Data Analysis: How strong is the all-around warrior Siakam now?

NBA playoffs are the best stage for stars to prove themselves. In this year's playoffs, Indiana Pacers player Siakam is a rising reputation. He is actively striving to attack his second championship trophy. How well does Siakam fit with the Pacers? Today's Star Test will bring you the data analysis of Siakam.

At the end of the regular season on April 16, the ringer website in the United States ranked 38th among the top 100 stars in the NBA 2024-25 season, Siakam ranked 38th and ranked 2nd among the Pacers (Halliburton 19th). Compared with the 40th place at the beginning of the season, I believe that after the playoff test, his ranking will continue to improve. The website comments are as follows:

After one season, the Pacers got Siakam has become a successful case. He was selected for the All-Star lineup for the third time this season, setting career highs in several statistics. In the long and meaningful season, he has proved that he is the most stable (and most valuable) player of the Pacers. Whether he is present at the same time as Halliburton, he is an efficient and reliable scorer. He is good at finding misplaced and grabbing misplaced.

Siakam's performance is limited. He is not the best player in any team, but his comprehensiveness on both ends of the offense and defense is unquestionable. Now he has developed a good three-pointer technique. The opponent must deal with his low-post offense, beware of his threat in offense and defense conversion, and always pay attention to his catch from the three-point line or fixed-point shots in the corner. Siakam knows how to pass, and when the opponent's defense is too tilted towards him, he can find his open teammates accurately, and in general, the Pacers signed him to score in various ways, and that's exactly what he does now.

Through the website evaluation, it can be seen that a single Siakam is not considered a powerful body, but if five bodies form the God of War King Kong, the power will immediately increase exponentially. If Halliburton is the brain commander who makes up the head, Siakam is responsible for heavy punches and precisely hitting the opponent with his right arm, and he knows a lot of boxing techniques, such as Drunken Fist, Mantis Fist, Tongbei Fist, and Snake-shaped Snake Hand.

"Almighty" is the biggest label on Siakam. It can be said that as long as it is available on the basketball court, he can do it all. This season's regular season scores account for 73%, outside the three-point line scores account for 27%, independent scores account for 33%, and assisted scores account for 67%. He is a receiving scorer who mainly scores in the inside line.

In the playoffs, the proportion of inside scores increased to 78%, the proportion of outside the three-point line scored 22%, the proportion of independent scores decreased to 24%, and the proportion of assisted scores increased to 76%.

During the Raptors, he was arranged as the core of low-post scoring, and had a lot of tactical arrangements for the ball, but the efficiency and threat of the ball were not high. After joining the Pacers, he reduced the relatively complex and slow offensive methods. Instead, he obtained misaligned opportunities through tactical rotation, teammates attracting defense and other means, and attacked immediately after receiving the ball. As it turned out, this was a more efficient way of scoring for Siakam. The website clearly points out two major traits in him: one is his good at finding misplaced and grasping misplaced, and the other is his all-round scoring ability on the offensive end.

First of all, he has a misplaced ability. Although he is only 2.03 meters tall, he has an arm span of 2.21 meters. He is currently ranked 61st in the league, and he is against most of the No. 1-3 players in the league.

The regular season offensive counter guard player has 343 minutes, accounting for 33% of the total offensive time. His own shooting percentage reaches 55%, and the average standard of the Super League is 9 percentage points, which is in the crushing level.

Offensive counterattack players have 553 minutes, accounting for 54% of the total offensive time. They have a shooting percentage of 50.4%, exceeding the league average standard by 4.4 percentage points, which is also a very outstanding level.

Offensive counterattack center players in 123 minutes, accounting for 12% of the total offensive time, and their shooting percentage reached 46.6%, which is basically the same as the league average standard.

is in the playoffs, and it is until May 29.

The guard player has 54 minutes, accounting for 28% of the total offensive time, and his shooting percentage has increased to 58%.

The 89-minute striker was against the forward player, accounting for 46% of the total offensive time, and his own shooting percentage reached 51%.

has 47 minutes against the center player, accounting for 25% of the total offensive time, and his own shooting percentage has reached 52%.

It can be seen that Siakam's regular season center players have average offensive efficiency when they are not dominant in height and weight, but they are very efficient in offense when they encounter defenders and front lines. In the playoff stage, the misalignment efficiency is improved in full position. Facing centers such as Daluo, Allen, and Towns, they also play high shooting percentages. The Pacers are very good at creating misalignment opportunities. Siakam is like fish in water in this system.

The reason why Siakam has such a strong ability to punish misalignment is mainly due to three points:

First, teammates attract defensive center of gravity and continue to create advantageous opportunities for him. The Pacers have four assaulters, McConnell, Halliburton, Nembhard and Mathurin, and will launch attacks continuously in turn, which can always disrupt the opponent's defensive system and attract the defensive center of gravity. Coupled with tacit cooperation, strong tactical execution, and Carlisle's targeted tactical arrangements, they can always allow Siakam or other players in the team to get better advantageous positions.

