Esperanza Mendoza

Do Esperanza Mendoza's games see more free throws?

In 2025-26 Esperanza Mendoza worked 23 Liga ACB games at 29.1 drawn free throws per 100 possessions, against a league rate of 28.6 over the same span.

Esperanza Mendoza: drawn free throws per 100 possessions by season, against each season's league rate
SeasonGamesPossFTA / 100League
2020-2120295622.122.8
2021-2223347224.423.3
2022-2324362624.223.8
2023-2416240727.224.9
2024-2515227725.325.6
2025-2623354629.128.6

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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