jason1301
02-10-2010, 10:04 PM
What bugged me the most is that he is hitting a career low FT% at .692. He is also hitting a career low 3.2 free throws per game. That's about half from last year even though he plays only 4.6min less.
His FG% is a bit up since last year, but still one would expect him to shoot better since he is taking 4.9 less shots, and of course is below his career average.
He is blocking twice as many shots as he did last year (the most since 04-05) while committing one foul less. His TO are also down by half (a career high!).
His assists are the down by .3 but if you take into consideration his playing less, that evens it out.
He grabs one less rebound per game, and that is down since last year and the lowest since his rookie year.
His rebounding (career low), his FTs (career low), and getting into the lane (also career low) are considerably down. Also one could add his FG% didn't go up as much as someone would hope.
Now assuming he raises his FT% from .692 to say his career average .777 and he goes to the FT line a bit more often say 5.5 times per game. His scoring average will be up by (5.5*.777-3.2*.692 ) 2.05 points!
We lost many close games so far, these 2 points could give us a few more wins, and place us in the top4.
I say have him drive to the basket more often and practice his Free Throws.
If he is scoring more, then maybe he will be more motivated to go after a rebound and/or play D. After all he is grabbing more rebounds when he is scoring more.
Closing thoughts, you can argue that RJ has put some effort on playing better D, his blocks are up and his Fouls are down. However the rest of his game is suffering.
Any way its just numbers, I don't think I am up to something big here. I am doing my best Hoinger impersonation here hehehe.
His FG% is a bit up since last year, but still one would expect him to shoot better since he is taking 4.9 less shots, and of course is below his career average.
He is blocking twice as many shots as he did last year (the most since 04-05) while committing one foul less. His TO are also down by half (a career high!).
His assists are the down by .3 but if you take into consideration his playing less, that evens it out.
He grabs one less rebound per game, and that is down since last year and the lowest since his rookie year.
His rebounding (career low), his FTs (career low), and getting into the lane (also career low) are considerably down. Also one could add his FG% didn't go up as much as someone would hope.
Now assuming he raises his FT% from .692 to say his career average .777 and he goes to the FT line a bit more often say 5.5 times per game. His scoring average will be up by (5.5*.777-3.2*.692 ) 2.05 points!
We lost many close games so far, these 2 points could give us a few more wins, and place us in the top4.
I say have him drive to the basket more often and practice his Free Throws.
If he is scoring more, then maybe he will be more motivated to go after a rebound and/or play D. After all he is grabbing more rebounds when he is scoring more.
Closing thoughts, you can argue that RJ has put some effort on playing better D, his blocks are up and his Fouls are down. However the rest of his game is suffering.
Any way its just numbers, I don't think I am up to something big here. I am doing my best Hoinger impersonation here hehehe.