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We've all heard the term, but it's hard to truly quantify what is a black hole player. It's supposed to be a guy that you throw the ball to, and never see again. It's hard to figure this out from just watching a game -- unless it's super obvious where the dude is missing open team mates and so forth. The guys who shoot it a lot get called black holes, guys like Kobe Bryant and Al Jefferson are considered black holes in some circles. I wanted to investigate this and I'm using a simple formula. It's a players USG% divided by their AST%. That gives you the Black Hole%.
Because I'm lucky enough to not have any children yet I went ahead and did this for the entire Western Conference. (Sorry guys who wanted to see Derrick Rose, LeBron James, or Carmelo Anthony -- you're just going to have to do that work by yourself)
The higher the number for your Black Hole % the bigger a Black Hole you are. Simple.
BEHOLD:
Legend:
- That Dijon mustard color range is +1 stdev to -1 stdev for a particular class: Wings, Points, or Bigs.
- Red text is for guys with a 0.0 AST%, and thus, super ballhogs.
- Color cell backgrounds indicate 20+ % in either USG or AST.
- Blue is for 20%,
- purple is for 30%,
- Gold is for 40% or higher.
- Bolded blue text for a player indicates a current 2011-2012 Western Conference All-Star.
- (As an aside, peep where Paul Millsap falls)
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Click below to see all the players in one, even larger chart.
Yes, Amar is crazy.
(sorted by Black Hole %)
Player | Team | Usg% | Ast% | Black |
Hole % | ||||
Ryan Ried | OKC | 22.6 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Tyler Honeycutt | SAC | 18.1 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Armon Johnson | POR | 18.1 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Sean Williams | DAL | 31.8 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Earl Barron | GSW | 20.3 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Marcus Morris | HOU | 28.8 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Hasheem Thabeet | HOU | 6.7 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Brian Skinner | MEM | 11.2 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Solomon Jones | NOR | 34.2 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Hassan Whiteside | SAC | 21.8 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Ike Diogu | SAS | 12.9 | 0.0 | #DIV/0! |
Enes Kanter | UTA | 18.2 | 1.1 | 16.55 |
Yi Jianlian | DAL | 24.0 | 1.8 | 13.33 |
Kosta Koufos | DEN | 15.6 | 1.7 | 9.18 |
Anthony Randolph | MIN | 22.2 | 2.5 | 8.88 |
Ian Mahinmi | DAL | 15.9 | 1.8 | 8.83 |
Chris Andersen | DEN | 15.2 | 1.8 | 8.44 |
Travis Outlaw | SAC | 19.3 | 2.3 | 8.39 |
Brian Cook | LAC | 20.9 | 2.5 | 8.36 |
Kenneth Faried | DEN | 22.4 | 3.1 | 7.23 |
