The statkeeper must have had Knight on his fantasy roster...

There was an NBL season where Heal averaged something like 12 assist at home but 4 on the road.

The latest Gladnessgate attests that stats keepers all over the world have a hard time keeping up with the subjective stat

I watched the Gladness GIF/video that purported to show him getting 2-3 blocks. Looked to me like Henry got 1-2 of them first, and another was either with Gladness or a teammate. Certainly wouldn't be using that video to make my case, and certainly not as my first tweet complaining about personal stats after my team had lost.

To me, an assist is when you pass it to someone, and basically all they have to do is put it in the hole. Maybe take a dribble or a couple steps if you have a clear lane.
The passer does 75% of the work, the scorer just finishes it.
Suppose this explains why PGs in the NBA average massively more assists per game than pretty much every other comp in the world. 4 players over 9.5 per game this season. We have 1 over 5 in the NBL.

Gladness or Henry, the big thing with that particular play is that Craig clearly takes 3 shots and is clearly blocked 3 times, yet on the official score sheet he only missed one shot and Henry got 1 block.
So whether you agree that Gladness should have had 3 blocks, or maybe 2-1 with Henry (either direction, I personally agree that Henry clearly has at least one of them), there's still 2 clear shots and blocks unaccounted for. And it's happened consistently throughout the season for Gladness.

"An assist is charged when a pass is made to a team-
mate who shoots and scores - provided the shooter's immediate intention, upon receiving the ball, was to shoot and that intention was maintained until the shot was taken. It does not prohibit an assist where the shooter takes time to balance or makes a small play to score, provided the scorer always intended to shoot."
http://www.fiba.com/downloads/Miscellaneous/FIBA_Stats_Manual20120920.pdf

That's directly contradicted by the actual definition of an assist, which was posted directly above your post.

So, every pass to McRae or Wilson is an assist? They never intend to do anything but shoot when they get the ball.
Can the inbound after the other team scores be an assist? :P

"That's directly contradicted by the actual definition of an assist, which was posted directly above your post."

I think he's saying what he thinks the definition of an assist should be.

Assists are like steals they are dependant on the stats keeper interpretation.how many times do you see a player get the steal by a flick or tap of ball and a passing player who not helped with the d pressure scoop up the ball and get the steal awarded. Bit like the rebounder who doesnt box out but because the team mate does they are able to get the rebound awarded but who has done the hard work. Stats only give a partial indication of the game. Sometimes those who dont light up the stats sheets are the ones eorking the hardest by creating opportunities for others

^Very true anon', see it all the time!

#505191

so if i rebound under my basket and hit my guard with a pass at the half way line and he dribbles in and makes the lay-up that is NOT an assist?

Other thing about assists, you get one for an easy pass to someone in the open court for a shot, yet you dont if you do all the hard work setting screens to open up the ball player. Subject calls are always the hard ones to write details for and have every one interpter the same way.

"how many times do you see a player get the steal by a flick or tap of ball and a passing player who not helped with the d pressure scoop up the ball and get the steal awarded."
If the stats people know what they're doing, never. The same FIBA document linked above defines a steal as well.