Here is the summary and what we can learn from it according to the popular stat site. Firstly that Giannis fans are often more impressed by stats than wins obviously!
For starters the most common injury report for Giannis is this, “day to day”. The SofaScore summary is pretty constant since it doesn’t measure that much really but it was interesting
to see Giannis on a low day (according to Sofascore) was against the Wizards. But of course any way you look at his career stats, it is clear that Giannis is way past his prime. 3point scoring lowest ever, free throws falling, plus minus also worse than last season.
The season shot chart heat map shows what we have written about so many times. Giannis has no “mid range”, he has 3-4 favourite spots from which he scores when playing easy games. His “made” chart is clearly biased
towards the left side only. And when defences send him to the right he takes the bait, shoots it
and misses. Pretty big problem come playoff time!
It is also rather worrying in terms of how the hell he is shooting. OK, he has no 3point (those grey areas) bu he misses worse slap bang in the middle too! And then in the paint from the right and from 3 to the left. A highly unusual chart of a player that started basketball late in life and simply cannot develop shooting technique despite more than a decade in the NBA.
Sofascore also has the comparison tool, just for anyone crazy enough to still have Giannis in the MVP discussion, it’s not even close. Jokic leads in everything by an enormous margin as Sofascore shows clearly:
So by all means use Sofascore to check out Giannis stats, but try to keep a grip on reality…
