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Examining the NBA’s Player Hustle Stats: A Follow-Up
ByDon Sicko July 19, 2026

In conjunction with this post, you may want to quickly review the earlier Hoop Coach article, Examining NBA’s New Player Hustle Stats. The gist of that article was that last season the NBA starting keeping track of five Player Hustle Stats: Contested Shots, Charges Drawn, Deflections, Loose Balls Recovered and Screen Assists (the only offensive…

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Examining NBA’s New Player Hustle Stats
ByDon Sicko June 5, 2026

In case you missed it, the NBA has recently officially started tracking 5 player hustle stats which “evaluates player performance that affects outcomes but can’t be found in traditional box-scores.” They are: Contested Shots Charges Drawn Deflections Loose Balls Recovered Screen Assists- (the only offensive category- “a screen that directly leads to a basket by…

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