2002 NBA DRAFT FIRST-ROUND PICKS PPG RPG BPG Efficiency P/48Minutes R/48Minutes B/48Minutes Efficiency/48minutes YAO MING 8.9 5.2 0.7 11.9 24.7(2nd) 14.4(1st) 1.94(1st) 33.02(1st) Jay Williams 11.3 4.5 12 17 <7 18.09 Mike Dunleavy Jr. 4.9 2.7 0.46 5.31 <15 8.2 1.41 16.24 Drew Gooden 15.8 6.5 0.58 14.92 25.6 10.5 0.94 24.13 League Leaders - 48 Minutes Efficiency per 48 minutes Efficiency Formula: ((PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK) - ((FGA - FGM) + (FTA - FTM) + TO)) / G check it out! YAO is 6th and the top 5 are ..... Tracy McGrady ( Orlando Magic) 36.16 Grant Hill 35.45 Kevin Garnett 33.95 Jason Kidd 33.81 Dirk Nowitzki 33.77 Yao Ming 33.02
Very interesting stats.....Dosent look like many folks will see them though. Everybody seems to be busy thinking of ways to trade Rocket players.
More Points per 48 minutes in these center's rookie year (I know it's just 10 games for YAO, but take a look at the number) David Robinson 29.87 Alonzo Mourning 27.87 Shaquille O'Neal 27.78 YAO MING 23.15 Clifford Robinson 21.43 Shawn Kem 21.19 Vlade Divac 19.51 Dikembe Mutombo 19.50 Raef LaFrentz 19.22 Jermaine O'Neal 18.08 Elden Campbell 17.26 Shawn Bradley 16.37 Antonio Davis 16.19 Michael Olowokandi 14.10 Dale Davis 13.74 Ben Wallace 8.534 Rebounds per 48 minutes in their rookie year Shaquille O'Neal 16.50 David Robinson 14.75 Dikembe Mutombo 14.45 Vlade Divac 14.23 Dale Davis 14.18 Shawn Kem 14.02 Alonzo Mourning 13.67 YAO MING 13.52 Ben Wallace 13.18 Antonio Davis 13.03 Michael Olowokandi 12.51 Jermaine O'Neal 12.35 Elden Campbell 11.09 Raef LaFrentz 10.58 Shawn Bradley 9.858 Clifford Robinson 8.952
Here is were to find most of this stuff. http://www.nba.com/statistics/default_48_minute_leaders/LeagueLeadersEFF8Query.html
Your first post gives Ming's pts/48 minutes as 24.7 (I calculated them as 24.69) and you're also off on rebounds per 48 minutes. (Your first post was correct). For Ming that's 14.43... Olajuwan, by comparison, averaged 27.87 pts/48 minutes and 16.04 rebounds/48 minutes his rookie season. Dave
Not to burst any bubbles, but looks who's #9 in the rankings. 1. Tracy McGrady ( Orlando Magic) 13 36.16 2. Grant Hill ( Orlando Magic) 12 35.45 3. Kevin Garnett ( Minnesota Timberwolves) 13 33.95 4. Jason Kidd ( New Jersey Nets) 12 33.81 5. Dirk Nowitzki ( Dallas Mavericks) 12 33.77 6. Yao Ming ( Houston Rockets) 10 33.02 7. Shareef Abdur-Rahim ( Atlanta Hawks) 10 31.91 8. Kobe Bryant ( Los Angeles Lakers) 12 31.62 9. Shawn Bradley ( Dallas Mavericks) 12 31.07 10. Elton Brand ( Los Angeles Clippers) 12 30.90 11. Steve Francis ( Houston Rockets) 10 30.70 But this is basically All-Star players.
