There is nothing wrong with being right 80% of the time, it is hard to be like me and be 96+% right. Friggen Langhi..... DD
1-9 is crap yes, but I was stating that you need to look at other things. He had a fair amount of assists and a few steals. That's not too bad overall, it's certainly better than just focusing on the shooting. His team won and other guys had easier shots. That's another sign things are clicking early for them after this deal. Good luck Rafer!
And in the offense, if he got by his man, he wouldn't take a pull up mid range jumper. He'd either try the floater or take it into the trees and get blocked. One thing I like about AB is that he will stop and pop just like Calvin used to do.
AB and Calvin in the same sentence? Put down the Kool-Aid and back away from the keyboard. You've been at the computer too long!
Rafer was also 1-9 from the field. A terrible shooter taking that many shots is essentially a turnover.
People, it's going to take a few games for teams to adjust their game plans against the Magic to account for Rafer. When they do, it will be harder for the other players to score as defenses do all they can to bait Rafer into driving or shooting. The Magic offense was predicated on a PG who would shred defenses when left open. Jameer Nelson took a lot of pressure off their other scorers. Rafer has zero ability to do that. It's inevitable. Give it time. What's also inevitable is Orlando Magic fans blasting Rafer for not being able to hit the side of a barn with his jumper or floater as disappointing losses pile up. If Rafer morphs into a worthy starting PG, good for him and the Magic. Not likely.
You guys act like Rafer shoots 1/9 every game. The guy averages 38.5% for his career. An efficient guard can shoot 45%+. With a team like the Magic, he'll be lucky to take 10 shots a game. All that means is on average compared to an efficient point guard, he'll miss 1 more shot every game. I think the Magic can live with that, rather than have AJ running the point.
Rafer shoots the following: 75% of the time: 1-9 15% of the time: 2-7 7% of the time: 4-14 3% of the time: 8-15 The formula is simple: [(Rafer's Shot Attempts) - (Amount of makes + 5)] x 2 = How many points his team loses by. If the number comes out negative, they win! For example: Rafer shoot 10-95. [95 - (10+5)]2 = x (95 - 15)2 = x (80)2 = x x = 160 Therefore his team loses by 160 points!
Yes. These two are both male, both African-American, both play for the Rockets, and are both guards. That's where it ends. In this regard, there have been many similar to Calvin. With regard to ability, this number is quickly reduced to zero.
Rafer is shooting 0.370 total this season. His average shooting per game is only 0.349 (note that shooting 0-1 and 9-9 will give him a 0.900 season and .500 per game average) The second number shows his consistency (lack of). He has a per game shooting percentage standard deviation of 0.166. Rafer is a terrible shooter and quite streaky.
Yes indeed, for Rafer to shoot above 50%, it only happens one in five games. Lemme now do the same thing for Brooks.
Brooks Game Mean: 0.386642566 Standard Dev: 0.180819721 TMac Game Mean: 0.370474449 Standard Dev: 0.144771364 Yao Game Mean: 0.544001446 Standard Dev: 0.165894173 Kobe Game Mean: 0.47184867 Standard Dev: 0.10343606 LeBron Game Mean: 0.492153829 Standard Dev: 0.121006172 Brooks percentage is slightly better than Rafer and slightly better than Rafer in terms of streakyness (mainly due to his early season shooting slump). Lets compare our superstar TSlack vs Kobe and Lebron. True superstars shoot way better and are way more consistant.
Simple Statistics: When Rafer shoots at or over 50% we are: 7-3 this season. When Tracy shoots at or over 50% we are: 6-1 this season. When Yao shoots at or over 50% we are: 30-8 this season.
