An article from this season about the NBA's best screen setters

[Kumar]

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story...lhassanScreens

Talks about how Omer Asik sets a very high frequency of screens and they are unbelievably effective. He ranked 5th out of all players in the league in screen frequency, and reroutes defenders 73% of the time.

His screen setting is really going to open up a lot for our guard play, and even AD.

[Kibner]

Cool find. A shame it's an Insider only article, so I wasn't able to read all of it.

[BallSoHard]

If only there was a site where this were available, that site would be the it!

[Mythrol]

Just a quick point, for those of you who aren't insiders, you get for free with an ESPN Mag sub and you can get that for dirt cheap on the Internet. I literally got 5 years of Mag and insider for 5 dollars.

As far as the article goes that makes a ton sense. Asik is known for his ability to move around and set screens while still getting back to the rim. The numbers backing this up make perfect sense. I actually find it crazy for a guy who is so good on defense and seems to be so smart that he sucks so bad on offense, even to catch a ball.

[Caffeinedisastr]

Just a quick point, for those of you who aren't insiders, you get for free with an ESPN Mag sub and you can get that for dirt cheap on the Internet. I literally got 5 years of Mag and insider for 5 dollars.

As far as the article goes that makes a ton sense. Asik is known for his ability to move around and set screens while still getting back to the rim. The numbers backing this up make perfect sense. I actually find it crazy for a guy who is so good on defense and seems to be so smart that he sucks so bad on offense, even to catch a ball.

So how does he rank in their (ESPN) opinion?
Sorry, I'm not an insider. I'm also not a PowerUpRewards PRO member.

[Kumar]

Just a quick point, for those of you who aren't insiders, you get for free with an ESPN Mag sub and you can get that for dirt cheap on the Internet. I literally got 5 years of Mag and insider for 5 dollars.

As far as the article goes that makes a ton sense. Asik is known for his ability to move around and set screens while still getting back to the rim. The numbers backing this up make perfect sense. I actually find it crazy for a guy who is so good on defense and seems to be so smart that he sucks so bad on offense, even to catch a ball.

The screen setting numbers are mostly offensive. He knows his role really well on the offense and his screens open up a lot for other players.

[Tomdda]

If you get insider for two years it's only $2.50/month. Just sayin'.

[Mythrol]

So how does he rank in their (ESPN) opinion?
Sorry, I'm not an insider. I'm also not a PowerUpRewards PRO member.

He ranks fine in this set up. He sets a very high number of screens per 100 possessions and high % of those screens diverted the defender. Where he didn't rank so high was the offensive scoring % off of those screens. There were only 2 other guys on the list that had a lower scoring %. Who knows the exact reason for that.

Also keep in mind two things, one: even though the offensive scoring % was low on the list this was a list of some of the best C's that were on cheap deals so they considered him good. Also, everything has to be taken with a grain of salt because they mention Kendrick Perkins at the top of the list for scoring % out of screens so this stat is dependent on the other player just as much if not more than the person setting the screen.

[AKpelicanfried]

"we're gonna run the picket fence... Don't get caught watching the paint dry!!!"

[IamQuailman]

If only there was a site where this were available, that site would be the it!

I redd this wrong, still don't understand it.

[Kumar]

He ranks fine in this set up. He sets a very high number of screens per 100 possessions and high % of those screens diverted the defender. Where he didn't rank so high was the offensive scoring % off of those screens. There were only 2 other guys on the list that had a lower scoring %. Who knows the exact reason for that.

Also keep in mind two things, one: even though the offensive scoring % was low on the list this was a list of some of the best C's that were on cheap deals so they considered him good. Also, everything has to be taken with a grain of salt because they mention Kendrick Perkins at the top of the list for scoring % out of screens so this stat is dependent on the other player just as much if not more than the person setting the screen.

Yeah the data takes into account a few years. Asik has been setting screens for back up guards for a while and Perkins has been screening for Durant and Westbrook.

[Kumar]

I redd this wrong, still don't understand it.

glol