On average, switching from the Euroleague to the NBA does the following to a player's pace-adjusted per-minute stats:
•Scoring rate decreases 25 percent
•Rebound rate increases by 18 percent
•Assist rate increases by 31 percent
•Shooting percentage drops by 12 percent
•Overall, player efficiency rating drops by 30 percent
With that in mind, here are the NBA stats per 40 miuntes for some Euros:
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Player Pts Reb Ast FG% PER
Tiago Splitter 16.4 10.0 3.2 57.6 16.52
Fran Vazquez 13.7 11.7 1.8 59.3 15.86
Ersan Ilyasova 15.3 16.0 2.1 40.2 14.48
Georgios Printezis 13.8 8.0 1.6 56.0 11.51
Carlos Arroyo 12.9 3.7 6.4 34.6 10.21
Omri Casspi 14.9 8.4 1.3 44.4 12.06
Ioannis Bourosis 17.3 16.0 1.8 52.0 17.90View on Jennings:
Brandon Jennings
Jennings' translated numbers from Europe were awful. While in his case we might take them with a grain of salt given the adjustment he was making, we should at least consider the possibility that he's just not that good. What stands out is that his performance translated to being both a bad shooter (34.1 percent) and a rotten playmaker (4.3 assists per 40 minutes). Most suspect he'll fare better in an NBA system, but the improvement would need to be fairly large for him to make an impact.