The second is the stable ability to receive and finish. Teammates create advantageous matches or very good scoring opportunities. The most important thing is that the player who receives the opportunity is to seize the opportunity, otherwise it will be useless. CBA teammates can't achieve any record with the NBA super giant. As a player with assisted scores of more than 67%, Siakam's finishing ability efficiency is the most critical data that reflects his value..

The regular season received scores totaled 393 points, ranking second in the Pacers, lower than Turner's 519 points. Among them, after receiving passes from the inside, he made 339 shots and made 139 shots in the attacking box, and his shooting percentage was 41% in the relatively general level. After receiving passes from the outside of the three-point line, he made 115 shots and hit the 39% shooting percentage. Siakam is not good at shooting, but this season received three-pointers to hit the highest level in his career, which has once again improved his tactical position and become an all-round response point that can be inside and outside.

In the playoff stage with greater defensive intensity, his reception efficiency has not decreased but increased. In 14 games, he received passes in the interior and attacked the box and hit 24 goals in 55 times, and after receiving passes from outside the three-point line, his shooting percentage has increased to 44% after 19 of 43 shots.

The third is solid low-post skills. Although Siakam is an African player, his basic basketball skills are very solid, especially the retro low-post skills on the verge of losing. He completed a total of 293 low-post singles in the regular season, ranking fifth in the league. First Jokic 613 times, second Zubac 427 times, third Shen Jing 378 times, fourth Antetokounmpo 304 times, and 148 low-post attack box hits 80 goals with a 54% shooting percentage. The four players above him have some strength in the low-post post. Siakam relies purely on fantasy footsteps and soft feel. Siakam turns around and magic circles are both low-post singles textbook-level footstep skills, and the excellent arm span advantage makes the opponent unable to defend.

Then the comprehensive scoring skills. In addition to the contact ending and low post back-playing mentioned above, he also has the ability to hold the ball. However, at present, the Pacers are more focused on team attacks. He has broken through 485 balls in the regular season, ranking fifth among the Pacers. He has made 238 shots and hits 128 goals in the attack box. His shooting percentage is 53.8% of the game, and his breakthrough error rate is only 4.9%, which is the third-lowest main player in the Pacers, only higher than Halliburton and Nesmith.

The playoffs stage exceeded 92 times in 14 games, and the 55 attacking box made 33 goals and hit 54.5% of the shooting percentage did not fall but rose instead.

The ball-holding shooting did not take many three-pointers, and only 30 shots made 11 goals and hit a 36.7% shooting percentage. The main scoring method was mid-range shooting, with a total of 264 shots and 113 shots hit a 42.8% shooting percentage.

In the playoffs, he took the ball and made 2 goals with two three-pointers, and made 24 goals with 57 shots in the middle distance. The shooting percentage was 42%. From the efficiency, it can be seen that the ball-holding shooting is relatively Siakam's weak scoring skill.

As the star with the most salary in the team, the data that reflects value must have key goals. The key score of the key regular season games (within 5 points in the last 5 minutes of the game) is 58 points, ranking third in the Pacers, 100 points lower than Halliburton and 71 points in Mathurin. In the playoffs, Mathurin was a bit awkward. Siakam scored 13 points in 7 key games, and still ranked third in the team, 31 points lower than Halliburton and 19 points in Nembhard. The weak ability of the key ball is the main reason why many people criticized Siakam for the lack of quality in the past. His style of playing style is indeed limited when playing critical moments.

After talking about the offense, let alone the defensive end, Siakam's versatility is also reflected in the defensive end. He is an all-around defender who can defend from 1 to 5. At the time, the Golden State Warriors mainly fell in love with this. The regular season opponents averaged 14.7 shots in front of him, ranking second in the Pacers, only lower than Turner's 14.9 times. The opponent hit 6.8 goals under his defense, limiting the opponent's shooting percentage to 46.3%, and reducing the opponent's shooting percentage by an average of 0.6 percentage points.

In the playoff stage, the opponent averaged 12.7 shots in front of him, ranking fourth among the Pacers. The opponents in the playoffs have increased their attacks on two defensive weak rings, Halliburton and Nembhard. The opponent hit 6.2 goals under Siakam's defense, limiting the opponent's shooting percentage to 48.9%, reducing the opponent's shooting percentage by 2.3 percentage points on average.

In addition, Siakam has also made great contributions to rebounding and organizational support. Overall, Siakam is an efficient scoring point at this stage. In addition to the slightly insufficient shooting efficiency of all scoring skills, the other scoring efficiency is excellent. The most commendable thing is that in the playoff stage with higher defensive intensity, all efficiency almost increases instead of falling. The real wind knows the strong grass and the fire shows the real gold. Although the ability to dominate the game at critical moments is average, there is Halliburton magic moment. In addition, other players in the team are also full of confidence. Players can stand up in every game, which makes up for his shortcomings.

In 2019, Siakam helped the Raptors win the championship as the fastest-progress player. At that time, he said in an interview with reporters: "Success is no accident, everything comes from diligence and dedication." The words "diligence and dedication" deeply summarize Siakam's career. Diligence is the key to success, and dedication is the torch that illuminates the journey. I hope Siakam can advance into the hall of glory again this time.