MotorKeepsGoing wrote:LofJ wrote:Anyone else think MKG is going to have a break out season offensively this year?
And by break out I mean 15 points per game with a 56% true shooting percentage. I believe those numbers will be attainable with him ostensibly being ready to take corner 3's, his free throw percentage likely rising, and the team having better spacing allowing him to slash to the rim more.
I don't think he'll be that high, but I think he'll score roughly as much as Batum (as our 3rd/4th leading scorers) but not as efficiently. I want to believe he'll get 15ppg, and he could probably get there if Al wasn't clogging the middle, but it's not happening this year. I'm going to go out on a limb and say he's going to be our leading rebounder this season though- I think he's going to average close to 9 rebounds a game this year.
He averaged 11 a game last year. If he increases his minutes to about 32 a game and takes the same amount of shots per minute as before his scoring total will go up to around 12. I also don't think it's a stretch at all to think he'll get to the line more this year with our better spacing and convert those shots at a higher rate. If he gets to the line one more time per game and hits them at 75% that will add up to about one more point a game - so he'd be at 13. To get the next two he'll have to convert at the rim at a higher rate or shoot a higher percentage on his jump shots (or both). I don't see that as a stretch either, it's attainable for him as long as he stays healthy.
