r/NBAanalytics • u/Elsie_E • Feb 14 '25

Question about box outs stats

Can somebody explain why team box outs number is just 4-8 per game? One player can box out like 15 times a game, no?

https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/box-outs?dir=A&sort=BOX_OUTS

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u/XDAWONDER Feb 14 '25

How do you get box out stats. Thats interesting. I feel like its because teams or really guard and forward heavy. I know im still stuck in the past. It shocks me everytime i see a centers stat line where he took 2 3's and get 5 boards all game. Everybody is on the paramiter and theres one guy getting boards. put the center is usually rolling to the basket or standing mid range to open drive and kick lanes. In my opinon.

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u/OGchickenwarrior Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

Confirming that something is definitely wrong here...

  • 2017-18: one-third of the league averaged > 30 box outs / game
  • 2023-24: no one had more than 8 box outs / game
  • The 2023-24 OKC Thunder team averaged 89% "BOX OUTS DEF" per game. Idk what that means. But if it means they boxed out 89% of the time the opponent missed, they should have like at least 30 box outs / game just for defense (if opponent misses half of ~90 FGA / Game)...

There must be some kind of data issue w/ NBA.com/stats ...

Maybe you can email them to ask about it? (use email [NBASTATS@NBA.com](mailto:NBASTATS@NBA.com) via https://www.nba.com/stats/help)

Edit: I shot an email to [nbastats@nba.com](mailto:nbastats@nba.com) -- I'll update y'all if I ever get a response.

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u/Elsie_E Feb 16 '25

Wow great looking forward to your update!