Post#1429 » by MDStar » Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:37 pm
Admittedly, I am not a #'s guy but I see a lot around here that PER and other advanced metrics are the way that we are supposed to evaluate players.
In the 3 games that he has returned, he has posted the following #'s.
PPG APG RPG PER MIN TS%
13.3 6.7 2.0 24.54 22.3 .493
For a guy who still can't really shoot, he's still seems like a damn good player that we are lucky to have.
Honestly, I really believed that he worked on his shot and that probably it is better than he's currently showing. But when you're pressing, trying to prove the world wrong, getting back in shape, not to mention having the pressure of being the franchise player of a terrible team, that he may just have reverted back to whats comfortable and just needs to slow down a bit. He's not a shooter, never was and never will be. So for him, he has to really think about what he's doing when he's taking a jumpshot. To me, it just really seems like he trying to do too much but by the end of the season, we will see the improvement that we all hoped and expected.
Just let the young boys play! It's truly the only hope at this point.