With the NBA on hiatus for at least 30 days, I'll be coping by posting an article every day with 30 random/interesting facts from each of the 30 teams. Hopefully, the season will resume when I hit publish on the Wizards' article.
Day 15:
Memphis Grizzlies
Stats are mostly from Cleaning the Glass, but also RotoWire, NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.
- Tyus Jones' assist-to-usage ratio (1.53) is in the 93rd percentile for point guards, and his turnover percentage (9.2) is in the 91st percentile.
- Tyus Jones takes 38% of his shots from floater range -- the 100th percentile for point guards.
- Brandon Clarke's 135.5 points per 100 shot attempts ranks in the 91st percentile for bigs. He shoots 53% (62-of-116) from floater range and 41% on threes (20-of-49).
- When fouled on a field-goal attempt, Brandon Clarke makes the shot 40.9% of the time, which ranks in the 90th percentile for bigs.
- Dillon Brooks takes 41% of his shots from the mid range -- the 92nd percentile for wings.
- Dillon Brooks commits a foul on 5.1% of team plays -- the sixth percentile for wings.
- Ja Morant takes 51% of his shots at the rim -- the 96th percentile for point guards.
- The Grizzlies are 5-0 this season when Ja Morant goes for at least 20 points and 10 assists on 50% or better shooting.
- Jonas Valanciunas takes 35% of his shots from floater range -- the 96th percentile for bigs. He hits them at a 50% clip -- the 90th percentile.
- Jonas Valanciunas' 22.4 total rebound percentage is the fourth highest in the NBA.
- Kyle Anderson takes 32% of his shots from floater range -- the 97th percentile for forwards. He hits them at a 51% clip -- the 94th percentile.
- Jaren Jackson averages only 4.8 defensive rebounds per 36 minutes.
- The Grizzlies are 7-3 when Jaren Jackson hits at least three triples and blocks at least two shots.
- De'Anthony Melton's 2.4% steal rate is in the 97th percentile for combo guards.
- De'Anthony Melton has the highest point differential (+11.1) on the Grizzlies.
- Kyle Anderson has the lowest point differential (-5.5) on the Grizzlies of all players still on the team that have played at least 500 minutes.
- The Grizzlies score 2.6 fewer points per 100 possessions through transition offense with Ja Morant on the court -- the sixth percentile.
- The Grizzlies score 4.4 more points per 100 possessions through transition offense with Josh Jackson on the court -- the 99th percentile and best on the team.
- Out of all Memphis lineups that have played at least 100 possessions together, the best is +37.6 and contains Tyus Jones, De'Anthony Melton, Kyle Anderson, Brandon Clarke and Jaren Jackson. The worst is -17.0 and contains Tyus Jones, Dillon Brooks, Jae Crowder, Jaren Jackson and Jonas Valanciunas.
- Grizzlies' big-ball lineups -- Jonas Valanciunas and Gorgui Dieng together -- have a +6.3 net rating in 78 possessions.
- Grizzlies' small-ball lineups -- no Jonas Valanciunas, Jaren Jackson or Gorgui Dieng -- are -3.3 points per 100 possessions.
- The Grizzlies' preseason over/under was 27.5 wins, which they beat by Feb. 28.
- Memphis has the third-best spread differential (+2.6) in the NBA.
- Memphis has the fourth-worst net rating (-15.8) on the road against top-10 point differential teams.
- The Grizzlies have the fourth-best net rating (+6.6) and second-best spread differential (+8.9) on the second night of back-to-backs.
- Against teams that are on the second night of a back-to-back, the Grizzlies have the fourth-best spread differential (+6.1).
- Since the All-Star break, the Grizzlies have the best spread differential (+4.9).
- The Grizzlies take the most shots from floater range (24.6% of team attempts) in the NBA. They're the third-most accurate (43.9%) from there.
- Both Gorgui Dieng and De'Anthony Melton are top-170 fantasy players (eight-category leagues, per game basis) in fewer than 20 minutes per game.
- In terms of total production in eight-category leagues, Jonas Valanciunas is the 33rd-best fantasy player.
