{
 "status": "ok",
 "generated_at": "2026-07-25T04:12:47.517923+00:00",
 "descriptive_only": true,
 "edge_claimed": false,
 "headline": "Who makes opponents stop attacking the rim: a transparent on/off rim-deterrence leaderboard -- and the eye test agrees.",
 "method": "On/off split from the real NBA zone shot-mix cache: for each player, compare the opponent's share of field-goal attempts taken at the rim while the player is on court vs off court, floored at 500 on-court minutes, ranked ascending by the on-minus-off delta.",
 "metric_definition": "rim frequency deterrence delta = rim_share_allowed_on - rim_share_allowed_off; negative means the opponent attacks the rim less often with the player on the floor.",
 "seasons": [
  {
   "season": "2025-26",
   "n_qualified": 370,
   "min_on_floor": 500,
   "leaders": [
    {
     "rank": 1,
     "player_name": "Victor Wembanyama",
     "min_on": 2489.0,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.25,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3118,
     "delta": -0.0618,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0287
    },
    {
     "rank": 2,
     "player_name": "Grant Williams",
     "min_on": 625.4,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2611,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3206,
     "delta": -0.0595,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0192
    },
    {
     "rank": 3,
     "player_name": "Dorian Finney-Smith",
     "min_on": 620.3,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2498,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3043,
     "delta": -0.0545,
     "rim_efg_delta": 0.042
    },
    {
     "rank": 4,
     "player_name": "Jaren Jackson Jr.",
     "min_on": 1384.2,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2484,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2997,
     "delta": -0.0513,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0454
    },
    {
     "rank": 5,
     "player_name": "Tyrese Martin",
     "min_on": 696.0,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2732,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3234,
     "delta": -0.0502,
     "rim_efg_delta": 0.0224
    },
    {
     "rank": 6,
     "player_name": "Cedric Coward",
     "min_on": 1524.6,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2644,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3136,
     "delta": -0.0492,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0974
    },
    {
     "rank": 7,
     "player_name": "Drew Eubanks",
     "min_on": 552.3,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2643,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3116,
     "delta": -0.0473,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.087
    },
    {
     "rank": 8,
     "player_name": "Kyshawn George",
     "min_on": 1390.8,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2674,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3134,
     "delta": -0.046,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0133
    },
    {
     "rank": 9,
     "player_name": "Rudy Gobert",
     "min_on": 2357.3,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.3047,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3485,
     "delta": -0.0438,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0414
    },
    {
     "rank": 10,
     "player_name": "Donovan Clingan",
     "min_on": 2015.3,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2522,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2947,
     "delta": -0.0425,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0168
    },
    {
     "rank": 11,
     "player_name": "Daniel Gafford",
     "min_on": 1139.1,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2614,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3006,
     "delta": -0.0392,
     "rim_efg_delta": 0.0368
    },
    {
     "rank": 12,
     "player_name": "OG Anunoby",
     "min_on": 2685.7,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2865,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3248,
     "delta": -0.0383,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.013
    },
    {
     "rank": 13,
     "player_name": "Steven Adams",
     "min_on": 730.5,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2445,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2825,
     "delta": -0.038,
     "rim_efg_delta": 0.0631
    },
    {
     "rank": 14,
     "player_name": "Lauri Markkanen",
     "min_on": 1442.6,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2377,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.275,
     "delta": -0.0373,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.1157
    },
    {
     "rank": 15,
     "player_name": "Marcus Smart",
     "min_on": 1768.0,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2802,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3163,
     "delta": -0.0361,
     "rim_efg_delta": 0.0072
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "season": "2024-25",
   "n_qualified": 387,
   "min_on_floor": 500,
   "leaders": [
    {
     "rank": 1,
     "player_name": "Rudy Gobert",
     "min_on": 2388.5,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2785,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3417,
     "delta": -0.0632,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0636
    },
    {
     "rank": 2,
     "player_name": "Zach Collins",
     "min_on": 552.0,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2591,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3184,
     "delta": -0.0593,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0686
    },
    {
     "rank": 3,
     "player_name": "Bogdan Bogdanovi\u0107",
     "min_on": 597.9,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2665,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3256,
     "delta": -0.0591,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0361
    },
    {
     "rank": 4,
     "player_name": "Victor Wembanyama",
     "min_on": 1527.2,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2734,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3275,
     "delta": -0.0541,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0299
    },
    {
     "rank": 5,
     "player_name": "Joel Embiid",
     "min_on": 574.3,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.23,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2826,
     "delta": -0.0526,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0307
    },
    {
     "rank": 6,
     "player_name": "Ivica Zubac",
     "min_on": 2624.4,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2624,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3139,
     "delta": -0.0515,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0058
    },
    {
     "rank": 7,
     "player_name": "OG Anunoby",
     "min_on": 2705.8,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2788,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3235,
     "delta": -0.0447,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0108
    },
    {
     "rank": 8,
     "player_name": "Steven Adams",
     "min_on": 795.5,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2478,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2922,
     "delta": -0.0444,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0232
    },
    {
     "rank": 9,
     "player_name": "Jaylin Williams",
     "min_on": 784.1,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2131,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2571,
     "delta": -0.044,
     "rim_efg_delta": 0.0113
    },
    {
     "rank": 10,
     "player_name": "Quinten Post",
     "min_on": 685.7,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2566,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3005,
     "delta": -0.0439,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0774
    },
    {
     "rank": 11,
     "player_name": "Josh Hart",
     "min_on": 2896.8,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2841,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.3276,
     "delta": -0.0435,
     "rim_efg_delta": 0.058
    },
    {
     "rank": 12,
     "player_name": "Jonas Valan\u010di\u016bnas",
     "min_on": 541.4,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2516,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2916,
     "delta": -0.04,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0206
    },
    {
     "rank": 13,
     "player_name": "Draymond Green",
     "min_on": 1983.3,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2444,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2837,
     "delta": -0.0393,
     "rim_efg_delta": -0.0106
    },
    {
     "rank": 14,
     "player_name": "Nikola Joki\u0107",
     "min_on": 2570.9,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2587,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2971,
     "delta": -0.0384,
     "rim_efg_delta": 0.0639
    },
    {
     "rank": 15,
     "player_name": "Georges Niang",
     "min_on": 1053.3,
     "rim_share_allowed_on": 0.2557,
     "rim_share_allowed_off": 0.2937,
     "delta": -0.038,
     "rim_efg_delta": 0.0057
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "observation_window": {
  "seasons": [
   "2025-26",
   "2024-25"
  ],
  "note": "complete NBA seasons from the local stint/zone-onoff cache"
 },
 "confounds": [
  "roster confound: teammates and defensive scheme are bundled into the on-court delta -- this is descriptive on-court association, not isolated individual causation",
  "opponent-raw: no shot-quality or opponent-strength model",
  "min_on >= 500 floor applied -- on/off is noisy for small on-court samples, so bench players below the floor are excluded"
 ],
 "receipt": {
  "source_parquets": [
   "data/cache/team_system/lineups/zone_onoff_2025_26.parquet",
   "data/cache/team_system/lineups/zone_onoff_2024_25.parquet"
  ]
 }
}