Did The NBA Get It Right - Part 1

DID THE NBA GET IT RIGHT - PART 1

The 2021-22 NBA All-Pro teams have officially been selected and announced. As usual, there are detractors but a majority of the online sports bloggers and basketball analysts seem to believe that the voters got it right. Since voting is extremely "subjective" I decided to investigate the All-Pro team selections from no "objective" point of view.

I used the Player Valuation Numeric formula on all of the All-Pro team members. It is accurate, detailed, completely objective, and only uses actual player production in its calculations. Furthermore, no awards of any kind are included because they are subjectively decided.

In addition, I evaluated two other All-Stars to see if they may have been unjustifiably omitted. Jimmy Butler and Dejounte Murray both had excellent seasons as well, but they did not make any of the three All-Pro teams.

This post/article will contain each player's key statistics as well as their calculated Player Valuation Numeric (PVN) score. I also provided the formula, and a quick summary of its elements so that every reader can calculate or recheck each PVN score.?

?????????????THE FORMULA

PVN = Base Numeric + Excellence Points + Premium Points - Weak Points

A) Base Numeric:?sum of the per-game averages of points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots.

B) Excellence Points:?are acquired by achieving the following benchmarks or higher - 50% field goal shooting, 90% free throw shooting, 40% three-point shooting, 3.0 blocks per game, 10.0 assists per game, 2.0 steals per game, or 15 rebounds per game.

C) Premium Points:?given when an All-time mark is achieved.?

D) Weak Points:?turnovers per game, and any "record-breaking" performance in fouls and/or missed shots will earn a player a Weak Point for each offense.

The following player statistics were taken from the Basketball-Reference website and they can easily be checked. I also put together the All-Pro teams (PVN) for everyone to compare to the NBA's and judge for themselves.?Be advised that a PVN score of 2.0 points or higher than another is SIGNIFICANT.

?NBA ALL-PRO 1ST TEAM

Nikola Jokic

Jokic layed in74 games. He averaged 27.1 points per game, 13.8 rebounds per game, 7.9 assists per game, 1.5 steals per game, and 0.9 blocks per game. Jokic also shot 58.3% from the field, 38.7% from three-point range, 81.0% from the free throw line, along with 3.8 turnovers each game.?Nikola Jokic earned one Excellence Point.

PVN = 49.4

Luka Doncic

Doncic played in 65 games, He averaged 28.4 points per game, 9.1 rebounds per game, 8.7 assists per game, 1.2 steals per game, and 0.6 blocks per game. Doncic also shot 52.8% from the field, 35.3% from three-point range, and 74.4% from the free-throw line, along with 4.5 turnovers each outing.

PVN = 44.5

Jason Tatum

Tatum played in 76 games. He averaged 26.9 points per game, 8.0 rebounds per game, 4.4 assists per game, 1.0 steals per game, and 0.6 blocks per game.?Tatum also shot 45.3% from the field, 35.3% from three-point range, and 85.3% from the free-throw line, along with 2.9 turnovers per game. Jayson Tatum did not earn any Excellence, but he has 1/2 Premium points (0.5) to his credit.

PVN = 38.5

Devin Booker

Booker played in 68 games. He averaged 26.8 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game, 4.8 assists per game, 1.1 steals per game, and 0.4 blocks per game. Booker shot 45.6% from the field, 38.3% from three-point range, and 86.8% from the free-throw line, along with 2.6 turnovers each game. Devin Booker did not earn any Excellence or Premium points.

PVN = 35.5

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Antetokounmpo played in 67 games. He and averaged 29.9 points per game, 11.6 rebounds per game, 5.8 assists per game, 1.1 steals per game, and 1.4 blocks per game. Giannis shot 55.3% from the field, 29.3% from three-point range, and 72.2% from the free-throw line, along with 3.3 turnovers each game. The "Greek Freak" earned one Excellence point.

PVN = 47.0

??????????NBA AII-PRO 2ND TEAM

Stephen Curry

Curry played in 64 games and averaged 25.5 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game, 6.3 assists per game, 1.3 steals per game, and 0.4 blocks per game. Curry also averaged 43.7% from the field, 38.0% from three-point range, and 92.3% from the free-throw line, along with 3.2 turnovers each game. In addition, Stephen Curry earned one Excellence point and 1.5 Premium points. One Premium point was earned when Stephen Curry broke the All-time record for three-point shots made, and 0.5 for winning the Western Conference Championship this season.?

PVN = 38.0

Ja Morant

Morant played in 57 games and averaged 27.4 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game, 6.7 assists per game, 1.2 steals per game, and 0.4 blocks per game. Morant shot 49.3% from the field, 34.4% from three-point range, 76.1% from the free-throw line, along with 3.4 turnovers each outing. Ja Morant did not earn any Excellence for Premium points.

Demar DeRozen

DeRozen played in 76 games. He averaged 27.9 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game, 4.9 assists per game, 0.9 steals per game, and 0.3 blocks per game.?In addition, DeRozen shot 50.4% from the field, 35.2% from three-point range, 87.7% from the free-throw line, along with 2.4 turnovers each game. DeMar DeRozan also earned one Excellence point.

PVN = 37.8

Kevin Durant

Durant played in 55 games. He averaged 29.9 points per game, 7.4 rebounds per game, 6.4 assists per game, 0.9 steals per game, and 0.9 blocks per game. Durant averaged 51.8% from the field, 38.3% from three-point range, 91.0% from the free-throw line, along with 3.5 turnovers each game. Kevin Durant also earned two Excellence points this season.

PVN = 44.0

Joel Embiid

Embiid played in 68 games. He averaged 30.6 points per game, 11.7 rebounds per game, 4.2 assists per game, 1.1 steals per game, and 1.5 blocks per game. In addition, Embiid shot 49.9% from the field, 37.1% from three-point range, and 81.4% from the free-throw line, along with 3.1 turnovers each contest. Joel Embiid did not earn any Excellence or Premium points this season.

PVN = 46.0