SOUL wrote:Afflalo is very overrated in these parts - but all it takes is an overeager GM to get great value. He's a great player for his contract, but it's yet to be seen what sort of option he should be on a playoff team. I'm not sure what package we'd move him for.
He really isnt and I doubt we let him go for #9 unless were sure that he wont re sign here.
His age is not nearly as big of an issue as its being made because players with his skill set tend to age well and keep their high level well into their 30s.
The bad team argument is almost irrelevant because its not like he was scoring inefficiently on a high volume, he had a TS of 57% which is very good but the main thing that posters around here underrate is his ability to create his own offense in the half court which is very important in the playoffs.
If we compare him with any other player that attempted at least 5 jumpshots off the dribble Afflalo was #1 in fg%, with 43.9%, followed by Curry (43.6%), Paul (43.4%) and Durant( 42.7%), which is a pretty big indicator of how likely you are to get on the board when Afflalo attempts a jumpshot although it ignores 3 pointers so its not the best stat though its still pretty valuable.
If we look at his efg% (counting 3 pointers) on pull ups he is ranked 6th on that list with efg of 47.1% only behind Curry(53%), Durant(49.5%), Lillard(48%), Harden and Paul(47.6%) so still pretty good company to follow and he just was ahead of Dragic, Crawford(46.9%) and Kyrie(46.7%).
Its worth mentioning that many of the older players that still play at high level like Dirk, Parker,Crawford Joe Johnson and Wade are also pretty high on those lists while other older players whose game declined very fast once they aged like Manu, Iguadala, David West and Boozer are very low on those lists so I think its a pretty good indication of Afflalo's game in the next few years.
