DURO.....PERO REAL? Rap of the Day Lets be honest: 1. Rudy is a very inefficient scorer. Period. Yes, his career FG% is 45%. But his FG% has actually declined for three straight years, a slump that has been headlined by the baffling disappearance of his three point shot. 2. Derozan is also not an efficient scorer. Hes been okay this year, but hes averaging more points because hes taking more shots, not because hes suddenly developed a new offensive repertoire. 3. Neither Derozan nor Gay are good all-around players. Gay grabs a decent amount of rebounds for his position, but hes a poor passer. Derozan is not a good rebounder and hes not a good passer. Neither are consistently competent defenders. 4. Gay and Derozan are complemented by a score-first point guard who might be even less efficient than they are. Since 2009 Lowry has shot around 41% from the field. In conclusion, theres a simple, sad reality here: Derozan, Gay and Lowry are all score-first players who cant score efficiently. They have overlapping skills and have reached the age where future improvement is almost certain to be incremental. All of them are athletic and flashy, but none of them are good all-around players, which is reflected in their mediocre advanced stats. This in an NBA where advanced analytics are driving an increased emphasis on efficiency, which has helped Lebron and Durant become such offensive wrecking balls. Derozan, Gay and Lowry are all about 10 or 15 years behind where the league is today. No team is going to win anything significant by starting these three guys and paying them over $30 million/year. Period.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:40:15 +0000