Anderson Varejao

[PriceFan14]

Andy's alley-oop pass to Tristan became a mid range budget

 

[CavsHomer]

 

[Lee]

Solid number for him. 3rd best player on an average team.

 

[oracio]

funny!

 

[Nathan S]

Hmmm...so a year ago, after an injury-riddled 25 game season after which he almost died of a pulmonary embolism, he came in at #62. Now after playing a full season with no major injuries his ranking slips to #76, and is accompanied by two tweets that suggest he should have fallen even further for health reasons. That literally makes no sense.

 

[Douglar]

That literally makes no sense.

You might be looking at this from the wrong angle.

The #62 ranking from last year was what people answered when they were asked about expectations for 2013-14, not what they thought about 2012-13.

The #76 prediction is expectations for this upcoming season now that he is 32 years old and will be the 4th or 5th scoring option instead of the #2 option.

 

[Nathan S]

You might be looking at this from the wrong angle.

The #62 ranking from last year was what people answered when they were asked about expectations for 2013-14, not what they thought about 2012-13.

The #76 prediction is expectations for this upcoming season now that he is 32 years old and will be the 4th or 5th scoring option instead of the #2 option.

I get what you're saying from a scoring option standpoint (although I'm not sure how many people expected him to be the #2 option last year...especially considering how we openly planned to bench him in favor of Bynum). But I don't get it from a durability standpoint. Sure, he's a year older, but doesn't everyone feel more confident in his health right now, coming off a healthy season and a productive FIBA campaign, than last offseason, coming off surgery, prolonged hospitalization and rehab?

 

[CosmoKramer]

I get what you're saying from a scoring option standpoint (although I'm not sure how many people expected him to be the #2 option last year...especially considering how we openly planned to bench him in favor of Bynum). But I don't get it from a durability standpoint. Sure, he's a year older, but doesn't everyone feel more confident in his health right now, coming off a healthy season and a productive FIBA campaign, than last offseason, coming off surgery, prolonged hospitalization and rehab?

My guess is whoever is ranking them had to be looking at the 14-14 Andy averaged in those 25 games in '12-'13, saw the decline in his numbers last year, then moved him down a few spots.

The durability comments made no sense though, then again one of the retweets they displayed was from a random fan of another team.

Regarding Kwaku Danso's other bizarre point- I don't see Andy's numbers dropping much with Love here now. He only averaged an 8-10 in 28 minutes last season, I don't see any reason he can't average another near double-double in 25-30 minutes this year as well.

 

[Douglar]

Sure, he's a year older, but doesn't everyone feel more confident in his health right now, coming off a healthy season and a productive FIBA campaign, than last offseason, coming off surgery, prolonged hospitalization and rehab?

In 2012-2013, Andy had a scare, but he got over it fairly quickly. He didn't need extensive rehab. He would have been back on the floor in March if the team thought they had a chance at making the playoffs.

 

[Douglar]

My guess is whoever is ranking them had to be looking at the 14-14 Andy averaged in those 25 games in '12-'13, saw the decline in his numbers last year, then moved him down a few spots..

The process doesn't work quite like that.

For the last two years, the ranking was done by asking a lot of sports journalists to rate each player on a scale of 1 to 10 for the overall level of play for each player for the upcoming NBA season. This includes both the quality and the quantity of his expected contributions, combined in one overall rating.

I think the "Upcoming" & "Quantity" parts of the question were going to hurt Andy's score regardless of health, because there were going to be a fewer touches to go around & fewer minutes for him to play.

Anyway, last year his score was 6.32. This year it was 6.2 Not a huge change. That 6.2 would have ranked him #70 last year. Could be explained by 1 in 8 responders moving Andy down one point. In 2012, Andy ranked #74, so these fluctuations could very well just be sample noise.

 

[Nathan S]

In 2012-2013, Andy had a scare, but he got over it fairly quickly. He didn't need extensive rehab. He would have been back on the floor in March if the team thought they had a chance at making the playoffs.

Translated:

Anderson Varejao formalizes REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SELECTION

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Currently, Anderson is physiotherapy sessions, muscle strengthening and physical conditioning, light workouts without impact and without charge, accompanied by Henrique Jatoba, head of physiotherapy Team Rio and the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), which science has given to the medical department CBB.

(from mid-July)

 

[CavsHomer]

 

[CavsHomer]

Yes he is, David.

 

[Jack Brickman]

It's pretty incredible how good Varejao has become compared to where he started.

 

[linelson13]

I in Varejao twitter, with jersey number 17!!!!!!!!