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I would call 2.1 blocks/game very high, but I wouldn't call it exceptionally high. In the NBA (I know, BB isn't the NBA, but for modeling/comparison purposes), the league leader last year (Serge Ibaka) had 3.03 blocks per game. This year's season leader so far is Anthony Davis at 3.18 blocks per game. The all-time leader for a season ever in the NBA was 5.56 (Mark Eaton 84-85) and the lowest season leader ever was 2.58 (Bogut 10-11).

So, great shot blockers don't average a TON of blocked shots. 3.0/game is high. My league leaders (DIII USA) were 3.3 and 3.2 blocks/game last season.

So in terms of blocks/game, the stats in BB seem somewhat true to reality. But, we can't see the live game action, so we don't know if shotblockers are altering or preventing a lot of shots. That's the frustrating and uncertain part. If we had a stat for 'opponent FG%' and 'opposing team FG%', that'd help a lot. I know M2M vs zone defeneses would skew that statistic, but it'd be more helpful than nothing. Or the NBA has a "Defensive Rating" stat which measures the points allowed per 100 possessions while a player is on the court. Defensive Rating is better than the +/- stat for individual games because it isolates defense instead of combining it with offense.

My best blocker had 4.9 blks/game last season. The second and third one had 2.5 and 2.4. I checked the last two seasons of my best blocker:
14.2 defense actions per game
Defensive success rate at 73%
Shooting foul rate 5%
Blocking rate 34%

The other two had 76% and 82% (defense successful) and 35% and 31% (blocking rate). It works for my team. ;-)
And two of these three are still trainees and receive SB training.

Last edited by Nachtmahr at 1/1/2014 3:29:11 PM

But level of play counts too...in lower leagues less people play LI, and you are playing a lot of 3-2 which helps the blocking because inside players are matched up against guards a lot of times. And jumpshots/drives are much easier to block than inside shots.

Hey!!!
4 blocked shots in last night's game

where can i get all those stats about defense actions etc.. ?

I guess he used this tool.. (178926.1)

Yeah. You can use the tool game analyzer or look it up in the play-by-play. For the last one you have to be a supporter.