Alright, so the other day I got curious about Keldon Johnson. You know, the guy on the Spurs. I kept hearing his name pop up, sometimes good, sometimes folks debating his role, especially with the new big guy Wemby around. So, I thought, let me actually check out his numbers myself, see what the story is.
I just fired up my computer, went to my usual search engine. Typed in something simple like “Keldon Johnson stats”. Pretty straightforward stuff. You know how it is, the first few results usually take you to those big sports stats pages.
Finding the Basics
So, I clicked on one of the main ones, the one everyone uses for basketball numbers. Right away, I saw the usual stuff for this season:
- Points per game
- Rebounds per game
- Assists per game
Okay, decent numbers. Gave me a quick snapshot. But I felt like that wasn’t the whole picture, you know? Especially with all the talk about his changing role.
Digging a Bit More
I wanted to see how this season compared to last season, or the one before. So, I started clicking around on the site. Looked for the ‘season-by-season’ view. Found it pretty easily. Saw his scoring was down a bit from last year, which kind of made sense, right? Less pressure to be the main guy maybe.
Then I got interested in his shooting. Efficiency, that’s key. So I looked for his percentages:
- Field Goal Percentage (FG%)
- 3-Point Percentage (3P%)
- Free Throw Percentage (FT%)
His percentages looked okay, maybe a bit different here and there compared to before. I spent some time looking at the game logs too, just scrolling through, seeing if he had big nights or quiet nights. It’s funny how numbers can sometimes show you the ups and downs of a season visually.
I didn’t really need super advanced stats, the plus-minus stuff can get confusing sometimes and I wasn’t trying to write a thesis here. Just wanted a feel for how he was doing. Checked his minutes per game too, saw if that had changed much.
My Takeaway
So, after maybe 15-20 minutes of poking around, looking at the numbers on a couple of those sports stats pages, I got a better picture. It seemed like yeah, his scoring numbers weren’t as high as when he was maybe the top option, but he was still putting in work. Seems like he’s adjusting, which you’ve gotta do in the league. It was just interesting to spend a bit of time actually looking at the data myself instead of just going off what people say online or on TV. Numbers don’t lie, but sometimes you gotta look at a few different ones to get the real story.