Derrick Favors | UTA | 20.9 | 3.0 | 6.97 |
Jeff Adrien | HOU | 16.6 | 2.4 | 6.92 |
Nikola Pekovic | MIN | 22.1 | 3.4 | 6.50 |
Daequan Cook | OKC | 13.8 | 2.2 | 6.27 |
DeAndre Jordan | LAC | 11.8 | 1.9 | 6.21 |
Robin Lopez | PHX | 19.2 | 3.1 | 6.19 |
Lance Thomas | NOR | 17.7 | 3.0 | 5.90 |
Elliot Williams | POR | 23.7 | 4.2 | 5.64 |
Darko Milicic | MIN | 18.0 | 3.2 | 5.63 |
Jason Smith | NOR | 20.0 | 3.7 | 5.41 |
Chris Johnson | POR | 16.1 | 3.0 | 5.37 |
Brandan Wright | DAL | 19.5 | 3.7 | 5.27 |
Kwame Brown | GSW | 16.8 | 3.2 | 5.25 |
Brendan Haywood | DAL | 12.2 | 2.4 | 5.08 |
Martell Webster | MIN | 16.9 | 3.4 | 4.97 |
Serge Ibaka | OKC | 14.5 | 3.1 | 4.68 |
Trey Thompkins | LAC | 26.4 | 5.9 | 4.47 |
Anthony Tolliver | MIN | 10.6 | 2.4 | 4.42 |
DeMarcus Cousins | SAC | 28.0 | 6.5 | 4.31 |
Sam Young | MEM | 19.6 | 4.7 | 4.17 |
Lazar Hayward | OKC | 17.5 | 4.2 | 4.17 |
Zach Randolph | MEM | 25.5 | 6.3 | 4.05 |
Luke Babbitt | POR | 16.4 | 4.1 | 4.00 |
Jeremy Tyler | GSW | 19.6 | 4.9 | 4.00 |
Marcin Gortat | PHX | 20.7 | 5.2 | 3.98 |
Derrick Williams | MIN | 20.3 | 5.1 | 3.98 |
Kenyon Martin | LAC | 14.1 | 3.7 | 3.81 |
Samuel Dalembert | HOU | 15.8 | 4.2 | 3.76 |
Jordan Hill | HOU | 16.1 | 4.3 | 3.74 |
Patrick Patterson | HOU | 16.5 | 4.6 | 3.59 |
Shannon Brown | PHX | 23.6 | 6.7 | 3.52 |
Michael Redd | PHX | 27.8 | 7.9 | 3.52 |
Andrew Bynum | LAL | 22.6 | 6.7 | 3.37 |
Cole Aldrich | OKC | 15.5 | 4.6 | 3.37 |
J.J. Hickson | SAC | 16.4 | 5.0 | 3.28 |
Marreese Speights | MEM | 19.2 | 5.9 | 3.25 |
Kevin Love | MIN | 27.3 | 8.5 | 3.21 |
Nazr Mohammed | OKC | 13.8 | 4.3 | 3.21 |
Jordan Hamilton | DEN | 33.5 | 10.5 | 3.19 |
Alec Burks | UTA | 25.5 | 8.0 | 3.19 |
Emeka Okafor | NOR | 17.1 | 5.4 | 3.17 |
Corey Brewer | DEN | 21.8 | 6.9 | 3.16 |
Michael Beasley | MIN | 25.1 | 8.0 | 3.14 |
Quincy Pondexter | MEM | 14.7 | 4.7 | 3.13 |
Tony Allen | MEM | 19.7 | 6.3 | 3.13 |
Royal Ivey | OKC | 16.1 | 5.2 | 3.10 |
Nicolas Batum | POR | 20.7 | 6.7 | 3.09 |
Carl Landry | NOR | 23.9 | 7.8 | 3.06 |
Andris Biedrins | GSW | 5.8 | 1.9 | 3.05 |
Wayne Ellington | MIN | 14.1 | 4.7 | 3.00 |
Andrew Goudelock | LAL | 20.1 | 6.7 | 3.00 |
Al Harrington | DEN | 24.8 | 8.3 | 2.99 |
Xavier Henry | NOR | 19.6 | 6.8 | 2.88 |
Caron Butler | LAC | 21.1 | 7.4 | 2.85 |
Ryan Gomes | LAC | 12.2 | 4.3 | 2.84 |
Timofey Mozgov | DEN | 16.1 | 5.7 | 2.82 |
Luis Scola | HOU | 26.0 | 9.3 | 2.80 |
Chris Wright | GSW | 14.8 | 5.3 | 2.79 |
Eric Gordon | NOR | 29.0 | 10.4 | 2.79 |
Al-Farouq Aminu | NOR | 15.7 | 5.7 | 2.75 |
Josh Howard | UTA | 20.2 | 7.5 | 2.69 |
Solomon Jones | LAC | 7.5 | 2.8 | 2.68 |
DeJuan Blair | SAS | 21.3 | 8.2 | 2.60 |
Craig Smith | POR | 17.4 | 6.7 | 2.60 |
Wesley Johnson | MIN | 15.8 | 6.1 | 2.59 |
Marco Belinelli | NOR | 17.8 | 7.0 | 2.54 |
Reggie Evans | LAC | 7.5 | 3.0 | 2.50 |
Channing Frye | PHX | 19.5 | 7.8 | 2.50 |
