To begin, a bricked shot is essentially any attempt that clanks off the backboard or rim without going in. There’s no official statistic measuring that, so I decided to pick 5 random games where he shot a lot and use that as a baseline percentage. It’s not perfect, but it’s the best we can realistically do.

After those 5 games, I determined that 29.96% of Westbrook’s misses were bricks. Westbrook has missed 11,604 shots in his career. 0.2996 * 11,604 = 3,476.5584, which we’ll round down to 3,476.

There are at least 10 different brick sizes, but we are going to go with a standard modular brick - 3 5/8" x 7 5/8" x 2 1/4". We are going to plan for 7 bricks per sq. ft.

With 3,476 bricks, we need to determine how much wall area they will cover. Each brick covers approximately 0.1429 sq. ft.

Multiplying 3,476 bricks by 0.1429 sq. ft. per brick, you get a total wall coverage of approximately 496.57 sq. ft.

At 7 bricks per sq. ft., 3,476 bricks will cover 496.57 sq. ft.

  • jrlandryB
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    3 months ago

    That’s 496 sq ft of wall, the house would be 240sq ft

    Standard walls in the US are about 8ft. That means you can make 62 ft of walls using Westbrook’s bricks. If the house is like, one room, you can do make it 16ft x15ft.

    Unfortunately, the minimum size for tiny homes is 400 sq ft (at least based on the optional appendix to the residential code)

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      3 months ago

      Westbrook’s project could be classified as an outbuilding or maybe an ADU in certain areas.