The Rockets won all games in the 4-game stretch, all against weak teams. <table border="0"> <tr><td colspan="4" align="left" >The Rockets, Efficiency Ranking</td><td colspan="7" align="right">Season 2012-13</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#0069B9";font style="color:#ffffff;"><th>RANK</th><th>NAME</th><th> EFF</th><th> PER</th><th> EFF48M</th><th> EFF</th><th> PER</th><th> EFF48M</th><th> EFF</th><th> PER</th><th> EFF48M</th></tr></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>13</td><td>Greg Smith</td> <td align="right">9.55</td><td align="right">20.63</td><td align="center" >31.83</td> <td align="right">9.8</td><td align="right">21.43</td><td align="center" >32.83</td><td align="right">10.5</td><td align="right">23.34</td><td align="center" >34.85</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>27</td><td>James Harden</td><td align="right">23.85</td><td align="right">23.81</td><td align="center" >29.97</td><td align="right">23.5</td><td align="right">23.22</td><td align="center" >29.46</td><td align="right">23.3</td><td align="right">22.88</td><td align="center">28.98</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>55</td><td>Omer Asik</td><td align="right">16.85</td><td align="right">14.93</td><td align="center" >26.96</td><td align="right">16.7</td><td align="right">14.37</td><td align="center" >26.35</td><td align="right">16.3</td><td align="right">14.20</td><td align="center">25.53</td></tr> </tr><tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>116</td><td>Patrick Patterson</td><td align="right">13.42</td><td align="right">15.96</td><td align="center" >23.25</td><td align="right">12.5</td><td align="right">14.36</td><td align="center" >20.86</td><td align="right">13.1</td><td align="right">14.87</td><td align="center">21.36</tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>146</td><td>Jeremy Lin</td><td align="right">15.15</td><td align="right">14.36</td><td align="center" >22.03</td><td align="right">15.0</td><td align="right">14.44</td><td align="center" >22.13</td><td align="right">15.0</td><td align="right">14.51</td><td align="center">21.99</td> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>159</td><td>Chandler Parsons</td><td align="right">16.27</td><td align="right">14.33</td><td align="center" >21.57</td><td align="right">17.3</td><td align="right">15.19</td><td align="center" >22.37</td><td align="right">16.8</td><td align="right">14.65</td><td align="center">21.70</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>187</td><td>Marcus Morris</td><td align="right">9.73</td><td align="right">13.24</td><td align="center" >20.30</td><td align="right">9.8</td><td align="right">13.55</td><td align="center" >20.41</td><td align="right">9.6</td><td align="right">13.85</td><td align="center">21.04</tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td>221</td><td>Carlos Delfino</td><td align="right">9.88</td><td align="right">12.21</td><td align="center" >18.82</td><td align="right">8.5</td><td align="right">9.98</td><td align="center" >16.42</td><td align="right">8.3</td><td align="right">10.35</td><td align="center">16.52</tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td>236</td><td>Toney Douglas</td><td align="right">7.76</td><td align="right">12.92</td><td align="center" >18.35</td><td align="right">7.4</td><td align="right">12.15</td><td align="center" >17.44</td><td align="right">7.2</td><td align="right">12.41</td><td align="center">17.59</tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td colspan="2">Ranking in all NBA players</td> <td colspan="3" align="center">(As of Jan. 6, 2013)</td> <td colspan="3" align="center">(As of Dec. 30, 2012)</td><td colspan="3" align="center">(As of Dec. 24, 2012)</td></tr></table> Carlos Delfino and Patrick Patterson played extremely well in these 4 games, and hence got huge jumps in their season's effeciency ratings. James Harden is also inching up his season's efficiency rating to match Tracy McGrady's. Please note the nearly identical growth curve in EFF in first 4 years in their NBA careers. <table border="0"> <tr><td></td><td colspan="2" align="center">James Harden</td><td colspan="2" align="center">Tracy McGrady</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#0069B9";font style="color:#ffffff;"><th>Year in NBA</th><th> EFF<font style="color:#0069B9;">11</fond> </th><th>EFF48M<font style="color:#0069B9;">11</fond></th><th> EFF<font style="color:#0069B9;">11</fond></th><th>EFF48M</th></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff" ><td> 1st Year</td><td> 9.70</td><td> 20.35</td><td> 9.55</td><td> 24.90</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#eeeeee" ><td> 2nd Year</td><td> 12.2</td><td> 21.91</td><td> 12.8</td><td> 27.18</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff" ><td> 3rd Year</td><td> 17.5</td><td> 26.84</td><td> 17.5</td><td> 26.95</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td> 4th Year</td><td> 23.8</td><td> 29.97</td><td> 25.2</td><td> 30.16</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td> 5th Year</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> 25.5</td><td> 31.94</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"><td> 6th year</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> 28.8</td><td> 35.09</td></tr></table>(As of 30 December 2012)
I'm curious what others think since I can't see most of the games. What do y'all think his offensive and defensive ceiling is? I love having asik be the defensive anchor, but do y'all think he can eventually be a possible replacement for Asik when his contract is up or if he gets traded?
I can't say what his ceiling will be, but what about the idea of platooning him and Asik? It seems to me that Asik gets tired kind of easily, especially on b2b's. I like the idea of Smith getting more tick so that Asik can get more rest as well as throwing off the other team with different rotations. Don't think Asik will get traded before his contract's up, but I do think that a Asik/Smith center platoon can be deadly and wear out other team's bigs. Especially because their games are so different. Also why don't they run the Lin-Smith PnR anymore? That play was money for a while, haven't seen it too much recently.
