, as of right now:
- McKneely (2023) 43.68% 34.23% +9.45%
- Murphy (2021) 43.33% 33.98% +9.35%
- J. Jones (2010) 43.48% 34.26% +9.22%
- Barnette (2013) 43.18% 34.05% +9.13%
- Guy (2017-19) 42.55% 34.97% +7.58%
- Hunter (2018-19) 41.88% 34.87% +7.01%
- Harris (2011-14) 40.71% 34.40% +6.31%
- Perrantes (2014-17) 40.89% 34.78% +6.11%
- Jerome (2017-19) 39.15% 34.97% +4.18%
- Landesberg (2010) 38.33% 34.26% +4.07%
Next five are, in order, Woldetensae, Hall, Shayok, Milicic, Zeglinski.
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