-Jragon- wrote:GHOSTofSIKMA wrote:BigO wrote:
I wish what y[b]ou said was true, but it is false.[/b] I gave you the stats a few days ago to show Portis is better than Kuzma and more efficient in almost every category, whether you are looking at last season or for their career.
But now you are zeroing in on just one stat, TS%. So let's look at that. I've already detailed all the other stats a few days ago.
Last season:
Kuzma 51.4%
Portis 54.2%
Of course, one stat is not the issue. Kuzma just isn't very good.
kuzma ts% with us was 54.5%
bobby ts% with us was 54.2%
their eFG% was both 52% on the nose.
those are the numbers that measure efficiency.
those numbers are all ive referenced and im not interested in discussing anything beyond THOSE numbers.
it is a FACT that kuzma was at least as efficent as bobby was last year as a Buck. its not debateable
my point is simply that they both had value despite their inefficiency. if youre going to counter the argument by talking about kuzmas inefficiency than apply it to your analysis of bobby as well
Let's not forget Bobby was a turnstyle on D... I am hoping the only reason we signed him was because "we could" use that money on him and it will be an asset to trade at the deadline instead of letting him walk and taking another vet min guy (which the vet mins are guard heavy also).
yep....kuzmas best position historically has been at the pf... sliding him into sf was a team need but not in his best interest. taking guys off the dribble in a faceup model and locking guys up....hed be alot better if his matchup was a dude his size.
so his defense could be better at the 3 but at least hes capable. if he was the fulltime backup in bobbys exact role and minutes it would be an interesting comparison on their impacts and perceptions. we know bobby cant slide into the 3 hole and hes too limited to be a fulltimer next to giannis at the 5. but hes allowed to play his little niche because of how limited hed be out of that niche
if you had to pick one to keep and pick one to trade there is a real argument it would be bobby going out if the money was the same. his biggest attribute imo is the culture he brings so id say it still needs to be kuzma moving eventually but as far as on court impact and versatility i think kuzma could make it close in the exact same roles. kuzma takes it on the chin largely because hes forced into a out of position starter role unlike bobby and i really think those years in washington trashed more than his numbers but his approach. he may have been perceived in a completely different way if he'd landed somewhere else after LAL. as ive stated i think we should give him a little more time to figure it out.
fwiw too.... the same could be said for prince for that matter. i think his best numbers were at the 4 as well. alot of the grief he gets here is for how violently piss poor we used him so far. his versatility and efficiency is completely forgotten the minute you put him at his worst position and use him as a starter
