Nalod wrote:Man, Look, DLee right there with Nash!!!!!

Yup...and the guy whomever Lee played against last night is up there too....for a day.

I really like what DLee has done for himself. The Knicks are still no better for it though.

Is that his fault?...I think he would play good 'd' but he is too tired from all the minutes. All his energy expended on offense. Doesn't matter if you average 120 pts a game if your opponent averages 130.

Olbrannon wrote:

Nalod wrote:Man, Look, DLee right there with Nash!!!!!

Yup...and the guy whomever Lee played against last night is up there too....for a day.

I really like what DLee has done for himself. The Knicks are still no better for it though.

Is that his fault?...I think he would play good 'd' but he is too tired from all the minutes. All his energy expended on offense. Doesn't matter if you average 120 pts a game if your opponent averages 130.

I hate to beat on a dead horse, but _avi_Lee never played defense, even when he was getting far lesser minutes.

Nalod wrote:Man, Look, DLee right there with Nash!!!!!

Am I wrong but wouldn't crawford be like the best. Most posts with the few possessions would be best.

No, Crawford would be the best if the chart was Points vs Possessions.

However, since its its Points Per Possession vs Possessions, LeBron and Durant show that they can achieve a lot of points per possession while also having a lot of possessions. In other words, they maintain the same scoring rate even with increased touches. You'd expect a guy's scoring rate to decrease with more touches. But LeBron and Durant's stays super high. So defenses know that Lebron and Durant are coming, structure their defense around them, yet these two studs still maintain a high level of production.

That's why the popular thinking, "Well Player X has 5pts, 5rebs and 5asts in 20 min. If he played 40 min, he'd average a triple double!" is wrong. With more possessions Player X will score, rebound and dish less per possession because he'd tire, defenses would play him more, and it would just be difficult to ensure that same level of production.

I don't like Lebron. I wouldn't mind if he doesn't come here. But I'm amazed at his level of production. It's crazy that he can still score that many points per possession while getting the ball so much. Respect.

otherwise, you can say crawford should be getting as many fga's as lebron...

eViL wrote:uh yeah. metra just taught all you guys how to read that chart.

Yes. Lebron James is above and beyond the best. 2nd highest pts per possession with the most possessions means that he can be efficient even with heavy volume. Adding that all up he's the most productive player in the NBA offensively.