Parsons has improved in pretty much every single category 15.5 pts (47.1% FG, 41.3% 3PT, 74.2% FT), 7 rebs, 3.5 asts, 1.1 stls, 2 to compare to his averages last season 9.5 pts (45.2% FG, 33.7% 3PT, 55.1% FT), 4.7 rebs, 2.1 asts, 1.2 stls, 1.3 to a dramatic improvement. hope he can keep it up.
And in the last five games he is averaging over 20 ppg. This kid can be a top 5 SF in a few years. Right now there are only about 10 I'd put ahead of him. Lebron, Durant, Gay, Granger, Carmelo, Kirelinko, Batum, Beasly, Deng, and Pierce. And he seems to be getting better than them now.
He's certainly improved, but he's also playing 10 more minutes a game so that comparison is a bit misleading. Per 36 minutes: Season G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS 2011-12 63 1804 4.9 11.0 .452 1.2 3.6 .337 0.9 1.6 .551 1.8 6.0 2.7 1.5 0.6 1.6 2.8 12.0 2012-13 13 491 5.4 11.5 .471 2.3 5.5 .413 1.7 2.3 .742 1.2 6.7 3.3 1.0 0.1 1.9 2.0 14.8
That chart looks like a real mess on my screen, let's just go with this Even looking at his stats weighted by minutes played (i.e. per 36), Chandler Parsons has significantly improved his play over last season.
It looks ok on my screen. Would you mind taking a screenshot so I can see what it looks like on your screen? Just curious what I might have done wrong.
Well he was good last year just immature. This year he's a meh player. If Parsons can preform like he did last night one more time then Beasley is out of the question.
What's weird is that it looked garbled, and then I posted that pic, which seemed to elongate the width of the message space a bit (if that makes any sense). And then it looked fine after that.
Interesting that his shot attempts are still fairly similar. Only extra 0.5 shots an 0.6 FTs per 36 minutes. Also only slightly higher usage rate(17.4 vs 16.7). In other words, he's doing basically the same job as last year, but doing it much better. Fairly odd, because when I watch the Rockets, it seems like Parsons is much more involved. When in reality, he's simply getting more results through much better shooting/shot selection. I'm curious to see if the coaches will delegate more playmaking duties on him. Coming out of Florida, his passing was actually considered a huge plus on the scouting report. Maybe we can run some more plays through him, add some more wrinkles to our offense.
It is not the greatest jump in PER36 stats, but the fact that he is having higher shooting percentages AND playing more minutes is a great sign of improvement. Many times, a player can have great Per 36 stats because they do not play much for some reasons. When they play more, they cannot keep up the production as well. For example: Doesn't Greg Smith have a PER of 28? We know that he could not do that for a whole game, and would probably foul out actually.
Because if you are playing more minutes, then all your numbers "should" increase. When you list per 36 minutes, it equalizes that and focuses on production and efficiency.
Top 10 is likely. I think Wizards would strongly consider replacing their Vesely pick with him. It's tough to say, though, as there are other players in that draft who deserve to be in the Top 10 as well. Here's a quick guess at that draft redone: Cavs - Kyrie Irving Twolves - Derrick Williams (I'm not ready to declare this pick a bust yet. He still has super high potential and was a great college player. Still think he goes at 2 here) Utah Jazz - Jonas Valanciunas (has a higher upside than Kanter I think) Cavs - Enes Kanter (solid center with a great motor and isn't Tristan Thompson) Raptors - Tristan Thompson (Raptors reach here because he's Canadian and can fill the seats for a season) Wizards - Klay Thompson (Wizards bring in a great shooter and good defender to compliment John Wall. This is also the moment where they finally decide the Jordan Crawford/Nick Young projects aren't working out for them) Sacramento Kings - Kenneth Faried (Huge energy player and I think Sacramento ends up being a good fit for him alongside Cousins. Because they get Faried here, they do not end up trading this pick to the Bobcats) Detroit Pistons - Chandler Parsons (Prince is getting old, so they bring in a younger 3 who can play the same kind of defense) Charlotte Bobcats - MarShon Brooks (everyone on their roster is trash at this point. They might as well take Brooks so at least they'll be fun to watch) Milwaukee Bucks - Marcus Morris (yes, his emergence is only very recent, but he's showing as a sixth man that he can be the 3 that we all hoped he could. There are lots of solid PGs on the board at this point, but Bucks are already set with Brandon Jennings so they want to draft another position. Morris gives them another scorer to compliment Jennings and help their frontline with rebounding). ------------------------------------------------------- Some of these picks I'm a little iffy on, but I think this is a decent attempt.
Seeing this makes me realize how weak a draft this really was. I would actually probably take Faried second overall, which is pretty sad.
Didn't really see where he'd fit in the top 10 with team needs taken into account. Maybe with the Bucks at 10, but not really sure. He would be a good fit at 11 for the Warriors though.
