Huff, did some research on point guards

[zjcvols]

and how they played and winning percentage. I defined a scoring PG as one who had twice as many field goal attempts to assists, and compared it with passing point guards. Players had to start 50 games.

[n_huffhines]

That's cool. The worst thing that could have possibly happened to Deron Williams is for him to become a score first guard. He went from being a perennial top 5 PG to mediocrity.

I was surprised to see that John Wall met the "pass first" criteria.

[zjcvols]

Originally Posted by n_huffhines

That's cool. The worst thing that could have possibly happened to Deron Williams is for him to become a score first guard. He went from being a perennial top 5 PG to mediocrity.

I was surprised to see that John Wall met the "pass first" criteria.

He had eight assists last year, which really surprised me with him.

I was surprised by Rondo's lack of WS/48 and PER. I figured it'd be higher.

[n_huffhines]

Originally Posted by zjcvols

He had eight assists last year, which really surprised me with him.

I was surprised by Rondo's lack of WS/48 and PER. I figured it'd be higher.

PER is probably the worst stat known to man*. I'm not really familiar with win score.

I prefer wins produced. It's based on mathematical relationships between variables like rebounds, turnovers, and how they correlate with winning. Rondo has a very good WP score. Top 3 among PGs for 4 straight seasons.

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*You can improve your PER score by shooting horribly. It doesn't make sense. As long as you shoot 33%, an additional point will raise your PER score, but we all know shooting 33% will make your team lose. Horrible stat. It wasn't developed with any logic or mathematical reasoning.