Juice wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:Juice wrote:MS wrote:Who was had the better season Amare or Zach?
Amar'e statistically but Zach proved to have as great of impact if not more than Amar'e on his team. Zach's game has evolved some in that it is more team oriented but it took a structure and overall team disciplining to get him there. Some players need complete structure and not what you would call organized chaos.
Amare played very well but I'm not sure he had a better season statistically. Zach had an exceptional season and deserved this extension.
Numbers are Numbers
Amare has a slight edge if you look them up. Zach was 20/12 Amar'e was 25/8. Both 50%fg Amar'e better in blks/ast/fta/ft%/3pt%/PER but like I said Zach's impact was huge. He was carrying his team down the stretch while Amar'e was fading. No biggie Zach got himself together getting back to being a winning type player good for him.
It depends on how you analyze the numbers. If you go by their win shares, which I think is the best evaluation system, Zach was well ahead of Amare this year. (Amare's 2nd half of the season hurt his numbers a lot.) Career-wise, Amare has been well ahead of Zach though.
This article on win shares is very helpful. http://dberri.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/a-comment-on-the-player-efficiency-rating/
I'm convinced PER doesn't do anything other than statistically summarize people's lay understanding of the game (which is that PPG is the most important stat and efficiency is of little importance).
4/18/2011 8:38 PM