Player Efficiency Rating (PER) is one of the most important "new" statistics in basketball that have been developed over the last few decades. And this blog probably isn't for you, you should go watch some Honey Boo Boo. If you choose to disagree with those two statements (that ESPN has him ranked lowest out of these 30 guys, and that his numbers indicated that he is average, and not last) then you probably failed math and logic and reading comprehension too.
the averages) in everything - which means he should be between #15 and #16, not #30.
And by his stats, he's at the very least AVERAGE (check out his numbers vs. If you think I'm wrong that's fine, but at the very least accept these two facts:Īccording to ESPN NBA Player ranks, Sap is the lowest guy on this list. And Sap is better than a number of guys higher than Big Al too. It's criminal to suggest that Ryan and Nene are better than Sap. You could argue that as a no-defense playing scorer, maybe better than Melo too. The people I really have a problem with, who are ranked better than Big Al are: Amare, Serge, Danny G, Luol, Noah, Hibbert, Z-Bo, Horford, The Truth, Marc G, Chandler, LMA, and Bosh. And again, this entire rant is based upon production, not some misremembered values of how great you think a player is from their play in previous seasons, or shoe Ads or whatever. The rest of the Top 10 though? All great players, but perhaps more great in perception, than production. I don't think you can argue against K-Love here. Here are a lot of numbers, but I said there were going to be numbers in this post.
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If you love one guy over another because of some TV Ad, or dunk, or poem then that's fine. And if your ranking has these two Jazz players near the bottom then your ranking - and very idea and concept of reality - is flawed and useless.Īgain, this is based upon on court production from last year - the one major, quantitative metric we have with which to rank these players with. And reality is based upon observed and measured facts with a frame of reference. Based on the on court production from last year, if you think a dude like Hibbert, or Ibaka, or Deng, or Nene are better than BOTH Big Al and Sap then you are an idiot. And their ESPN ranking reflects that bombastic statement fully. And as a result, if we're using on court production as a metric of ranking who is better than someone else - you are an absolute idiot, ignorant, or basketball novice if you sleep on Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap. We feel things, but we can feel wrongly about things.Ī huge part of performance is on court production. I think that performance means more than either preference or perception. And the quantitative measures to use are the statistics from the 2011-2012 season. These are rankings for the 2012-2013 season. As a result, there are a lot of people who make these rankings who are pretty damn dumb. Science, and quantitative measurements are better than some misremembered glory years. These rankings are feelings, and I don't think there is much value to them because not everyone used their damn brains when making their rankings.
Guys like Nene, Ry Anderson, and Deng are apparently better. Paul is ranked #53, and #30 respectively. Big Al is our best player, and ranked #44 over all, and #25 out of this group of forwards and centers. Well, not exactly, but they are not highly regarded compared to other forwards and centers. While you can't argue against LeBron or look into it, you can look into the committee results.Īccording to the ESPN rankings there are like 30 guys better than Utah Jazz bigs Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap. They used a committee of over 100 "experts" and came up with a ranking for every player in the NBA this off-season. ESPN is the most popular Sports organization in the World, and their website attracts a lot of talent. There's no point in looking into his stats. The Miami Heat 's LeBron James is the best player in the NBA.
Okay, let's get some things out in the open.