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Should Cody spend time in the G LEAGUE

Should Cody Williams get sent down to the Stars for a stint?

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HadAnEffectHere said:
3.9 BPM is absolutely horrific for a first-round pick, one of the worst BPMs of any player picked in the top 10 ever.
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Yeah, it's not great, or even good, but it's not horrendous. And his lack of production doesnt really have to do with advanced stats currently. He just needs to put the ball in the hoop at a not awful rate.
 
It seems to me that an Association player needs to be able to make a 15-19 foot open shot at a 65 to 70 percent rate to keep defenses honest. That's just stats over the years. Cody appears to be miles from that at the moment.
 
FWIW BPM doesn't seem to be highly correlated with NBA success. Does anyone have any real data on this?

Looking through previous draft classes and there are some funny examples like Anthony Edwards with a 5.5BPM and James Wiseman with an 18.0 BPM. There aren't many prospects that had a lower BPM than Cody, but I did find Jaden McDaniels with a BPM of 2.6.
 
NBA decides to have a complete redraft tomorrow with all the guys that were draft eligible for the 2024 draft. Where is Cody picked (approximately)?

I'm going to be patient, but man he needs to get his head right quickly. This is far beyond the Ochai/Taylor levels of meh production. Get him squared away or just start whatever his offseason weight gain and training program is going to be cuz at some point getting your *** kicked in the G is not helping.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
Thanks. I don't think it's accurate to say Cody was bad in college. He was efficient in a small role. I think it's more fair to say that because his role was so small we had to guess more on his projections in the NBA. Because his role was so mall he didn't pop out as a talent outlier via BPM which should have been a red flag.
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he was really bad the last half of february and in march - he wasn't efficient and he disappeared. it was that time feb/march time frame that scared me away. it was a combination of being bad and doing nothing - which is essentially what he's been since then.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
he was really bad the last half of february and in march - he wasn't efficient and he disappeared. it was that time feb/march time frame that scared me away. it was a combination of being bad and doing nothing - which is essentially what he's been since then.
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He did have a string of injuries that explained the bad play. He had enough standout games against PAC12 schools to convince you he had talent.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
FWIW BPM doesn't seem to be highly correlated with NBA success. Does anyone have any real data on this?

Looking through previous draft classes and there are some funny examples like Anthony Edwards with a 5.5BPM and James Wiseman with an 18.0 BPM. There aren't many prospects that had a lower BPM than Cody, but I did find Jaden McDaniels with a BPM of 2.6.
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Didn’t Wiseman play like 2 games? lol.

You can’t draw a direct line from BPM to NBA, but that’s the case with any number. BPM just happens to be a more comprehensive number that reflects total performance. We know that the best college players =\= the best NBA players, but the fact is that his performance in college was low compared to his peers.

And again, you don’t really have to use BPM. He was an efficient scorer in a medium sized usage role….thats about it. All his peripheral numbers were extremely low. On paper he was not a good prospect.

FWIW, there was a tweet(I think I may have posted it) that showed low BPM guys in the last 10 drafts on the top 10. It’s Jaylen Brown and like 6 busts.

I also remember an older post that analyzed the opposite with high BPM players. I’ll try to dig it up.
 
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