itsxtray wrote:Qwigglez wrote:itsxtray wrote:Why are Bookers advanced stats so bad compared to the level of player he's supposed to be? This is what im confused by
109 ortg to 112 def -3 (bball ref)
18.8 per (15 is league average so he's just above)
.104 ws/48
0.9 obpm to -1.1 dbpm for -0.1 total bpm
77th in rpm = 1.90 orpm to -0.46 drpm for 1.44 rpm
His impact stats are nothing to write home about, whats going on here?
Booker and the Suns were adjusting to CP3 the first 14 games of the season. Booker was averaging 23, 4.1, 3.5 a game on 47/34/82 shooting the Suns went 8-6. After his 4 game off due to injury he came back and is averaging 28, 4.5, 3.7 on 52/40/85 shooting where the Suns are 12-3 (now 13-3). I would imagine his advanced stats look better after he came back from his injury, even Suns fans would agree Book didn't look like himself before then.
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forgot to mention the worse part is Booker was averaging 4 turnovers a game before his injury, afterwards he's averaging 2.7 a game.
Not sure i buy this because his advanced stats have never been anything to write home about. The bad team excuse doesn't work either because players on bad teams have had good advanced stats, at least better than his habe been. I think it's because he gives up so much on defense even tho he's steadily improved on offense.
But as studies have shown even high volume efficient scoring only raises the bar so high, him being only an average passer is also holding him back. Scoring efficiently alone isn't enough... the scorers who have the highest impact either defend really well (Kawhi route) or playmake really well (Harden route)
To have his impact match his box scores he either needs to become a much better passer or a much better defender, preferably both.
Now, i don't wan't to get ahead of myself. There's still plenty of season to play and his stats could improve, lets check back in near the end of the season and see if anythings changed.
Booker is an "average" passer.
