Speed and Distance stat

[Brazil]

Maybe I'm late on the party but I just found on nba.com/stat a cool stuff about distance and speed

Last year, on average speed (def is on the site) Mills was second with 4,8 mph and on top player for miles per 48 min 3,8 miles, Decolo is in this list too, Parker is well placed too with 3,6 miles.

This year Parker is first for distance traveled per 48 for players with at least 30 mpg.
Cory is overall third AND dat dude Ferrari is second per 48 for players with at least 15 mpg

not sure if it's reliable

it doesn't measure pure speed of course but stat can be useful to track players loosing a step

here the link http://stats.nba.com/tracking/#!/player/speed/

Again I'm probably late on the party but thought it could interest some

[SnakeBoy]

SloMo is pretty high up there at 4.5 mph avg speed.

[024]

Pop is always yelling at the Spurs to push the temp so it is no surprise the Spurs guards are up there on the list. With the motion offense, there's a lot of movement so the players are constantly running and cutting so they are boosting their speed average and distance traveled. If a team has iso ball, most of the players just nonchalantly walk up the ball, pass it to the iso player, and go stand in the corner and move very little.

Wonder if this tracks defense too. Lazy teams on defense don't run back on D and don't move as much to defend the people they are guarding.

[Brazil]

Pop is always yelling at the Spurs to push the temp so it is no surprise the Spurs guards are up there on the list. With the motion offense, there's a lot of movement so the players are constantly running and cutting so they are boosting their speed average and distance traveled. If a team has iso ball, most of the players just nonchalantly walk up the ball, pass it to the iso player, and go stand in the corner and move very little.

Wonder if this tracks defense too. Lazy teams on defense don't run back on D and don't move as much to defend the people they are guarding.

I think the Spurs staff deserved a lot of credit and has been overlooked when talking about Spurs success. You need a very solid preparation to run this kind of offense with players running all over the place.

[beirmeistr]

I think the Spurs staff deserved a lot of credit and has been overlooked when talking about Spurs success. You need a very solid preparation to run this kind of offense with players running all over the place.

Good observation

[Captivus]

I think the Spurs staff deserved a lot of credit and has been overlooked when talking about Spurs success. You need a very solid preparation to run this kind of offense with players running all over the place.

No doubt.
It is impossible to make those plays, setting screens, getting open, run, run, run without good training.
You dont hear anyone talking about that.
That stats thought that.

Always thought about that.

[pgardn]

The distance is interesting.

The average speed is next to useless.

[Brazil]

The distance is interesting.

The average speed is next to useless.

Agreed

give an idea of how much a guy is active but nothing close to speed

[Mr. Body]

One of the points is to wear out opposing guards. With a bench as strong as the Spurs have, they can afford to turn on the burners.

[PingPong]

Speed doesn't matter because being fast in a straight line is different than lateral movements, stop-and-move. The distance shows how much the spurs is not only about passing but the players movements too (mr. obvious).

[Maddog]

One of the points is to wear out opposing guards. With a bench as strong as the Spurs have, they can afford to turn on the burners.

Perimeter players period. In the finals, excluding game 2 where the Spurs did not play well (and almost won) you could see LeBron getting gassed, in the second half. Games 3 and 4 they made mini runs in the second half and ran out of steam. In game 5 in the second half he couldn't move by the 4th quarter.

Interestingly, Dallas gave the Spurs the most trouble and they where the deepest team....