No. Not me. I knew right away that he would help winning much more every night than kemba.
Al is good and it’s nice to have him back, but we went as far with Kemba as we ever did with Al. Kemba’s scoring ability will be greatly missed, but hopefully mitigated a bit by the super-lucky Schroder signing. Kemba healthy is such a force and a better player than Al. We’ll see if he has a bounce-back year or not.
Kemba’s inability to play defense almost neutralized the scoring he provided. He didn’t shoot the ball particularly well and needs high volume to get into a rhythm. That’s about all he brought to the table, too. Not a great passer, rebounder and was poor defensively. Al on the other hand is a better shooter, defender, rebounder and is one of better passing big men in the league. He does so much more for the team. Kemba is also not the player that he was in Charlotte before he came to Boston.
You discredit yourself by lying with statements like "Horford is a better shooter than Kemba". Lower % on half the 3 point attempts over the last 5 seasons
Al’s career FG and 3pt percentages are better than Kemba’s over 10+years. But feel free to cherry pick which years to look at when comparing their 3pt% or any other stats.
It's not at all cherry-picking, don't be ridiculous. Kemba was a poor shooter when he was drafted, and grew into a good one. Al didn't shoot at all when he was drafted. Take his stats from when he started shooting and compare them to Kemba's. It's not even close.
Using terms like "cherry-picking" is beyond absurd. If you can't factor in context to statistical analysis then there's no point.
37.6 to 37.2 isn't much different. Kemba shoots twice as many, but hits at basically the same percentage. Al is 53.8 from 2 over that time while Kemba is 51.9. Kemba a good deal better from the line at 85.8 vs. 79.4.
That said, why choose 5 years, why not choose 4 years. Oh wait, becasue Al is actually a better 3 point shooter over the last 4 years, hmmmm, that couldn't be it. Of course, last 3 years back to Kemba. Last 2 years, also Kemba, but last year back to Al.
Seems to me that there is plenty of support to say Al is a better 3 point shooter than Kemba. Certainly doesn't have the volume, but does the percentage depending on how you cherry pick the numbers.