Ryan Miele

Introducing a new basketball stat I created called PEST! It is used to quantify the aggressiveness of perimeter defense in the NBA. Results and methodology below 🧵

@PaintTouches Good stuff!!

When you look at the change in #mubb's offensive play types this season vs last, it was almost the same foundation (with more cuts and less Pick&Pop) but much worse results. 26: 118th 25: 35th (PS: Stole this format from @BuckAnalytics, shouts to his excellent content!)

@EDLAnalytics Thanks man! Applying this method on the team level would be really useful for coaches to tweak their scheme where it’s needed. It would show where they’re vulnerable to high danger passes.

@BuckAnalytics Nice work! Looking it on the level of a team or a specific line could lead to some interesting results to value coaches as well

Here is my project for the 2026 HALO Hackathon, where I quantify a defender’s value by estimating the expected goals they prevent through blocking passing and shooting lanes. Give it a read! #HockeyHALO2026 @ryancmiele/what-never-happened-measuring-defensive-value-through-spatial-suppression-b7f1953c3323" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@ryancmiele/wh…

Inspired by @statsowar college football playing time graphic (the quoted post).

Lead Guards dominate playing time in college basketball. The top Guard plays 79% of the team’s possessions on average while the top Forward and Center play 69% and 42% respectively. Top Centers show the widest variance as they typically span between 58% and 26% of possessions.

@BartBoiler The team information is the only thing that’s public and we all know it’s not too reliable. Combine is more reliable but we only have that for the elite players and not all D1.

@BuckAnalytics Have you delved into what this looks like in regard’s to weight? Obviously don’t want to use team information but combine data might have some interesting results.

I did an analysis last summer of the impact of positional size for the previous two seasons. You can see clearly how much of an advantage it is to have height in your 3-5 spots. Michigan capitalized by prioritizing Yaxel at the 3 as well as Morez Johnson, and Mara in the portal.

@Deimos272 This was just for college, but it can easily be done at the NBA level too.

@BuckAnalytics Is this based on just College Basketball? I think it would be interesting to make this kind of analysis for the NBA. Great work.

@SheenMEANS A PF under 6’6 is a death sentence!!

@BuckAnalytics PF😯

I need to add this season to the analysis in the coming weeks, but I suspect the margin will only going to increase.

Where Do Transfer Portal Players Land? Last season, high tier programs retained 68% of their transfers while Low and Medium tiers saw significant reshuffling. 60% of Medium transfers switched tiers. 54% of Low transfers climbed to a higher tier while 32% of High transfers sank.

Mark Schmidt looks on at the program he built celebrate one of its most profound accomplishments. @GreaterOleanTAP

WE'RE MOVING ON! #rayBucknell

@jackruhanen Great stuff Jack!

Huge shoutout to @BuckAnalytics whose PEST metric largely inspired the creation of CAST!

This is a new stat I developed called CAST. It stands for Contests, Assists, Screening, Tenacity. The metric is meant to measure who the best complimentary pieces are in the NBA. Bottom 10 and more information in the following thread…

Individual PEST ratings as of 2/24. Dru Smith has been a demon.

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Brad Stevens knows what he’s doing

@BuckAnalytics 's PEST Stat 🪳