Kobblehead wrote:The Lakers are the best fit for Fultz. Neither us or the Celtics run the pick and roll much.
Doesn't mean we shouldn't though. Embiid was one of the most efficient rollers in the league, and on volume. That's been Fultz's primary appeal for me.
Rollers
Player Pts/Poss Poss/Gm
Rudy Gobert 1.53 2.0
Enes Kanter 1.33 2.8
Clint Capela 1.30 2.9
Joel Embiid 1.30 3.2
Brook Lopez 1.27 2.5
Rudy Gobert is far and away the best of the five on a per-possession basis, at 1.53 points per possession. He has been a part of the pick-and-roll on just 17.8% of his possessions, but he's achieved this level of efficiency by shooting 80% scoring on 78.2% of the opportunities. Gobert only makes 1.1 field goals off the pick-and-roll per game, so his 3.0 points per game suggests that when he's not scoring he's getting to the free throw line. And he does, at 27.3%, get to the line quite frequently.
The next-closest player in terms of getting to the line is Joel Embiid, who draws a shooting foul on 21.1% and an and-one on 7% of his pick-and-roll possessions. In doing so -- and hitting at an effective field goal percentage of 67.4% -- Embiid, on somewhat of a part-time basis, has produced 4.1 points on a group-high 2.6 attempts off the pick-and-roll.
https://www.numberfire.com/nba/news/12036/the-best-pick-and-roll-players-in-the-nbaImagine if Embiid had played with a nice PnR ball handler.
