Enes coming out of early season slump
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:12 pm
So I've been holding off on this, and I would hate to jinx it, but I think it warrants mentioning at this point. We all know how badly Enes played early in the year. We've all had to wade through posts from the trolls taunting us over it, and we've all been at least a little concerned at the unexpected dip in production. But I think its to the point where its safe to say that he's back on track. Looking at the last 3 weeks (9 games), we're seeing a distinct difference from the first month (13 games). Here are the numbers laid out per 36 minutes of play:
The biggest thing here is obviously the scoring. He's scoring with much much greater frequency, his FTs are starting to fall and he's not losing any of his FG efficiency. The TO numbers that were so startling early on are coming down as well. Also, he's gone to the offensive boards like he was last season and is dominating that area of the game like he used to--though we're still not seeing his defensive rebounding at the level we did last year.
Overall, we're seeing what we need to see from him. No one will say he was anything less than terrible to begin the year, but he seems to have recovered and is showing the gains we saw in pre season. All the disclaimers apply, but the numbers tell the story.
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Category First 13 Last 9
FG 5.1 8.3
FGA 9.6 15.4
FG% 53.1% 53.7%
FT 0.8 3.2
FTA 2.0 4.6
FT% 40% 70%
ORB 2.6 6.0
DRB 5.9 4.6
TRB 8.5 10.5
AST 1.0 0.7
BLK 1.4 1.1
TOV 4.1 2.3
PTS 11.0 19.7
The biggest thing here is obviously the scoring. He's scoring with much much greater frequency, his FTs are starting to fall and he's not losing any of his FG efficiency. The TO numbers that were so startling early on are coming down as well. Also, he's gone to the offensive boards like he was last season and is dominating that area of the game like he used to--though we're still not seeing his defensive rebounding at the level we did last year.
Overall, we're seeing what we need to see from him. No one will say he was anything less than terrible to begin the year, but he seems to have recovered and is showing the gains we saw in pre season. All the disclaimers apply, but the numbers tell the story.