DeAndre Jordan has played more 4th quarter minutes this year

[Quake Griffin]

than all of last year.

can anybody verify this stat?
Los Angeles Clipper Memes FB posted this.


remarkable if you ask me.
Doc said he would play in 4ths if he was playing well and he stud to his word.

thoughts?

[McAdoo]

Just read an article that showed the numbers but can't seem to find it. I think it is really important to play DJ in 4th quarters. We need him to get use to shooting free throws in crunch time so down the stretch he won't be a mental train wreck.

[mkwest]

2013-14 4th Quarter Minutes: 26 games, 174 minutes

2012-13 4th Quarter Minutes: 30 games, 148 minutes

Clippers center DeAndre Jordan flourishing under Doc Rivers

"It's the confidence the coaching staff instills in him, and him embracing that role," forward Blake Griffin said. "Every guy is going to embrace a role like that. He's doing an unbelievable job. He gobbles up every rebound around him, offensive glass, defensive glass, blocking shots, altering shots."

"He said he wanted me to be the leader and the anchor of our defense and he really meant that," Jordan said. "On offense he wanted me to run, sprint, get easy buckets, set picks for guys and help guys get open shots. That's what I've been doing. Anything he asks of me, I'm going to work my butt off to try and make happen."

"I think he's just grown," Rivers said. "It's not me. I don't want to take any of the credit. That's D.J. He had to decide on his own. He had to embrace it. When you look at all the weapons on our team, he had to look at where he would make his biggest impact – and his biggest impact is doing all the other stuff."

Michael Martinez, Fox Sports

[Neddy]

good for DJ. now i seem to remember an article after last season that DJ was practicing free throw shooting everyday, taking a hundred or two per day....... ARE YOU KIDDING ME, he should be taking a thousand or two a day, everyday during offseason. i used to practice taking a hundred free throws in high school and it only took a few minutes. DJ is a professional basketball player who is getting paid 8 digit salary per year to play a game. at least practice what you suck at, if DJ can make 50% of his free throws, his efficiency would go up and his playing time would increase even more, as well as his confidence. and oh yeah, the other teams will stop hacking him so goddamn much.


sorry i am a little drunk before my office's party.

[TheNewEra]

damn insane stat considering only 28 freaking games in the season.

[mj_shoefanatic]

DOC knows.