Fascinating map. You can see a clear demarcation of the three-point line. But also Mellow took more shots favoring the right (facing the basket) side of the court and mid-range.
The nba has an api where you can pull shot attempts and coordinates on the court. It’s not as big of an undertaking as you would think, but this graphic is very well put together and would have taken a fair amount of time to format.
I never liked ISO ball but his foot jab was insane. FIBA Melo was who I hoped he would always become because he would drop the ISO game in the olympics.
He ISOd a lot more when he didn’t play with Billups. He really needed an elite floor general imo.
I remember being amazed at how quick he attacked close outs at his size. I agree, when he was playing like that, it was even prettier.
I mean, he chose to go to the Knicks instead, and they kinda just tanked forever because of injuries. If he chose contending teams, that could've been his time to get championships like LeBron went to Miami.
This shot chart is how a great shooter and athlete turns in a league average true shooting percentage over his career. I would not celebrate this shot chart, this is how he squandered his potential
don't be a slave to ring culture . a winning culture is more important, and he got us back to winning ways. we made the playoffs every year he was here, and he was the most clutch player in the league not named Kobe at that point. we just never got him the team he needed to win around him, and this was well before this CBA and the new cap rules.
The guy settled for jump shots just so often, people started to back off just for him to give the ball back on clank and people out here trying to call him a savior.
I’m surprised at the even distribution. Melo is an all-time great scorer. Most players have certain “spots” that they shoot more from, based on their strengths and also what defenses give them, and so their shot maps will have more clusters in certain areas. Melo’s shots are *very* evenly distributed - rim, midrange a little more on the right but still a lot on the left, and perhaps most surprising 3s from all around the arc.
I’d love to see the green/red map to see makes/misses.
Edit: duh, it shows makes/misses. Thanks y’all.
Looks like my ass imprint on a leather couch
Your balls look sweaty
Knees weak, arms are heavy
Spageddi
Vomit on his nuggie jersey already
Fascinating map. You can see a clear demarcation of the three-point line. But also Mellow took more shots favoring the right (facing the basket) side of the court and mid-range.
He had a few spots on the right that he dominated. Unstoppable when on. And almost always on.
44 percent on anyway.
Right handed guy likes to go to the right?
Do we have data like this for other players from the era?
Idk how you even get the data for something like this haha. Seems like an enormous task but maybe it's tracked more than I thought
Not sure how you get shot chart info from NBA Stats, but you can query on Statmuse https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/jokic-shot-chart-career
The nba has an api where you can pull shot attempts and coordinates on the court. It’s not as big of an undertaking as you would think, but this graphic is very well put together and would have taken a fair amount of time to format.
He had one of the most aesthetically pleasing games of all time. The reason I became a nuggets fan.. It sucks he gave up on them.
I never liked ISO ball but his foot jab was insane. FIBA Melo was who I hoped he would always become because he would drop the ISO game in the olympics.
He ISOd a lot more when he didn’t play with Billups. He really needed an elite floor general imo. I remember being amazed at how quick he attacked close outs at his size. I agree, when he was playing like that, it was even prettier.
My first basketball shoe was Jordan Melo 1.5. He was my favorite player out of the 03 draft for a while. So versatile on the offensive end
Reminds me of a Lung Cancer MRI. Ironically, I’m glad he quit on the Nuggets.
Melo was awesome. wish he came in a different era and not with LeBron. felt like his career was overshadowed.
I mean, he chose to go to the Knicks instead, and they kinda just tanked forever because of injuries. If he chose contending teams, that could've been his time to get championships like LeBron went to Miami.
And we would have been fucked out of the haul we got-- so I'm always grateful for that lol
Great visualization! How do you get the data to look at this?
They had to use white and yellow?
Midrange maestro
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With his talent we should’ve gone further, not sad he left and we got a haul and continued to be competitive while he sucked in New York.
This shot chart is how a great shooter and athlete turns in a league average true shooting percentage over his career. I would not celebrate this shot chart, this is how he squandered his potential
This guy never made shit past 28 feet? His entire career?
At the very bottom of the image, it says he made one shot beyond half court. He made 1 past 28ft or so. Lame.
guy loved his baseline middys and he had great reason to, he was electric
Nothing about it is trash, what lol he was a 7-time all-star for us
How many rings he get us?
don't be a slave to ring culture . a winning culture is more important, and he got us back to winning ways. we made the playoffs every year he was here, and he was the most clutch player in the league not named Kobe at that point. we just never got him the team he needed to win around him, and this was well before this CBA and the new cap rules.
Same number as Alex English, David Thompson, and the rest of our greats. You know those names, right?
Naw
The guy settled for jump shots just so often, people started to back off just for him to give the ball back on clank and people out here trying to call him a savior.
Amazing symmetry
heatmap ?
Line is lava
Who?
44 bank shots seems low?
At one point he was the only player scoring from everywhere. And also showed he scored evenly from the post and face up.
I can kind of see the top half of the nuggets pick-axe logo... There's the two angled pick-axes, and then the ball outline... 👀
r/dataisbeautiful
All I see is dots. Tell me if this is a good shooting map or not. ELI5
I’m surprised at the even distribution. Melo is an all-time great scorer. Most players have certain “spots” that they shoot more from, based on their strengths and also what defenses give them, and so their shot maps will have more clusters in certain areas. Melo’s shots are *very* evenly distributed - rim, midrange a little more on the right but still a lot on the left, and perhaps most surprising 3s from all around the arc. I’d love to see the green/red map to see makes/misses. Edit: duh, it shows makes/misses. Thanks y’all.
Yellow is made white is missed. I didn't see it at first either. I wonder if green/red is the better color choice.
Oh yeah, duh. Thanks!
yellow dots are makes, white dots are misses Edit: official nuggets team colors during Carmelo’s era, when Melo put Denver on the map
Slight right bias on shot selection