eliteballer
11-02-2021, 08:52 PM
At the same time, there's also been a perceived increase in physicality on the court -- one that players have, at various points, voiced frustration over. League officials, however, said the data doesn't support the players' argument.
"I'll just say that from a data perspective we're not seeing any evidence of that increased physicality that we're hearing about," said Evan Wasch, the NBA's executive vice president of strategy and analytics. "So, for example, the number of personal, non-shooting fouls is actually up slightly. That's inclusive of plays on the perimeter, handchecks, etc. And we're not seeing an increase in incorrect non-calls, or so-called missed calls, in our game review data, which you would expect to see if defenders were committing more fouls that were going uncalled.
"So again, we're monitoring it, and listening to feedback, but we're not seeing any direct evidence in the data of that so-called increase in physicality."
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32536415/nba-pleased-progress-officiating-non-basketball-moves-sees-no-evidence-increased-physicality
"I'll just say that from a data perspective we're not seeing any evidence of that increased physicality that we're hearing about," said Evan Wasch, the NBA's executive vice president of strategy and analytics. "So, for example, the number of personal, non-shooting fouls is actually up slightly. That's inclusive of plays on the perimeter, handchecks, etc. And we're not seeing an increase in incorrect non-calls, or so-called missed calls, in our game review data, which you would expect to see if defenders were committing more fouls that were going uncalled.
"So again, we're monitoring it, and listening to feedback, but we're not seeing any direct evidence in the data of that so-called increase in physicality."
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32536415/nba-pleased-progress-officiating-non-basketball-moves-sees-no-evidence-increased-physicality