2012 Thunder Player Predictions

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If preseason is a preview of the season, i'm regretting what I said for perkins, Nazr, and Ibaka. Nazr and Ibaka look worse than what I guess and Perkins looks much better.

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If preseason is a preview of the season, i'm regretting what I said for perkins, Nazr, and Ibaka. Nazr and Ibaka look worse than what I guess and Perkins looks much better.

Dont be that harsh. Ibaka is just fine, we all know he will be at least as good as last year, plus he is in the starting five from the beginning, so its almost guaranteed that he will put up better numbers too.
As of Nazr, he is a veteran guy, who wont just "waist" his energy for preseason games, if you know what I mean. And in case it turns out that his tank is really empty, which I doubt, there is still Cole Aldrich, who would not be a major downgrade to Nazr as far as I can tell his development.

As for Perk, he does look awesome and Im sure he will be great if no injuries.

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Here are Royce Young's predictions

http://www.dailythunder.com/2011/12/set ... -capsules/

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Harden - 18 ppg, 4 asts, 3 rebs, 1.5 stls, .5 blks, 1.5 TO, 47 fg%, 38 3pt%, 85 ft%

Ibaka - 12 ppg, 11 rebs, 25 total assists, 3 blks, .5 stls, 1 TO, 55 fg%, 78 ft%

I'm pretty proud about my Harden pick so far, I'm almost 100% correct.

Predicted - 18 ppg, 4 asts, 3 rebs, 1.5 stls, .5 blks, 1.5 TO, 47 fg%, 38 3pt%, 85 ft%
Actual ~~ - 17.4ppg, 4 asts, 4 rebs, 1 steal, .2 blks, 1.6 TO, 47 fg%, 39 3pt%, 90 ft%


On the other end of the spectrum, I was dead wrong about Ibaka.

So far this season he's having career lows (per minute) of; points, rebounds, FGA, FGM, FTA, FTM, FG%, TS%, eFg%, TRB%, USG%, Win Shares

Ibaka is having career highs though in; Blocks, Assists, TOV%, DefRtg

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Also, some NBA rankings after the first 20% of the season

Important in bold, suprising in italics


Durant:
7th in minutes played
3rd in field goals made
3rd in field goals attempted
15th in 3 pointers made
4th in free throws made
5th in free throws attempted
12th in total defensive rebounds
4th in total turnovers
3rd in points per game
3rd in player efficiency rating
13th in true shooting percentage
20th in effective field goal percentage
8th in offensive win shares


Westbrook:
7th in field goals made
5th in field goals attempted
17th in free throws made
18th in free throws attempted
20th in total assists
7th in total steals
4th in total turnovers
14th in points per game
16th in assist percentage


Harden:
8th in 3 pointers made
11th in 3 pointers attempted
4th in free throws made
7th in free throws attempted
16th in free throw percentage
12th in player efficiency rating
4th in true shooting percentage
19th in effective field goal percentage
3rd in offensive rating
2nd in win shares


Sefolosha:
2nd in 3pt field goal percentage


Ibaka:
2nd in total blocks
4th in blocks per game

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bump'd

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looks like no one expected Westbrook to elevate his game to 23 year old Kobe/Wade stats, and drastically expected him to increase his apg.

I love KD and Harden and all, and their improvements both impressed me greatly, but man, Westbrook did so much for himself this season and especially in the post-season. he had like 10 or 11 TOs total in the first two rounds. He used to routinely do that in two games.