Felton's been bad but other than that your team is solid Nick.
Let's clarify that.
Felton's been a horror show defensively but pretty darn good offensively. But I always wonder with a D'Antoni team if the players are bad defensively or it's the system. Felton was a fairly average to above average defender in Charlotte.
Still goes to show how deficient PER can be as a stat. He has an extremely solid PER but defensively he has been just plain bad.
Offensively he's the same player he's just taking more shots.
Now he's not a bad offensive player so you can argue thats a good thing, but when you're just throwing up the stats on your team they won't translate as not everyone can have the same number of shots/role.
Actually Faf...this isn't true.
He's throwing up 12.6 FGA's per game right now, that's only the 4th highest FGA/game rate he has had in the 6 years he has been in the league. His career average is 12.1.
What he is doing is getting to the line more than he has over the last two years and hitting a higher percentage of FTs. He's also taking more three pointers because it appears last years 38.5% from three wasn't a fluke after all as he is hitting 38.3% this year through 11 games.
Let's also take into consideration that his assists per game and per minute are the highest they have ever been in his career. His assists per minute have risen by about 10% over his previous career high.
For a PG taken in the 5th round of the draft and probably one of the last starting PGs taken, 15.5 PPG/7.4 APG/38.3% 3PT FG%/1.5 SPG and a PER of 17.8 is pretty darn impressive if you ask me.
Nick, you don't think getting to the line constitutes "shots"? It still uses up a possession. Its great that he's getting to the line more, but basically he's taking more shots or looking for his own shot more often. (most of this is pace related because his usage is a 20, right around his career average of 21)
Same player taking advantage of more scoring chances in D'Antoni's system, we've seen this song and dance before. Its also not a good sign for a PG that his team's main failing is poor offense. (The Knicks have an above average defensive rating and a below average offensive rating)
He was good value where you got him, but don't confuse him for any different of a player than he was in Charlotte.
Again Faf, this is just patently not true.
His total shots per game in Charlotte over 5 years was about 15.5 attempts 12.5 and 3.0 or there abouts(FGA, FTA). In New York its 12.6 and 4.0. So he's taking 1 more FTA than he did in Charlotte, on average.
I mean, come on. He's scoring more because his TS% which has languished below 50% for his career is now at nearly 57%.
I will agree with Who that he hasn't been running the Knicks offense as well as it can be but he's not Steve Nash and is only 11 games into the system. Also, he's not a great playmaking PG. Average at best.
All I am saying is that overall I don't think his offense has been bad and I think you are mislabeling him saying his production is simply because he's throwing up more shots. The numbers simply do not bare that out Faf. I find it impossible for even an mathematician as good as you are to try to explain how a 2.1 increase in scoring average over his career numbers can be created by shooting one extra free throw per game over his career numbers.
His defense...not good
His overall running of that D'Antoni offense...not great, he doesn't have a handle on it yet.
But his overall game is more efficient than it has been. He's probably just a bad fit for that offense. My guess is most PGs that don't think pass first and foremost are.
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