We found that 19 all-time shot blockers from among our 1,825
players in the Value Add Basketball Game blocked so many shots that we had to
create a new category on their cards even better than the 21-26, 32 all blocked
shot range.
Due to further research, the four greatest shot blockers of
all time - Houston 1983 - Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston 1983), Kansas 1957 - Wilt
Chamberlain (Kansas 1957), David Robinson (Navy 1986) and Bill Russell (San Francisco
1956) feature a new blocked shot range of 21-26, 32, 65-66 meaning the block
any opposing players shot on the court on a 32, 65 or 66. However, one caveat is that if it turns out the opposing player would have attempted a 3-pointer then a 32 does block the shot but a 65 or 66 do not - they only block 2-point shots.
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The calculation we found set these four players at the top and another 15 just below them were players how had stamina to stay on the court against high level teams and blocked about one in seven opposing 2-point shots by the other team (14% on www.kenpom.com), blocked at least 125 shots in a college season or averaged more than 2.75 blocks per game in an NBA game, or before blocked shots were tabulated averaged well over 20 rebounds per game year after year.
The blocked shots on 65 and 66 are the new features, though
not that in the game that a home team can flip the results of a 36 or 66 result,
so they can turn a 66 blocked shot into an unfair foul call.
In the four years since inventing the Value Add Basketball Game,
only 66 of 1,825 player cards received the highest possible block rating. Typically,
when a 1-5 is rolled and the ball goes to the position the shot blocker is
guarding (normally a “5” for the center) the shot blocker had a 20% chance of
blocking the shot, with any roll of 21-26 or 32 – the numbers in the best block
range.
When one of the other four opposing players got the ball on
a 1-5 roll, the shot blocker still had a 3% chance of blocking the shot because
the “32” allowed him to block a shot by any player.
And finally, when the ball went to one of the go-to players
on a 6-8 on the 8-sided die, a chart in the game shows that the 21-26, 32
perfect blocking rating blocks the shot 8% of the time, with a 21-23 blocked
shot.
it those players are guarding the player who gets the ball,
they block they have a one in five chance to blocking the shot with any roll of
21-26 or 32. Because the “32” is a “block all” number, they also had a 3%
chance of blocking one of the other four offensive players on the court.
The four best ever – Blocked Shots 21-26 & all on 32,
65-66
Houston 1983 - Hakeem Olajuwon
Kansas 1957 - Wilt Chamberlain
Navy 1986 - David Robinson
San Francisco 1956 - Bill Russell
We believe these four are far and away the greatest shot
blockers in NBA history. In the years before blocked shots were a stat in the
NBA or college, we assume the average 1 blocked shot for every 8 rebounds. An
average of 2.75 blocked shots shots per NBA game generally leads the league,
and if hte 8 to 1 ratio was accurate then Wilt Chamberlain topped that mark 9
of his first 10 years in the NBA and averaged slightly more than Bill Russell,
who would have topped 2.75 his first seven years.
Since they've kept the stat, Hakeem Olajuwon and David
Robinson have clearly been the greatest. They are the only two players to block
200 shots in a college season, and are both tied for the record with 207. In
the pros, Olajuwon just topped Robinson with the third best average ever at
4.59 to Robinson's 4.49. The only three to top those two in an NBA season (nark
Eaton, Manute Bol and Elmore Smith) had a total of 27 D1 college blocked shots
between them to 454 for Olajuwon.
The Next 15 Greatest of All-Time
The other 15 all-time elite in the game (of 1800 players in
our game) with Blocked Shots 21-26 & all on 32 and 66
Connecticut 2004 - Emeka Okafor - 156 blocks the season
before this great team.
Georgetown 1984 - Patrick Ewing - 135 blocked shots in
college the year after this team.
Jacksonville 1970 - Artis Gilmore - they weren't keeping the
stat yet when he was in college, but put up 3.08 per game to lead the NBA.
Kentucky 2012 - Anthony Davis - averaged blocking 14% of all
opponents shots, for 186 total for the season, and then led the NBA with 2.94.
LSU 1992 - Shaquille O'Neal - blocked 157 shots that LSU
season.
Louisville 2013 - Gorgui Dieng - blocked 128 shots the year
after this championship team.
Marquette 1994 - Jim McIlvaine - blocked 142 shots for this
team.
St. Peter's 2021 - KC Ndefo - averaged blocking 14% of all
opponents shots this year of the most surprising NCAA run in history.
Seton Hall 2020 - Ike Obiagu - averaged blocking 16% of all
opponents shots.
Stanford 2008 - Brook Lopez - still incredible 15 years
after this college season ended by leading the NBA with 2.83 blocked shots per
game.
Syracuse 1987 - Derrick Coleman - blocked 127 shots after
this season.
UCLA 1967 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - still were not keeping the
stat in college, but eight years later in the NBA was still dominating with an
incredible 4.12 blocked shots per game.
UCLA 1972 - Bill Walton- like Kareem five years early, still
did not have the benefit of blocked shots being recorded in college but led the
NBA with 3.25 per game a couple of years after Kareem led the league.
Virginia 1981 - Ralph Sampson - an incredible 157 blocked
shots in college before teaming up with Hakeem for the most dominant defensive
twin towers in history for a short career.
Wake Forest 1996 - Tim Duncan - blocked 135 shots the season
before this one.
We track the results of our games between the 183 great teams in the game in this google sheet.
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