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Situational Statistics: the 2013 Point Guard Crop
June 18, 2013
-This study is not kind to Michael Carter-Williams who ranks as the least efficient scorer in this group at 0.746 points per-possession. His 22.1% overall turnover rate is the second worst among his peers, as is his 0.683 PPP in the half court. Those two stats are representative of the two key areas his scouting report notes he need to make strides in to reach his potential as a pro: his decision-making and perimeter shooting.

Turning the ball over on 28% of his pick and roll possessions, the highest among his peers, ball security was an area of concern for Carter-Williams in the half court last season. Sporting a 3.6 assist to turnover ratio in transition, he's more efficient as a playmaker in the open floor at this point in his career.

Carter-Williams' well documented issues as a shooter cost him here as well, as his 26.2% shooting on pull-up jumpers and 28% shooting off the catch are a major limiting factor on his scoring ability in the half court, resulting in his ranks as the second worst spot-up and 5th worst pick and roll shooter in this group.

Often lauded for his ability to score at the rim, a bit of fishing shows that Carter-Williams shoots a slightly below average 48.8% as a finisher in the half court, though he compensates by shooting nearly 60% at the basket as the ball-handler in transition.

While Carter-Williams doesn't look great here, this doesn't reveal anything teams don't already know about him. Whoever drafts him will be excited about his size, solid one-on-one ability, athleticism in the open floor, and the player he has the opportunity to become as he begins to work on his two very much improvable weaknesses.
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Thoughts?
 
PKM said:
That's true.

I would generally trust Givony over Locke, though... and it's not remotely close.
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I dunno every time I listen to Givony I was not impressed. He made Valuncuinas sound like the next Dwight Howard.
 
homeytennis said:
It seems to me the knock on him is his outside shooting ability. He has the size and quicks to be a good point guard but if the other team zones it up and dare him to shoot and he can't knock it down big trouble.
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Well... And that he turns the ball over. That's what the analysis above brings up. It's not only his shooting that is iffy but his decision making.
 
PKM said:
That's true.

I would generally trust Givony over Locke, though... and it's not remotely close.
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I'm neither a Locke supporter or a Locke hater, although I do think he gets unfairly criticized for a lot of things. However, having said that, I find his pre-draft stuff to be really odd considering how he goes about everything else. He openly admits to not watching college ball (can't blame him there), but then he watches 1-2 games on these guys and all of a sudden considers himself knowledgeable enough to opine on these guys. For someone obsessed with "the numbers" I'm not sure how he can justify opining on these guys with such a small sample size. I just thought it was funny that he was so adamant with Givony on his podcast, when he's seen Cody Zeller play 20 minutes of basketball, as opposed to Givony who was most likely in the delivery room the day Zeller was born.
 
Funny story.

Locke blasted CJ over Twitter a few weeks ago.

CJ then blasts him for nitpicking a few crappy games and analyzing those.

A few days later, Locke apologizes over Twitter and has been praising CJ ever since.

That's Locke for ya!

Why anyone trusts this joke is beyond me.
 
The Thriller said:
Funny story.

Locke blasted CJ over Twitter a few weeks ago.

CJ then blasts him for nitpicking a few crappy games and analyzing those.

A few days later, Locke apologizes over Twitter and has been praising CJ ever since.

That's Locke for ya!

Why anyone trusts this joke is beyond me.
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You know how long ago those tweets were? I wanna look that shizzle up.
 
margodydek said:
I think they were the day before CJ came in for his workout, whenever that was.
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Looks like it was around June 12th. I looked at both twitter pages. I can't find any tweets between the two of them. But I do see Locke starting to talk up Mccollum around the 13th or 14th or June.
 
margodydek said:
I think they were the day before CJ came in for his workout, whenever that was.
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Yeah I can't remember exactly. But this time frame seems about right.

It's hard for me to keep up with all the workouts since we had the entire draft working out every single day for 3 weeks.
 
I love mcw. shooting is one of the easiest things to improve. what I like most about him is his court awareness. its something you can't improve on much if any and he's got tons of it.


I'd LOVE to draft MCW @14.
 
jazzfan1971 said:
I love mcw. shooting is one of the easiest things to improve. what I like most about him is his court awareness. its something you can't improve on much if any and he's got tons of it.


I'd LOVE to draft MCW @14.
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Correct me if I'm wrong... But isn't it his court awareness that is being attacked here? He sucks in the half court (according to DX). He's one of the worst in the half court set when you consider his scoring, turnovers, and P&R offense.

Isn't that what DX is attacking here?

See, that's why I brought this article up. Up until now we've merely talked about his poopey shooting. If his ability to run an offense sucks... then what good is his athleticism if he cannot shoot or run an offense?

So he can dunk real good on a fast break. Yay. We have that in Jeremy Evans.

What about the other major parts of a PG? You know, running a team, controlling the tempo of a game, PASSING, maybe even SHOOTING?
 
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