Billy Smith

Do Billy Smith's games see more free throws?

In 2022-23 Billy Smith worked 22 WNBA games at 20.6 drawn free throws per 100 possessions, against a league rate of 22.2 over the same span.

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

Season	Games	Poss	FTA / 100	League
2021-22	22	3482	23.7	21.3
2022-23	22	3470	20.6	22.2

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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