C.J. Miles | UTA | 25.9 | 10.4 | 2.49 |
Hakim Warrick | PHX | 23.4 | 9.4 | 2.49 |
Dante Cunningham | MEM | 13.1 | 5.3 | 2.47 |
Donte Greene | SAC | 19.5 | 7.9 | 2.47 |
Markieff Morris | PHX | 20.1 | 8.2 | 2.45 |
Kawhi Leonard | SAS | 14.6 | 6.1 | 2.39 |
Rudy Gay | MEM | 25.4 | 10.7 | 2.37 |
Matt Bonner | SAS | 13.7 | 5.9 | 2.32 |
Kendrick Perkins | OKC | 10.5 | 4.6 | 2.28 |
Terrence Williams | HOU | 16.2 | 7.1 | 2.28 |
Francisco Garcia | SAC | 13.9 | 6.1 | 2.28 |
Marcus Thornton | SAC | 23.4 | 10.3 | 2.27 |
Hamed Haddadi | MEM | 17.9 | 7.9 | 2.27 |
Al Jefferson | UTA | 27.6 | 12.2 | 2.26 |
Ekpe Udoh | GSW | 13.0 | 5.8 | 2.24 |
Richard Jefferson | SAS | 15.0 | 6.8 | 2.21 |
Chris Kaman | NOR | 27.1 | 12.4 | 2.19 |
Arron Afflalo | DEN | 17.7 | 8.1 | 2.19 |
Jason Thompson | SAC | 15.7 | 7.3 | 2.15 |
Deven Ebanks | LAL | 12.6 | 5.9 | 2.14 |
Chase Budinger | HOU | 18.5 | 8.7 | 2.13 |
DeJuan Summers | NOR | 17.3 | 8.3 | 2.08 |
Tiago Splitter | SAS | 20.1 | 9.9 | 2.03 |
David Lee | GSW | 24.6 | 12.2 | 2.02 |
Wesley Matthews | POR | 17.9 | 8.9 | 2.01 |
Brandon Rush | GSW | 14.6 | 7.4 | 1.97 |
Courtney Lee | HOU | 17.9 | 9.1 | 1.97 |
Nene Hilario | DEN | 21.4 | 10.9 | 1.96 |
Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 26.6 | 13.6 | 1.96 |
LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 28.0 | 14.9 | 1.88 |
Jason Kapono | LAL | 11.2 | 6.0 | 1.87 |
O.J. Mayo | MEM | 23.2 | 12.5 | 1.86 |
Paul Millsap | UTA | 23.2 | 12.6 | 1.84 |
Kevin Martin | HOU | 25.0 | 13.7 | 1.82 |
Kevin Durant | OKC | 31.4 | 17.3 | 1.82 |
Dorell Wright | GSW | 16.7 | 9.3 | 1.80 |
Jared Dudley | PHX | 16.7 | 9.3 | 1.80 |
Blake Griffin | LAC | 27.3 | 15.3 | 1.78 |
Gustavo Ayon | NOR | 15.4 | 8.8 | 1.75 |
Thabo Sefolosha | OKC | 10.7 | 6.2 | 1.73 |
Raja Bell | UTA | 12.3 | 7.2 | 1.71 |
Josh Davis | MEM | 11.6 | 6.8 | 1.71 |
Shawn Marion | DAL | 20.4 | 12.0 | 1.70 |
Klay Thompson | GSW | 20.9 | 12.3 | 1.70 |
Gary Neal | SAS | 21.4 | 12.6 | 1.70 |
Lamar Odom | DAL | 21.7 | 12.8 | 1.70 |
Danilo Gallinari | DEN | 21.5 | 12.7 | 1.69 |
Danny Green | SAS | 16.9 | 10.3 | 1.64 |
Grant Hill | PHX | 18.2 | 11.6 | 1.56 |
James Anderson | SAS | 18.9 | 12.4 | 1.52 |
Gerald Wallace | POR | 17.8 | 11.7 | 1.52 |
Chander Parsons | HOU | 16.0 | 10.6 | 1.51 |
Tim Duncan | SAS | 25.4 | 16.9 | 1.50 |
Marc Gasol | MEM | 18.5 | 12.5 | 1.48 |
Pau Gasol | LAL | 21.5 | 14.6 | 1.47 |
Chuck Hayes | SAC | 11.0 | 7.5 | 1.47 |
Trey Johnson | NOR | 16.4 | 11.3 | 1.45 |
Kurt Thomas | POR | 11.3 | 8.0 | 1.41 |
Malcolm Thomas | SAS | 12.0 | 8.6 | 1.40 |
John Salmons | SAC | 14.2 | 10.3 | 1.38 |
Matt Barnes | LAL | 16.5 | 12.0 | 1.38 |
Kobe Bryant | LAL | 37.6 | 28.5 | 1.32 |
Brad Miller | MIN | 16.0 | 12.2 | 1.31 |
Travis Leslie | LAC | 20.3 | 16.4 | 1.24 |
Courtney Fortson | LAC | 20.9 | 16.9 | 1.24 |
Metta World Peace | LAL | 14.8 | 12.0 | 1.23 |
Dominic McGuire | GSW | 13.0 | 10.8 | 1.20 |
