danfantastk32 wrote:thebigbird wrote:danfantastk32 wrote:
You know this to be true? How?
Nah, just an educated guess given what we've seen on the court and know about Rondo. I see no other reason why he'd be getting as many minutes as he has been otherwise.
Well, we don't really have a great crew of PG's at our disposal. And he's the 'veteran presence' out there. I'll throw my stats into the fray here......and I see Caruso rockin a 9.15 per.....which is like Ingram's brutal rookie season type per. Rondo has a 15-something per.
Seems like playing Caruso would be the detriment, if we want to go purely stat-based. Throw in that fact that there might be a little bit of politics / pecking-order / familiarity with Rondo and AD, and I don't know why we'd do anything else.
This is the issue with having 2-3 guys who gobble up the bulk of a team's salary. You're stuck putting band-aids on the holes in your squad.
"The PER is computed using a detailed, complex formula that, in essence, adds for positive stats such as rebounds, assists, and steals, and subtracts for negative stats such as shots missed or turnovers."
When you consider Rondo's impressive rebounding and passing ability, low fga, low TO, etc. he's a perfect candidate to do well in the PER category. At the other end of the spectrum, Caruso is a very "scrappy" player who doesn't quite fill the boxcore. Though he doesn't really do anything particularly well, he's quite disruptive on the defensive end.