UcanUwill wrote:raptor21_85 wrote:At the time, he was 21st. in rebounds per minute. And he is 38th. ir TRB%.
Total rebounds per game is overrated stat, since he played so many minutes per game. Course it is hard to keep going while playing hard over 30 mins per game, so I give props to him. But still, his rebounding was not that great.
His FG was not 53%, it was 43.6%, which is really bad, its 20%+ lower than Valanciunas' and that says a lot...
He averaged 4.6 three point attempts per game and gad only 1.2 point per shot... Ok?
He was only 8th. best on TS% on his own team, which is 49.8%
His USG% was over 29%, meanwhile his PER% was only 13.5% (ratio wise, best NBA equivalents are Jordan Crawford and Stephen Jackson)
Come on, man, you are way too much on stats . First of all, don't forget Val's % will drop most likely with increased playing time because you're not getting fresh with tons of minutes. Second, Motiejunas' field goals accuracy is not so sexy only because of these threes. Smart coach won't let him bricking till he is really good at it (Kleiza turned out a perfect shooter while he was barely a shooter after NCAA). He is highly efficient under the glass with his super post quick post moves and finishing with either hand. Still plenty of room to get bigger and to become a bigger beast in the paint. Also, as I mentioned his teammates sucks and he was a clear guy to go in his teams, that means constant effort to shut him off and that's even bigger than Val gets in Rytas. So Motiejunas had to take some action for creating his shots and that's always more risky than taking open shots. I'm not saying DM is JV, but he is huge prospect too and might be a complete steal of the drafts. He sharply improved his body last year and if he goes the same way further, Rockets will have a real beast inside. Believe me. And in fresh overview of Motiejunas, rockets staff wants him to play in low post as much as it possible. And yet he has perfect mechanics for distant shooting and with age there should be a consistency. All and other makes your statement crazy, because he is top 4 or top 5 European prospect with Val, Rubio, Kanter and Saric.
