Basketball Statistics Online

If we talk of basketball, the first thing that comes to mind is the ability to control the ball by the wrist (shooting properly and accurately), ball handling (to eliminate turnovers, steals, traveling and those timed areas of the court) and others. However, there is this one more aspect of being a basketball player that covers almost all of these mentioned requirements—that is, the minutes a player plays on the pitch. Stamina is in fact important. I have played once (double court) and it sure is tiring to go to and fro your side and the other. I lost my concentration when my body started to react to exhaustion. The coach too has the option to substitute you if you are not doing very well in the pitch, or if you are ruining the team’s chances of winning. So basically, having played a lot of minutes per game should be treated as something extraordinary, as not all people can last the game that long. Paul Pierce has the most minutes played for the 2007-2008 season, having garnered 989 minutes. Ray Allen followed him with 987 minutes.

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