This is Rockets players production per 48 mins. I know, I know , this could be meaningless, since some scrubs efforts will be vastly inflated. But just for kicks here they are. You might be able to spot an area for someone that does not play many minutes that he excels on. Reb Dikembe Mutombo 13.3 Scott Padgett 13.2 Clarence Weatherspoon 12.3 Yao Ming 11.9 Maurice Taylor 9.7 Bob Sura 9.1 Juwan Howard 8.5 Bostjan Nachbar 7.3 Andre Barrett 6.9 Tracy McGrady 6.0 Jim Jackson 5.5 Charlie Ward 5.3 Tyronn Lue 4.5 Ryan Bowen 4.1 ast Bob Sura 13.7 Tyronn Lue 6.8 Tracy McGrady 6.5 Charlie Ward 5.7 Andre Barrett 5.5 Jim Jackson 4.4 Scott Padgett 3.9 Maurice Taylor 3.1 Ryan Bowen 2.4 Bostjan Nachbar 2.3 Yao Ming 1.7 Juwan Howard 1.2 Dikembe Mutombo 0.3 Clarence Weatherspoon - stl Scott Padgett 3.3 Andre Barrett 2.7 Charlie Ward 2.0 Jim Jackson 1.3 Tracy McGrady 1.3 Ryan Bowen 1.2 Maurice Taylor 1.2 Juwan Howard 1.1 Tyronn Lue 0.8 Yao Ming 0.6 Dikembe Mutombo 0.5 Bostjan Nachbar 0.3 Clarence Weatherspoon - Bob Sura - blk Dikembe Mutombo 5.0 Yao Ming 2.1 Clarence Weatherspoon 1.0 Tracy McGrady 1.0 Maurice Taylor 0.9 Jim Jackson 0.1 Juwan Howard - Tyronn Lue - Charlie Ward - Bostjan Nachbar - Scott Padgett - Ryan Bowen - Andre Barrett - Bob Sura - TO Clarence Weatherspoon 1.0 Bostjan Nachbar 1.3 Scott Padgett 1.3 Andre Barrett 1.4 Ryan Bowen 1.8 Dikembe Mutombo 2.0 Tyronn Lue 2.1 Charlie Ward 2.4 Jim Jackson 2.5 Juwan Howard 3.2 Tracy McGrady 3.3 Maurice Taylor 3.3 Bob Sura 4.6 Yao Ming 4.7 Pts Yao Ming 27.7 Tracy McGrady 24.3 Juwan Howard 18.8 Clarence Weatherspoon 18.4 Scott Padgett 16.4 Jim Jackson 15.4 Maurice Taylor 14.5 Dikembe Mutombo 14.0 Andre Barrett 13.7 Bob Sura 13.7 Tyronn Lue 13.5 Bostjan Nachbar 12.3 Charlie Ward 10.2 Ryan Bowen 6.5
I agree. Let padgett start. This way we have a line up of Sura Tmac JJ Padgett Yao With this you only have Yao in the paint because Padgett is able to spread the floor. Now Yao has a lot of room inside to work. This also opens up more lanes for Sura and Tmac to drive, and we have two 3 point shooters on the perimeter waiting for the kick out. Padgett also hustles. I think our rebounding will improve because he can help Yao on the boards. Plus, I'm pretty sure Padgett plays better defense than Mo Taylor does or ever will. Also, this way you have Mo go back to his 6th man role as an effective offensive punch. Then work in rotations as needed for more defense or more offense or a good mix of both.
he's not - he is a nice (not outstanding) player from every stat category - your 3 point shooting small forward/shooting guard is not suppose to be getting rebounds... your power forward and center should be doing that !
He's a poor rebounder for a SF. For a SG, he's probably closer to avg. Defensively if he hangs out exclusively around the perimeter then maybe that's the answer. I was surprised, because he seems to have the energy for it.
Not just based on the above stats, but I think the following players should get more playing time. Clarence Weatherspoon (we need more rebounding) Scott Padgett (rebounding, shooting and hustle) Dikembe Mutombo (rebounding, Shot blocking) Bob Sura (fast break, assists, hustle)
one more statistic (personal fouls) that I forgot. Kind of funny for Sura since he played 1 game and fouled out. It looks like McGrady need to be more aggressive on defense. PF Charlie Ward 2.7 Tracy McGrady 2.7 Jim Jackson 3.4 Andre Barrett 4.1 Tyronn Lue 4.2 Dikembe Mutombo 4.3 Ryan Bowen 4.7 Yao Ming 5.9 Clarence Weatherspoon 6.1 Juwan Howard 6.4 Scott Padgett 6.6 Maurice Taylor 6.6 Bostjan Nachbar 6.8 Bob Sura 13.7
2 more stats. These are not per 48 min. They are the actual ratios: I would disregard anyone with no significan minutes. I think Tyronn Lue has a nice Ast/TO ratio and Scott Padgett has nice Stl/TO ratio. Ast/TO Andre Barrett 4.00 Tyronn Lue 3.19 Bob Sura 3.00 Scott Padgett 3.00 Charlie Ward 2.33 Tracy McGrady 1.97 Bostjan Nachbar 1.80 Jim Jackson 1.78 Ryan Bowen 1.33 Maurice Taylor 0.93 Juwan Howard 0.39 Yao Ming 0.36 Dikembe Mutombo 0.13 Clarence Weatherspoon - Stl/TO Scott Padgett 2.50 Andre Barrett 2.00 Charlie Ward 0.83 Ryan Bowen 0.67 Jim Jackson 0.53 Tracy McGrady 0.39 Tyronn Lue 0.38 Maurice Taylor 0.34 Juwan Howard 0.33 Dikembe Mutombo 0.25 Bostjan Nachbar 0.20 Yao Ming 0.13 Clarence Weatherspoon - Bob Sura -
I'm not opposed to starting Padgett for a game or two to see if it works, but I don't think a person's numbers over 48 minutes tells you anything about how well he would do as a starter. For one thing, he would be matched up with the other teams starter. While I'm sure there are times when he is now, I suspect that it would affect his effectiveness if he spent more time going against a starting caliber forward. There's more to it than raw numbers.
Jackson is a shooting guard and until he played here he was never considered a Small Forward. He also draws the toughest defensive assignments so he is out of position for rebounds but he still pulls 4-5 a game (and can go off for 10 any night). given that, I say he is a nice player... i.e. HE is not the rebounding problem - its the PF and C position
Gosh, you mean this is a game and it's about having fun? But it feels like ice picks in my eyeballs so far this year!!!
