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Are people seriously ranking players by PER?
Using PER to rank them
PG: Mo is 19th, Sessions 21st
SG: Gibson, 13, Parker not in top 50
SF: Moon 42nd, nobody else in top 50 (btw: iggy is 12th)
PF: Jamison 30
C: Hollins 19, Andy 21 - (and andy ranks higher at center than PF, the C position is pretty weak in the league)
JJ fell off the map - he was playing better than Bosh earlier this year. Better play from JJ and trade for an Iggy caliber talent and we're a solid playoff team. Brand is the #16 PF, include a trade Jamison for Brand and get even better, with top 15 to 20 players at every position and top 20is players off the bench. That's a solid team that's even better as players have hope of winning again.
Are people seriously ranking players by PER?
I think this team can do much better. But its a good thing that they quit I guess. We get to draft high in the draft, hopefully get our franchise player, more young talent with the picks we aquire from couple of trades. We are set, OKC or close to it of the east. I like this better than being mediocre.
It's not perfect, but I've yet to find a better stat to get a rough idea where players rank. PER does reasonably well except under-represents defense, thus a player like Andy would be a bit higher than PER would put him.
OKC was Seattle, that city lost their franchise when attendance plummeted while they were executing the OKC model.
It's not perfect, but I've yet to find a better stat to get a rough idea where players rank. PER does reasonably well except under-represents defense, thus a player like Andy would be a bit higher than PER would put him.
PER should really only be used when comparing players of the same position, same role, and same winning/losing situation. Even then, it's hardly a good way to measure things. It rewards certain things too much and almost completely disregards defense.
Steph Curry has a higher PER than Rondo. . . (and 5th amongst PGs) PER rankings says there are 10 PGs better than Rondo and that Matt Barnes is a top 10 SF.
They lost their franchise because they wouldn't build a new arena, not because attendance dropped.