tedbrogen wrote:ShootingtheJ wrote:BigO wrote:
This says more abut the value of VORP or SHWARP than it does about Kuzma. I laugh at all the posters using these initials in their analysis as a proven weapon.
The stats I used above speak for themselves. I don't want a player like that unless he is low usage and a great defender.
I didn't need SHWARMA to tell me Kuzma is bad, just as I didn't need it to tell me BP is a very good player.
I'm sure I've been wrong on a player, but I picked out Rollins early when he was coming off the bench for the Herd. I liked Livingston and he has shown up (for now).I was a big Green fan from the beginning. And I was pining for Turner for several years. Point is I never used MORP or CARP for any of it.
There hasn't been a player analysis I have made over the years by watching the player and using the old stats (shooting percentage, et al) that have shown me that my analysis has been wrong.
But all of you can use DWEEB or SCHMUCK all you want.
If you want to make the claim that Kuzma makes up being bad offensively with good defense, go for it, but I've never seen him as a good defender.
So the part of the data your missing is the correlation between volume and efficiency. Yes, Kuzma has always been inefficient, largely because he takes tons of contested shots. In prior years, he was actually one of the more efficient players in the game at shooting those contested shots. He's always been a chucker, attempting as many as 22 field goals a game.
Last season in Milwaukee, his field goal attempts decreased dramatically, and his shot quality increased. We should have seen a rather dramatic spike in efficiency. However, due to the degradation of Kuzma's skill level, likely caused by a offseason of complete inactivity, he wasn't able to make the easier shots at past efficiencies.
Simply put, not a field goal percentages are created equally, which is why we have more of the advanced stats you mock. Once you understand their role, you'll grow to appreciate them, because they'll often substantiate the eye test. Kuzma isnt my kind of player, but the player we saw last year was him at his absolute worst.
Alternatively, maybe Kuz is incapable of being efficient even on low volume, high shot quality. (Someone already covered how that is the case for RJ Barrett) And if that’s the case for Kuz, he’s legit one of the worst rotational players in the league.
And maybe you saw Kuz at his worst because now that he’s on the downside of his athleticism (the only unique skill he ever possessed) that he is only going to get worse every year going forward.
In the past he shot a higher % on wide open 3, open midranges, and shots at the hoop. Part of Kuzma's decline in athletism was simply from being over his usual weight. Easily remedied with an active offseason.
He'll likely be closer to usual mediocre self next season, but on a different team
