Stephen Curry answered a lot of questions this weekend. It must be said that the “Splash Brother” was the main attraction of its All-Star Game, in San Francisco, of which it finished MVP.
We asked the best shooter in the history of the NBA the rule he would like to change, if he was appointed “commissioning” for a day. And his answer was interesting …
“I would probably like to see the arbitrator's classification system, and make it public, in the same way that our stats are displayed evening after evening” he replied. “It is not to make their lives more difficult, because they are already doing a difficult job, but it would be interesting, from the point of view of fans and players, to know why a referee is considered a super referee And how the system works. I’m interested. »»
It must be said that Stephen Curry is one of the scorers that harvest the least free throws. With 3.7 passages on the repair line per game, for 23.4 points on average per game, this represents only 15.8% of its “scoring”, which places it in 79th place on the 95 players which exceed 15 points of average. Very, very far from 39% of his new Jimmy Butler (6.9 free throws per game for 17.6 points), the leader in the field.
Do not make the ranking a public weapon
But the NBA, which dissects all the decisions of its officials, classifying them in particular according to their rate of good whistles, clearly does not intend to do in total transparency.
“How many companies are ready to open the confidential files of their employees?” Not much “replied byron Spruell, the president of operations of the NBA, When Fivethirtyeight questioned him on the subject.
The big league thus ensures that it classifies its referees according to three criteria:
– the rankings of the referees compiled by those who meet the matches and analysts of the league
– the specific comments and rankings transmitted by each NBA team concerning individual referees (generally supplied by the coach and/or the GM of the team)
– the arbitrator assessments carried out by the NBA advisers and the members of the supervisory staff
The rate of good decisions is not the only criterion since the league also ensures the arbitrators according to “Their communication, their confidence, their knowledge of the rules but also their ability to work in a group of three officials with specific roles. »»
And even the teams do not have access to the NBA referees classification, the latter fearing that some clubs would leak information in the press, if some badly classified referees came to officer.
| Stephen Curry | Percentage | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | Lf | Off | Def | Early | PD | Fte | Int | COP | Ct | Pts |
| 2009-10 | Gos | 80 | 36 | 46.2 | 43.7 | 88.5 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 17.5 |
| 2010-11 | Gos | 74 | 34 | 48.0 | 44.2 | 93.4 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 18.6 |
| 2011-12 | Gos | 26 | 28 | 49.0 | 45.5 | 80.9 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 14.7 |
| 2012-13 | Gos | 78 | 38 | 45.1 | 45.3 | 90.0 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 22.9 |
| 2013-14 | Gos | 78 | 37 | 47.1 | 42.4 | 88.5 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 24.0 |
| 2014-15 ★ | Gos | 80 | 33 | 48.7 | 44.3 | 91.4 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 23.8 |
| 2015-1 ★ | Gos | 79 | 34 | 50.4 | 45.4 | 90.8 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 30.1 |
| 2016-17 | Gos | 79 | 33 | 46.8 | 41.1 | 89.8 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 25.3 |
| 2017-18 | Gos | 51 | 32 | 49.5 | 42.3 | 92.1 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 26.4 |
| 2018-19 | Gos | 69 | 34 | 47.2 | 43.7 | 91.6 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 27.3 |
| 2019-20 | Gos | 5 | 28 | 40.2 | 24.5 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 20.8 |
| 2020-21 | Gos | 63 | 34 | 48.2 | 42.1 | 91.6 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 32.0 |
| 2021-22 | Gos | 64 | 35 | 43.7 | 38.0 | 92.3 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 25.5 |
| 2022-23 | Gos | 56 | 35 | 49.3 | 42.7 | 91.5 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 29.4 |
| 2023-24 | Gos | 74 | 33 | 45.0 | 40.8 | 92.3 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 26.4 |
| 2024-25 | Gos | 46 | 32 | 43.4 | 39.0 | 92.4 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 23.4 |
| Total | 1002 | 34 | 47.1 | 42.4 | 91.0 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 24.7 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; Off = offensive rebound; Def = defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; Pts = points.
