Simone Jelks

Do Simone Jelks's games see more free throws?

In 2025-26 Simone Jelks worked 40 NBA games at 19.8 drawn free throws per 100 possessions, against a league rate of 18.9 over the same span.

Simone Jelks: drawn free throws per 100 possessions by season, against each season's league rate

Season	Games	Poss	FTA / 100	League
2020-21	33	6502	17.8	17.4
2024-25	48	9514	18.1	17.9
2025-26	40	7835	19.8	18.9

What this does not measure: assignments are not random, crew tendency is already one of the context features the expected-free-throw model adjusts for, and no player-by-official split is published. It is not evidence of bias.

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