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Did Mitchell peak last year?

LogGrad98 said:
He is down nearly across the board in stats, with more TOs, moderately more assists (4.4 last year, 4.9 this year), and his 3 pt% is higher. ..... In fact his overall FG% is the lowest of his career at .431, while his 3pt% is the highest at .395. His scoring average is the lowest since his rookie year, at 23.4 And his defensive box +/- is the worst of his career at -1.6.
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You frame all this as if it he is wildly in career low territory....

His FG is career low at .431, his previous career low was .432 in 2019 and .437 before that
His career high of 3.1 TOs is slightly more than his previous career marks of 2.8, 2.7, and 2.7
his scoring (23.4) is again (slightly) down from 23.8 and 24.0....

On top of overstating his deficiencies, you're also framing his increases, such as his assist jump from 4.4 to 4.9 (11% increase), or his increase in 3Pt% from .366 to .395, (an 8% increase), as "moderate", while framing the more negligible percentage drop in FG% and scoring as career defining...

If you want to frame it that way, he's also playing a career low in minutes and taking the fewest amount of shots since his rookie year while taking (and making) a significantly higher amount of threes (the best shot in basketball minus the freethrow) while scoring roughly the same amount of points, his fouls are at an all time low, his blocks are an all time high, his team is better than they ever have been, and his OBPM of 2.3 is nearly identical to his previous career high of 2.4. And these are all including his abysmal start.

his 2nd half of played games (9-17) he's at:
25.2 ppg, 5.0 rebs, 4.8 ast on .482 / .466 / .875 shooting...
 
jope said:
You frame all this as if it he is wildly in career low territory....

His FG is career low at .431, his previous career low was .432 in 2019 and .437 before that
His career high of 3.1 TOs is slightly more than his previous career marks of 2.8, 2.7, and 2.7
his scoring (23.4) is again (slightly) down from 23.8 and 24.0....

On top of overstating his deficiencies, you're also framing his increases, such as his assist jump from 4.4 to 4.9 (11% increase), or his increase in 3Pt% from .366 to .395, (an 8% increase), as "moderate", while framing the more negligible percentage drop in FG% and scoring as career defining...

If you want to frame it that way, he's also playing a career low in minutes and taking the fewest amount of shots since his rookie year while taking (and making) a significantly higher amount of threes (the best shot in basketball minus the freethrow) while scoring roughly the same amount of points, his fouls are at an all time low, his blocks are an all time high, his team is better than they ever have been, and his OBPM of 2.3 is nearly identical to his previous career high of 2.4. And these are all including his abysmal start.

his 2nd half of played games (9-17) he's at:
25.2 ppg, 5.0 rebs, 4.8 ast on .482 / .466 / .875 shooting...
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I do no such thing. I frame it as if he has plateaued, which the data certainly supports.
 
Slow start, deeper team. He can carry less of a scoring load this year thanks to Conley playing better to start the year.
 
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