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Unlock the Secret Twist That Changes Everything in This Story

Unlock the Secret Twist That Changes Everything in This Story

Alperen Sengun took eight 3s in the Houston Rockets’ NBA season opener. That might already be enough to know how his game will change this season.


In certain sports, all it takes is one moment to ascertain that a player has a new skill.

In baseball, if a pitcher has maxed his velocity out at 92 mph his whole career and then throws one pitch at 95 mph, it’s obvious he can do something he couldn’t do before. Same with a tennis player who increases the mph on his or her serve.

There isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison in the NBA, especially with publicly available data. There aren’t prevalent stats measured in the same way. A player can make all 12 of his shots in a game, but it could simply be a good stretch. We need several more games to accurately predict if the player’s shot making has actually improved.

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