James Harden | OKC | 21.8 | 18.2 | 1.20 |
Trevor Ariza | NOR | 19.0 | 15.9 | 1.19 |
Brian Cardinal | DAL | 11.3 | 9.5 | 1.19 |
Nolan Smith | POR | 22.6 | 19.2 | 1.18 |
Jimmer Fredette | SAC | 19.4 | 16.6 | 1.17 |
Rudy Fernandez | DEN | 18.0 | 15.7 | 1.15 |
Jason Terry | DAL | 23.8 | 20.9 | 1.14 |
Vince Carter | DAL | 21.5 | 18.9 | 1.14 |
Randy Foye | LAC | 19.3 | 17.2 | 1.12 |
Troy Murphy | LAL | 10.1 | 9.2 | 1.10 |
Mo Williams | LAC | 22.8 | 20.8 | 1.10 |
Jamal Crawford | POR | 28.0 | 25.6 | 1.09 |
Dominique Jones | DAL | 22.9 | 21.0 | 1.09 |
Chauncey Billups | LAC | 23.3 | 21.4 | 1.09 |
Russell Westbrook | OKC | 33.2 | 30.6 | 1.08 |
Monta Ellis | GSW | 30.2 | 28.1 | 1.07 |
Josh Childress | PHX | 10.7 | 10.0 | 1.07 |
Sebastian Telfair | PHX | 22.7 | 21.6 | 1.05 |
Jose Juan Barea | MIN | 25.9 | 25.0 | 1.04 |
Jeremy Pargo | MEM | 23.0 | 22.8 | 1.01 |
Gordon Hayward | UTA | 17.6 | 17.7 | 0.99 |
Nick Collison | OKC | 9.4 | 9.5 | 0.99 |
Darius Morris | LAL | 13.9 | 14.3 | 0.97 |
Jeremy Evans | UTA | 10.6 | 11.0 | 0.96 |
Ishmael Smith | GSW | 23.1 | 24.3 | 0.95 |
Josh Selby | MEM | 20.6 | 21.8 | 0.94 |
Josh McRoberts | LAL | 9.9 | 10.6 | 0.93 |
Tyreke Evans | SAC | 24.3 | 26.7 | 0.91 |
Rodrigue Beaubois | DAL | 22.0 | 24.2 | 0.91 |
Reggie Jackson | OKC | 19.4 | 22.0 | 0.88 |
Luke Ridnour | MIN | 16.7 | 19.0 | 0.88 |
Marcus Camby | POR | 11.3 | 13.1 | 0.86 |
Luke Walton | LAL | 11.8 | 14.0 | 0.84 |
Isaiah Thomas | SAC | 20.5 | 24.6 | 0.83 |
Manu Ginobili | SAS | 21.3 | 25.9 | 0.82 |
Nate Robinson | GSW | 23.7 | 28.9 | 0.82 |
Steve Blake | LAL | 15.4 | 19.1 | 0.81 |
Ronnie Price | PHX | 16.5 | 20.8 | 0.79 |
Delonte West | DAL | 19.8 | 25.4 | 0.78 |
Donald Sloan | NOR | 23.9 | 33.2 | 0.72 |
Cory Joseph | SAS | 14.3 | 19.9 | 0.72 |
Ty Lawson | DEN | 21.5 | 30.0 | 0.72 |
Goran Dragic | HOU | 20.3 | 28.4 | 0.71 |
Stephen Curry | GSW | 23.9 | 33.6 | 0.71 |
Eric Maynor | OKC | 17.1 | 24.3 | 0.70 |
Tony Parker | SAS | 28.6 | 40.7 | 0.70 |
Jarrett Jack | NOR | 22.5 | 33.1 | 0.68 |
Jonny Flynn | HOU | 19.6 | 29.6 | 0.66 |
Devin Harris | UTA | 17.9 | 27.5 | 0.65 |
Raymond Felton | POR | 19.7 | 30.3 | 0.65 |
Kyle Lowry | HOU | 21.8 | 33.9 | 0.64 |
Derek Fisher | LAL | 13.2 | 21.5 | 0.61 |
Charles Jenkins | GSW | 13.9 | 22.7 | 0.61 |
Mike Conley | MEM | 19.0 | 31.3 | 0.61 |
DeMarre Carroll | DEN | 17.0 | 28.9 | 0.59 |
Carldell Johnson | NOR | 17.2 | 29.9 | 0.58 |
Greivis Vasquez | NOR | 20.2 | 35.6 | 0.57 |
Chris Paul | LAC | 23.1 | 42.9 | 0.54 |
Andre Miller | DEN | 18.5 | 34.9 | 0.53 |
Eric Bledsoe | LAC | 13.9 | 26.9 | 0.52 |
T.J. Ford | SAS | 17.4 | 35.9 | 0.48 |
Julyan Stone | DEN | 12.4 | 26.3 | 0.47 |
Ricky Rubio | MIN | 18.3 | 39.6 | 0.46 |
Jason Kidd | DAL | 12.0 | 28.4 | 0.42 |
Jamaal Tinsley | UTA | 13.8 | 35.6 | 0.39 |
Earl Watson | UTA | 12.0 | 31.1 | 0.39 |
Steve Nash | PHX | 21.6 | 59.1 | 0.37 |