contract wrote:VaDe255 wrote:3ammy3uck3ts wrote:I mean if you were trading for Dame expecting him to be a lockdown defender you were fooling yourself
He also didn’t want to be here in the first place. He made it very clear he wanted to be in Miami, nowhere else. He can’t help it that a bunch of old stubborn men couldn’t come to an agreement and let the politics of it all get in the way.
That being said, I’ve watched the bucks a decent amount so far, they aren’t using Dame right at all. He’s doing a lot of standing around off ball as a safety valve if the plays fall apart and they build a wall on Giannis. Which is fine, Giannis is the 2nd or 3rd best player in the world so it is what it is.
Dames scoring is still elite and hyper efficient to no surprise. For comparison, at his current rate if he were taking as many shots as Herro he would be averaging 36 PPG right now.
This is not a Dame vs Herro debate by the way, just adding some context
That is not how it works. FTs are also possesions.
Dame is at 63.4% TS and Herro at 57%. Yes, Dame scores more efficiently for that reason, but the difference in production if you look at those guys and a normalized stats like PER is basically nothing. Herro is even a better playmaker than Dame so far, same assists with fewer turnovers. The real difference is, Dame costs twice as much.
It really looks like we dodged a bullet, if Herro continues to play like he started the season.Spoiler:
PER (player efficiency rating) is a normalized per minute stat, it doesn't matter how much minutes you play.
Lillard currently has 19.95 and Herro is at 18.37, difference is barely anything.
Last year Lillard was at 26.96 and Herro was at 15.49, my guess is Lillard's will still go up slightly but same can happen with Herro's.
Yeah, it's somewhat flawed, because defense is not really incorporated in it, but it's a decent stat to measure production.
It's kind of impressive that Herro's PER went up, although he is playing a lot, usually that is a good sign.
