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Its funny that people that have data to prove theories "don't understand sports as a whole."

There are several fallacies with your point of view. The main ones being:

1) A player would have to "not have mental focus" over a significant sample in order for it to affect their numbers. And if that is the case, would they even be playing if they spend a significant portion of the season "half assing?"

2) The judgement over the postseason would have to have a significant sample in order to come to the conclusion that a player is clutch. Over time (enough of a sample) players revert to their typical numbers.

I know you don't want to believe it. I get it. We've been told our whole lives that players step up in the clutch and Derek Jeter is clutch and Arod isn't, etc. Its been proven false over and over again. There was a time when people had to come to the realization that the world was not flat either (though Kyrie still thinks differently).