I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 85 The Times Create Heroes!
"Is Lu Yi the best player in the league? Judging from the past, he may not be, but looking to the future, Lu Yi is likely to become the best player in the league!"

"Lewis is eligible for Western Conference Player of the Week and even Western Conference Player of the Month!"

"From No. 20 in the league to No. [-] in the league, what process do you need to go through? Use the No. [-] pick to select Lu Yi!"

This season, the Clippers were able to win 10 consecutive victories at the beginning of the season and directly aspire to the first place in the Western Conference. This shocked all the teams in the league.

By the way, Lu Yi immediately entered the discussion of the best player of the week and the best player of the month.

If Lu Yi can continue to maintain his current state and level, continue to bring out quite gorgeous data, and lead the Clippers to more regular season victories.

Then, as a rookie, Lu Yi entered the regular season MVP discussion, and it is not hopeless.

"Everything is possible!"

This is the evaluation of Lu Yi by the outside media now!
Usually a rookie player, competing for the best rookie of the week is already a big deal.

However, Lu Yi has played so far, averaging 34.7 points per game, far ahead of other stars in the scoring list.

At the same time, the Clippers have won another ten consecutive victories, which makes the league officials have to pay more attention to Lu Yi.

Before, the league officials subconsciously ignored Lu Yi, mainly because it was very unconvincing for a rookie to be selected for the best selection of the week.

However, Lu Yi made everything very convincing with practical actions and game data and records that could not be ignored.

Statistics show that Lu Yi is the best player in the league, not even one of them.

Don't talk about basic data, just talk about high-level data, so far, Lu Yi WS3.4, PER34.73, both rankings are the first in the league.

To mention a little bit, WS value is also Win Shares (victory contribution value), this high-level data is accumulated in a single game.

The total victory contribution value of each game is recorded as 1 point, and the winning team and all players who played will share this 1 point.

Among the players on the field, the more points scored and the better the defense, the more points they will naturally get.

Usually the big players score 0.3 to [-] points to win the game, and the defense is not bad, and they can get close to [-] points.

Because WS is cumulative data, the more players played, the higher the data will naturally be.

Of course, role players have played 82 games, and they may not have the highest WS obtained by winning a game.

And because the teams that have performed poorly all the year round have won very few games, even if the team is the head of the team, the WS will not be higher than 5 points all the year round.

The Clippers have played 14 regular season games this season and won 12 of them. The key is that Lu Yi also rested 2 of them in the regular season.

In other words, in the 10 games in which Lu Yi played and the Clippers won, Lu Yi's average WS was 0.34.

This data is very scary!

Judging from WS, the 10 games the Clippers won when Lu Yi played were all won by Lu Yi's crazy carry.

Besides, PER, that is, performance, refers to the overall efficiency value of a player when he plays a game.

The simpler formula is - [(score + rebound + assist + steal + block) - (number of shots - number of hits) - (number of free throws - number of free throws made) - number of turnovers] / the number of times the player played.

The actual formula is not like this, but a rather complicated set of calculation formulas.

This formula can comprehensively calculate the contribution of various scoring abilities, accurate to three-point contribution, mid-range, two-pointer, free throw contribution, and defensive end contribution.

In general, the error between the complex formula and the simple formula is about 3.

In other words, if the leading player plays 20+5+5 data, as long as he is not like Harden, who has a strong basic shot but can get high points with free throws, he can hit a PER of around 20.

Lu Yi was able to hit a PER of 34.73, mainly because Lu Yi shot more three-pointers and produced more.

In addition, the defensive pressure is small and there is no need to go inside.Often leads the frontcourt and has good steal data.

In addition, there are few three-point shots these years. Lu Yi went outside to attack three-pointers.

In fact, the biggest problem with PER is that in the actual calculation of complex formulas, the more you vote, the more points you score, and the PER will not be bad.

When calculating defensive efficiency, the defensive arrows on the outside line and the top defense players on the inside are more defensive, and the data will be relatively poor.

While other players have little defensive pressure, or are not serious about defending, they miss people from the outside and let the inside make up, but it seems that the PER data is good.

And players who are good at assisting defense will have a high defensive efficiency because of the team's defensive cooperation.

This is why it is difficult for outside leaders to get DPOY, and it is easy for insiders who are good at assisting defense to get DPOY.

It is also the inadequacy of the PER calculation formula, which has caused many league superstars to habitually fire all the firepower on the offensive end, but are extremely slack on the defensive end.

To put it bluntly, high-level data can also be flashed.

The more you are in a team with superstars, the easier it is to collect these statistics.

If he is an all-round striker with the ball, he can firmly hold high-level data in his own hands.

Although Lu Yi is not a striker, he also plays with the ball.

Because of Lu Yi's many three-point shots and high production, coupled with the low defensive pressure, the defensive efficiency is good, which eventually led to an inflated PER.

In fact, it is also because this era encourages offense and there are very few restrictions on players who are good at shooting from the outside.

If it was placed in the era of hand-to-hand combat more than ten years ago, a PER of around 25 would basically be the first in the league.

Like Lu Yi's PER, which is close to 35 now, I am afraid that he can only achieve it by playing 2K.

But why can Lu Yi really hit such an exaggerated PER?
Not only is it a product of the rules and the times, but also because other teams are relatively unfamiliar with Lu Yi and don't know how to limit Lu Yi.

As strong as Jordan, he will be sanctioned by Jordan's rules, and Lu Yi will also be restricted if he is double-teamed.

When Lu Yi's attention on the court reaches Kobe's level, and Lu Yi wants to shoot as he pleases and lead the team to victory, it will not be so easy.

To put it bluntly, the Clippers' record is so exaggerated this season because other teams are not ready for the Clippers.

When the entire league plays against the Clippers with the mentality of being number one in the league, Lu Yi's PER will inevitably continue to decline and return to a level close to the real one.

However, even if the PER declines, he is still expected to become the player with the first PER this season.

There is even a chance to break Jordan's record for top PER in regular season history in one fell swoop.

Jordan's career PER in the regular season was originally 28.4, but the Wizards dropped to 27.9 after playing for two years.

During the peak period, he had a PER of 31+ for four consecutive years, and there were 30 seasons of around 7.

But Jordan is in the past tense after all. Basketball commentators usually refer to records over the years when they mention PER.

Times make heroes. If Lu Yi can maintain a PER of around 30 after this season, he will immediately become No. 1 in the league among basketball commentators who love to talk about statistics.

(End of this chapter)