dontcalltimeout wrote:JLei wrote:http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/RPM
Updated.
Curry still +11.
Lowry at +10 moves into 2nd.
Lowry is having a ridiculously good season. Proud to have him as a Raptor and have been on the bandwagon of this dude is good since we acquired him, never thought he'd be this good though. But he always had the ability to pull from 3 (and not be a terrible shot) which due to Curry changing the way coaches think has become a more acceptable shot however due to his height can't get it off the same way (he needs space). His weight loss (micro booty Lowry!) and extra speed gear has made teams scared of his penetration and closing out weaker and giving him more cushion as well as going under screens which has allowed him to hit 3 3's a game on 42%.
Westbrook, Kawhi, Bron, Draymond round out the top 6 which is not surprising to anyone.
As someone who was not been able to watch many Raptors games this year, I'm wondering if you think Lowry may actually be this good? Is he actually in the top tier of players this year? And if so, what / how has he improved?
From what I can tell he's never really approached this level.
He's not this good. But I can safely say he's playing like a better version of first half 2014 Lowry (21-5-8 on .56TS from games 5-36). The extra speed gives him more breakdown ability which teams are respecting which is freeing up his 3 pointer. He's pumpfaking way less since he has more space and just letting it fly.
He has retained his strength and his unique ability to post up a little bit as well which you would be afraid would go away with his booty shrinking.
Still 2014 Lowry was like the best guard in the East early last season (Wall and Butler might have something to say about it) so he's playing great. Hopefully with the extra weight gone and Demar healthy he won't break down this year. It's efforts like he had to give against GS again and again because of the injuries that just had him broken by midseason last year (no legs in the jumper).
