leswizards wrote:pcbothwel wrote:leswizards wrote:Can someone explain to me how Kyle Kuzma has such a high ppa. Looking at his ws/48, his ortg, and his ts%, he looks awful to me. Almost as bad as Poole. Why does Kevin broom rate him so highly?
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20% more assist, 20% less turnovers, 40% less fouls, 10% more efficient on 10% higher usage.
Kuz has a Siakam stat line offensively at a higher usage rate.
Beyond someone comparing Kuzma to Siakam, no one has explained how Kuzma is rated so highly by Kevin Broom. I just don’t get it.
Per 100 possessions: Kuzma takes 6 more shots than siakam (5.5 as 3PA), yet takes 3 fewer free throws. Siakam is the better rebounder, has more assists, gets more steals, turns over the ball less. Kuzma does get more blocks and fouls less.
Siakam’s ortg, drtg, ws/48, & ts% are all better.
I don’t see the comparison
By the way, Kuzma now has a negative ws/48 for the season.
Kuzma and Poole are arguably 2 of the worst players on this team, yet thanks to wuj, they are leading the team in mpg.
Not sure what the exact reasoning but here are some my guesses
- Kuzma and Siakim play essentially different positions at times. Kuzma is strictly a 4 while Siakim plays center. Therefore one should expect Siakim's efficiency to be much higher.
- Players probably play better offensively next to Kuzma than Siakim simply from a spacing standpoint- ie the Raptors might be better with Kuzma instead of Siakim only because the Raptors don't appear to have much outside shooting.
- Siakim's assist to turnover ratio is not optimal more assists than turnovers.
- Maybe the relative strength/depth of Toronto's roster hurts Siakim's PPA - the Raptors are more easily able to replace what Siakim does when he's not on the floor compared to when Kuzma is off the floor. Not only is the Raptors depth better with guys like Otto Porter Jr, Jalen McDaniels, and Chris Boucher- starters like Scottie Barnes may also play better.
- It seems like the Raptors pieces are a bit redundant - pretty efficient shooters with size but overall they don't have good 3 point shooting although perhaps the IQ trade will help them.
Maybe PPA is effectively measuring Kuzma's on/off court production although that doesn't mean he's better than Siakim.