Comments on: Paul’s Place In the Small-Guard Pantheon http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Ryan http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523&cpage=1#comment-12657 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:08:03 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523#comment-12657 Why are we all of a sudden ranking a player by a cumulative stat that relies extensively on the overall performance of the 4 other guys on the court with him at the time, in order to maximize the ceiling for the stat?

Constant comparison throughout last season of '09 LeBron to '88 Jordan based on PER... though I've yet to see anybody note his 20.3WS (> LeBron's 19.8), despite his team winning 16 less games.

]]> By: Mike G http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523&cpage=1#comment-12617 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:22:19 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523#comment-12617 Hot off the press:
http://sonicscentral.com/apbrmetrics/viewtopic.php?t=505

]]> By: Owen http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523&cpage=1#comment-12613 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:23:08 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523#comment-12613 it's a good point. By rebound percentage Paul was a better rebounder than Kobe last year, not that a network analyst would mention it.

]]> By: Boss http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523&cpage=1#comment-12612 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:31:29 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523#comment-12612 What impresses me most about Paul is his rebounding. He puts up some incredible numbers for a guy around 6 foot tall. His numbers are comparable to many that are 6-7 inches taller than him.

]]> By: Jason J http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523&cpage=1#comment-12609 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:29:27 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3523#comment-12609 if you set the height limit to 6' 5" he's still one of the absolute best.

His '09 WS is second only Oscar's in '64.

His '09 PER is second only to Wade's in '09. (I set game limits of at least 41 played and minutes limits of at least 24 per game to keep guys who played 6 amazing minutes in 1972 off the list - dangers of a per / minute metric).

The kid is a stat machine. He scores well on great shooting, racks up assists like crazy, gets to line, keeps his turnovers down and his steals up. What more could you ask for in a PG?

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