Is there a site that tracks Offensive rebounds turned directly into points? TL averages 4.4FGM/6.0 FGA per game., and 3.9 OReb/G. How many of his 350 FGA this year came directly after an offensive rebound and at what % did he convert them at?
Among the other top 10 players in OReb/36, he only averages more FGA than 2 of them. Those 2 being Steven Adams and Mitchell Robinson. Steven Adams isn't nearly as efficient, but is at another level on the offensive glass. Robinson is pretty similar to TL as far as OReb/FG%. He's about half a year younger too, though at this stage I'm not sure it matters much. His average shot distance for his career (1.3 feet) is even less than TL's 3.1.
He also has the worst FTA/36 and is tied with Stewart for worst FTA/G among the top 10. Stewart is only 20 and in his 2nd season. TL is at 1.9 FTA/36. 8th on the list is Capela at 3.0. Then Robinson and Poeltl at 3.5.
FT% , FTA/36, career FT% among the top 10 in OReb/36. Added FGA/36 too.
Adams .544, 3.7, .548, 7.0
Robinson, .497, 3.5, .546, 6.8
Drummond .518, 4.1, .472, 10.2
McGee .711, 4.5, .606, 14.4
Capela .372, 3.0, .528, 10.5
Howard .642, 5.1, .566, 7.5
Whiteside .622, 5.0, .605, 10.3
Poeltl .491, 3.5, .518, 12.1
Timelord .719, 1.9, .664, 7.3
Isaiah Stewart .685, 2.1, .691, 9.7
What a terrible list of FT shooters. Though if you go by per game, it gets a little better.
Gobert .693, .637
Jarrett .708, .699
Sabonis .740, .728
Nurkic .690, .672
While TL's sample size from the line is small (140/211), he appears light years better than anyone on the initial list outside of Stewart. If he could get to the line closer to 3.5/36 instead of the 1.9, that would help. Having a one dribble drive game could get him to the line about twice as often, and he's proven to be pretty good at it. Give him that dribble drive and he goes from 10 points a game to 15. His FG% might be closer to 70% instead of 73% though.
Long story short, it seems like TL could be scoring a lot more points with an offensive move that isn't a dunk. Also, from a box score perspective, Poeltl and TL have a lot in common outside FT shooting.