Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Ray Allen is a black hole, Rondo is crazy unselfish

Basketball Reference put together an interesting list today.

It's a list of guards who pass the ball the least (30 minutes per game minimum). �

Nick Young of the Wizards is the most allergic to passing... which is NO surprise to anyone who has watched the NBA regularly this season. �As noted in the piece, Kevin Martin might be worse because he touches the ball a lot more and he is passing it almost as infrequently.�

Ray Allen is actually 11th on the list, right behind Kobe Bryant. �But Ray is passing the ball 50.4% of the time... so he's shooting roughly the half the time he touches the ball. �This is more of an example of how you can make stats say a lot of things. �He touches the ball half as much as Kobe and is still passing it half the time. �Meanwhile, his job is too shoot. �Ray isn't in the game to set his teammates up. �

Regardless... he's on the list. �Care to guess who is at the bottom of the list?

Rajon Rondo touches the ball more than any guard w...

Source: http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/ray_allen_is_a_black_hole_rondo_is_crazy_unselfish/4167312

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