Re: Individual Stats Tracker 2025-26 Season
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2026 12:11 pm
Your dislike of Rudy is borderline irrational because it flies in the face of the data. When he's off the floor, the team offense is 2.8 points per 100 possessions better. That's hardly much of a jump considering that the frontcourt are two almost 100% offensively oriented players in Julius and Reid when Rudy sits. Wouldn't you think the offense would be much better with such an albatross like Rudy on the bench and a skilled shooter like Naz in the game for him??mjs34 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 27, 2026 11:30 amFNG wrote: ↑Fri Feb 27, 2026 8:13 amThanks for this, Q...terrific feature of this board. So interesting how different players rank differently depending on the measure.Q-is-here wrote: ↑Fri Feb 27, 2026 7:29 am Quick summary:
- Ant and Jaden having career years in a couple of statistical categories.
- Randle's numbers going in the wrong direction.
- Ayo with the worst net rating, albeit his Wolves sample size is small. Hopefully last night begins a trend.
- Bones quietly having a career year in terms of playing winning basketball. One area he's been really strong in is keeping his TOs down. He's been a safe pair of hands so far.
- DDV and Rudy just continuing to play rock solid basketball. We're getting great value from them considering their salaries. We saw what happens to the defense when Rudy doesn't play. He is keeping us in the top 10 practically by himself.
I continue to marvel at Donte...the game may have been too late for you last night, but he was really fun to watch. He's added some Clark-like disruption to his defensive game...he was credited with only 2 steals last night, but there were several times his activity blew up Clipper offensive sets. His activity level is such a contrast to that of Ju's and Ant's. We get down on him sometimes when his shot is off...he can be streaky. But he is not streaky at all on a seasonal basis...this is the 4th consecutive season in which his 3-point percentage has been within 1 percentage point of 40%, on high volume. It's no surprise that he leads the team in both net rating and on/off. Such a valuable player for us.
Yes, Ju's numbers are trending down, and his defense remains spotty. But I'm not losing sight of his raw stats, which highlight how important he is to the team: first in assists, second in PPG, and second in rebounds. Plus something else that Jon K tweeted about yesterday: Ju ranks 4th in the Association in offensive on/off behind Ball, Joker and Murray...pretty good company to be associated with! It's so odd though to have two guys on the team who are so productive on offense (in totally different ways) but so ineffective generally on defense. Ant's disinterest and ineffectiveness in guarding Derrick Jones Jr. last night...a below average offensive player...kept the injured Clips in a game they didn't deserve to be in. We can't afford to have two unbalanced one-way players in the starting lineup, and since Ant isn't going anywhere, we can expect TC to deal Ju in the offseason.
Doesn't this mean Rudy has to go as well. The guy can't make a basket outside of 3 feet, and those have to be spoon fed to him. If the NBA had a more realistic way of scoring turnovers Rudy would have an additional 2-3 per game.
Meanwhile opponents score a whopping 10 points more per 100 possessions when he's on the bench.
You're smart enough to do the math. This has been a consistent theme throughout his tenure in Minnesota. And we saw what happens when Joan started for him against an Embiid-less Philly team. Our defense completely fell apart and Beringer couldn't stay on the floor.