GOTE
Gut-Based Offensive Talent Evaluator Β· v5
What Is GOTE
GOTE rates a player's offensive ceiling on three things, each scored 1 to 5, based on what your eyes tell you, not what the box score says.
- Basketball IQ. Playmaking, creating, and bending the defense. Not just scoring.
- Physical Dominance. How hard you are to guard for your position.
- Tough Shot-Making. How well you score against real defense.
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After studying elite offensive players across eras, these three traits consistently show up in the players who actually make a difference. The true greats (MVPs, All-Stars, GOATs) are elite in at least two of these categories. Usually all three. Being genuinely bad in one caps how far the other two can take you.
The categories also stack. High IQ makes physical tools sharper. Physical dominance makes reads easier to execute. Real shot-making forces defenders to close out, which opens up everything else. A 4 in IQ and a 4 in Physical Dominance is worth more than the two scores on their own.
That's the framework. Take a younger Cade Cunningham. Watching him develop, you might have rated his ceiling as a 5 in Basketball IQ, a 4 in Physical Dominance, and a 3 in Tough Shot-Making. That combination projects as All-NBA and a potential MVP candidate, which is exactly where he's trending. GOTE won't tell you his PER or his usage rate. It asks what your eyes are telling you, and then it tells you what that ceiling looks like.
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