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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 3849665, member: 9844"] Regardless of how you measure it, the ability to draw fouls and make free throws is an important part of the total. Something that surprised me many years ago, was when I read an article that indicated that the range between players that foul a lot and those that foul very rarely, and the range in values between players that draw many fouls and those that don't is about the same. Put another way, the probability of a foul occurring is as dependent on the offensive player as the defensive player. Some players are very rarely fouled. Usually spot up three point shooters for example. If they rarely drive, take it to the basket, or even take many pull up jumpers close to defenders, they will not spend much time on the line. Interior players are fouled much more often, and then there are some good sized drivers like a James Hardin that are very hard not to foul. The True Shooting Percentage stat as I understand it Incorporates all the relevant factors. Like the Effective Field Goal percentage it adjusts for the value of a three pointer, but then it also adds in adjustments for free throws, both FT% and how often fouls are drawn. Think of it this way. If you are fouled while shooting, you get two free throws instead of a field goal attempt. If you are even a relatively poor FT shooter (say 60%) and about a 50% 2pt shooter, then getting fouled is a good thing that increases your effectiveness, replacing a 50% shot with a 60% shot. True Shooting Percentage transfers FT attempts and makes into the equivalent number of FG attempts. One % that combines two pointers, three pointers, drawing fouls, and FT% into one number. For all but a few, the TS% will be higher than EFG% because most shoot a higher FT% than FG%, but for a player like Shaq that might not be true. One site that uses this stat is [URL="http://www.sports-reference.com"]www.sports-reference.com[/URL], which is good for NBA, WNBA and men's college basketball, but doesn't provide data for women's college basketball. [/QUOTE]

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