In an effort to provide teams, players, and fans a better in-depth look at the game of basketball, the NBA has updated its advanced stats categories. Amongst the new additions include box out data, defensive box scores, and matchup defensive box scores.
Box out data show exactly what the name suggests: the number of times a player uses his body to get in a better position to grab a rebound. This number shows how many times a player boxed out and grabbed a rebound, boxed out and allowed a teammate to grab a rebound, boxed out and the rebound bounced any other way, and even the times when a player boxes out and the shot goes in.
The advanced defensive box scores give a much deeper look into a player’s contributions than a simple plus-minus. The NBA now tracks how many points a player allowed his individual opponent to score, how many turnovers he forced, how many shots he contested and how many of them went in. This data helps teams evaluate a player’s defensive impact in a much fairer manner.
It gets even better with the matchup defensive box scores. These break down individual matchups and allow teams to see how well did a specific player defend another specific player. This basically presents all the data the advanced defensive box score shows but for every individual matchup. This will be very useful come Playoffs time, as teams will be able to switch matchups depending on how good one of their players was at defending a specific opponent.
It is always good to see the league use technology for the best and noticing they often try to be better in data recollection, a very valuable aspect of our modern-day game. The newest data categories are now available for all games from this season and on. You can find the official release by NBA.com/stats that explains the new categories deeper here.
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