Rafer isn't that bad ?

It doesn't look like you need Insider to see PER stats:

http://tinyurl.com/3vjspu

Rafer is unsurprisingly need the very bottom.

Then NBA.com has EFFiciency ratings, 82games.com has all kindsa stuff (win shares, Roland ratings, Net 100 possessions, etc... some of those are more useful than others.)

 

For those people who think the pg position is not the weakest link of the rockets.

http://www.82games.com/0708/0708HOU5.HTM

 

Wow, what a weird typo... I meant to say he is TOWARDS the bottom. I have no idea why I wrote "need".

Also, I of course mean towards the bottom among starter-caliber PGs... he's still far from the bottom overall.

 

when your starting PG who is playing almost 40 mins, and there are more than half the teams in the league who have PGs better than him, he is bad.

 

Yes, we do need to upgrade our PG position, but what do u guys think is a higher priority for next season? A third scorer/backup wingman to Tmac? A reliable backup center to Yao?

IMO, upgrading our PG would have to take a backseat to those needs since it is nearly impossible to get a quality starting PG in this league.

 

I totally agree and posted the same thing in the aaron brooks thread. I think they should put brooks in a position to compete directly with alston for the starting position. Use Bobby Jackson as trade bait.

Only if there is a legit upgrade available through trade should they make a move. Until then the priorities are as you mentioned above Nelly.

There will be a few pg possibly moving this offseason and the Rockets might have an opportunity to aquire one of them, but until that happens the priorities stay as stated above. If the Rockets go into next season with the same PG rotation and upgrade backup center and swing position I will thoroughly pleased.

 

From the below stats, we can clear see that the pg position is the weakest link of the rockets. In fact, only this position has negative value for the net production, and that means our pg position is lower than the average level of the 30 teams. For a playoff team who wants win the title, it is unbearable!
http://www.82games.com/0708/0708HOU5.HTM

Team Production by Position
Position FGA eFG% FTA iFG Reb Ast T/O Blk PF Pts PER*
PG 18.3 .465 3.1 22% 5.0 7.0 3.0 0.3 3.4 19.4 14.8
SG 20.6 .459 5.3 27% 6.4 5.9 2.8 0.5 2.8 22.6 17.1
SF 15.0 .504 3.5 24% 7.6 3.8 2.2 1.2 3.0 17.5 15.8
PF 13.1 .551 3.7 54% 12.1 2.3 1.9 0.8 5.5 16.8 17.5
C 14.7 .505 7.0 56% 13.6 2.6 3.2 2.3 5.0 20.5 20.5


Opponent Production by Position
Position FGA eFG% FTA iFG Reb Ast T/O Blk PF Pts PER*
PG 15.8 .473 3.8 23% 4.4 7.7 3.1 0.2 2.5 17.8 15.9
SG 17.4 .479 4.3 24% 5.2 3.5 2.4 0.5 3.1 19.9 14.7
SF 16.5 .461 4.5 28% 7.1 3.3 2.2 0.6 3.8 18.7 14.6
PF 16.6 .441 5.3 34% 11.1 2.5 2.5 1.3 4.5 18.5 15.8
C 14.1 .474 5.4 47% 12.8 2.0 2.7 2.0 5.7 17.1 16.2


Net Production by Position
Position FGA eFG% FTA iFG Reb Ast T/O Blk PF Pts PER*
PG 2.5 -.008 -0.7 -1% 0.5 -0.8 0.0 0.1 -0.9 1.6 -1.1
SG 3.2 -.020 1.0 3% 1.2 2.4 -0.4 0.0 0.4 2.7 +2.4
SF -1.5 +.044 -1.0 -4% 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.8 -1.2 +1.1
PF -3.5 +.110 -1.6 20% 1.0 -0.2 0.6 -0.5 -1.0 -1.7 +1.6
C 0.6 +.032 1.5 9% 0.9 0.6 -0.4 0.3 0.7 3.4 +4.3

 

THIS IS THE UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE

During our streak, we saw a different rafer, one that shot a freakishly good % for his standards and we couldn't seem to lose. TEAMS REFUSE to guard him and they are literally taunting him to punish them and most of the time he can't. Now he would be a great backup but what if we had a PG who could do that all the time, or more consistently?

 

Net Production by Position
Position FGA eFG% FTA iFG Reb Ast T/O Blk PF Pts PER*
PG 2.0 +.006 2.5 13% -0.4 0.9 -0.3 -0.1 0.6 3.7 +2.2
SG 2.2 +.059 1.7 -4% 0.9 1.7 -0.5 0.1 0.1 5.8 +6.5
SF -3.5 +.013 -2.3 -17% -1.7 -1.1 0.7 -0.2 -0.2 -4.9 -5.4
PF -4.4 +.051 -2.5 -6% -0.6 -0.1 0.8 -0.1 -1.0 -4.8 -2.3
C 3.5 +.010 1.3 -1% 2.9 1.4 -0.4 0.1 1.5 4.9 +6.1

I guess these numbers mean the team can´t win in playoffs then. Too bad for San Antonio.

 

For a playoff team, the pg position is the most important! If your pg is below the average level, no way to pass the 1st round!

BTW, the spurs' SF and PF positions are not strong enough, and I think that is the reason why they are stuggled now.

 

Lakers also have -0,1 from PG which by your standard makes it below average. PER is meaningless stat because it disregards defense almost totally. For example it ranks Shane as 49th best SF...just between Wilson Chandler and Renaldo Balkman.

 

I don't think it means everything, but it doesn't mean nothing either!

Some rockets fans complain Shane's offense, and I think there is a reason for that.

 

Rafer is the only Pg who knows his teammates well

 

I think Rafer's absence deflated the team, emotionally, in the second half. T-Mac said it himself in the post-game press conference. The Rockets were feeling pretty good heading into halftime. But when they heard that Rafer would miss the rest of the game, it changed things. That was a situation where you needed your best player to raise his game to another level. That's where real competitiveness and desire to win should shine through. Instead, I think the Rockets hung their heads, and their best player lost hope. For all the things I'm proud of about this team, the way it ended without a fight was very discouraging.

 

Clutch, DD et al:

The Rox won 55 with RA playing gabillions of minutes. The Rox lost 27 with RA playing ginormous minutes. Very much of that was Good Rafer/Bad Rafer. Stats lie with him.

That said I am 100% down with getting an upgrade, whomever/wherever. I believe Rafe is too deep into his career to develop the consistency to be Good Rafer night in/shot out er, night out.

I still want one of you, or someone who can, to describe the 'prototypically ideal Rick Adelman Point'. Thank you.

 

Perhaps we could 'flesh out the answer a wee bit...?