payitforward wrote:You know what's great? Every single good thing you do on offense either helps increase your team's scoring % (i.e. helps you win) or helps increase the number of shots/FTs you get to take (i.e. helps you win).
Yes. Now ask yourself this, is it possible that a player might have a lower Offensive rebounding % and yet his team has a higher % in the same stat when he is on the floor? And the fact that he has a lower % is actually directly related to his teammates grabbing a higher %?
Not all actions on the basketball court show up in your OWN box score stats. A Big who shoots from outside, and is too tall to be guarded by smaller players, has to be marked by a taller frontcourt player. The long bounces that result from these longer range shots are often available to smaller quicker players, especially ones facing the basket, rather than the sole Big now posted alone in the paint.
Imagine that Porzingis drawing Bigs away from the paint provides more opportunities for his teammate to get extra possessions. Will that number show up in his own box score totals? Nope. It will show up best in his opponent's defensive board % during minutes when Porzingis is on the court.
If you look at Porzingis' on/off stats you see generally his offensive rebounding totals are meagre for a Big, but his team is generally neutral or in the positive in both offensive and defensive rebounding % when he is on court. Especially in the team differentials between his production and that of the opponent in +/- stats.
Point being, role plays a role. For a long range player, a face up player, Porzingis is a damn good defensive rebounder and shot blocker. And a high percentage scorer on the inside. Compare him to other players not by his height, but by the types of shots he takes. Then you won't read a damn good player as 'terrible'. His health is the thing that has limited him, that and a drop off in his 3fg%. Otherwise, looking at his effect on points scored for and against his team, the stats say he is having good effect when he is out there. His team is benefitting by his play. Even if he himself is not racking up high totals in whichever accumulated box score roll-up you prefer.
