Let's compare p100p basic stats:
Name: PG | JB
Points: 33 | 28
Rebounds: 10 | 7
Assists: 5.8 | 6.5
Steals: 2.7 | 2.2
Blocks: .5 | .9
TOV: 4.7 | 2.7
Fouls: 4.1 | 2.5
2PA: 15.6 | 16.8
2P%: 44.7 | 48.9
3PA: 10 | 4.2
3P%: 37 | 31
FTA: 9.3 | 9.6
FT%: 86 | 83
ORTG: 106 | 116
DRTG: 101 | 106
NRTG: +5 | +10
PG scores about 5 points more and is definitely the better 3 point shooter but Jimmy draws fouls a lot better. Jimmy is also better inside the arc.
PG gets 3 more rebounds but remember he plays PF while Jimmy plays SG they both play different roles for rebounding for their respective teams.
Some people say PG is the better playmaker yet Jimmy averaged more assists than him even though he didn't really start focusing on playmaking until after allstar break.
PG got more steals while Jimmy got more blocks. I would put their defense at similar levels (Jimmy's defense did fall a bit after having to carry more of the offensive load).
PG turned the ball over 75% more and fouled 64% more compared to Jimmy.
PG had a bit better DRTG but he played on a better defensive team (#3) compared to the porous bulls (#15) last year.
Yet Jimmy blows PG out of the water with his ORTG even though both players played on crap team offenses (#23 for bulls, #25 for pacers). Overall net rating, Jimmy doubles PG's.
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Now lets look into more advanced stats:
Name: PG | JB
PER: 20.9 | 21.3
TS%: 55.7 | 56.2
3PAr: 39 | 20
FTr: 36.4 | 46
TRB%:10.9 | 7.6
AST%: 20.3 | 21.4
STL%: 2.7 | 2.2
BLK%: 0.8 | 1.3
TOV%: 13.6 | 9.6
USG%: 30.4 | 24.4
WS: 9.2 | 9.1
WS/48: .157 | .177
OBPM: 3.5 | 3.6
DBPM: 1.0 | .3
BPM: 4.5 | 4.0
And again we see the same trend. Jimmy has the higher TS% even though PG shot the 3 at a lot higher percentage and a lot higher volume. And this is because Jimmy draws fouls at a much higher rate. TRB% is higher for PG but again, different positions & different bigs between the teams. Jimmy had the higher AST% even though again, he didn't really start being the primary playmaker until post allstar break. Similar trend with STL%/BLK%/TOV%.
PG was literally pretty much the only option of the Pacers but his PER is lower than Jimmy and we know that is a volume/usage biased stat. Jimmy pretty much matched PG's production at a much lower USG%. I find it interesting that Jimmy also nearly matched PG's WS even though Jimmy played 14 less games.
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Shooting Splits:
Name: 0-3 | 3-10 | 10-16 | 16-3 | 3
George: 60 | 41.5 | 35 | 40 | 37
Jimmy: 67 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 31
Jimmy is a much better finisher at the rim, PG is a bit better in the 3-10 range, it's a wash for longer midrange to the 3, and then PG is a bit better at the 3.
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The main stat you can use to argue PG is better (and probably the only):
Name: PG | JB
2PAst'd%: 32 | 44
3PAst'd%: 71 | 72
However, PG was truly the #1 option on the Pacers and was their highest USG% player at 30.4%. The next one on the pacers (that played substantial minutes was CJ Miles at 23% and Monta Ellis at 21%
In comparison, Jimmy was ranked #3 in USG% (24.4%) on the bulls behind the horribly inefficient DRose (27.3 USG%), and Pau Gasoft (24.6%) followed by another poor shooting guard in Brooks (22.9%).
If you give Jimmy the green light PG gets, I have no doubt he can exceed PG's current standard. We saw this when Rose was down and Jimmy put up the 27/7/7 statline.
TLDR: It irks me a lot that people put PG on a pedestal and underrate the gem we have in Jimmy
. You can make the argument that Jimmy and PG are at a similar level RIGHT NOW and with more usage and control, Jimmy does have the potential to be a lot better. We have seen Jimmy manage to up his usage and playmaking/AST% each year he is in the league while keeping his turnovers low at the same level along with relatively maintaining his efficiency. I believe we can expect Jimmy to take another leap next year. he has that dog in him and the work ethic to go with it. People will be sorry they doubted him
