RUMOR: Iguodala Drawing Interest; Sixers Not Budging

Sure, I didn’t argue that he couldn’t use some more frame to his body. Why not? You just wanna make sure he keeps his speed and athleticism. He could be a far smarter Samuel Dalembert, which would easily be a top 10-15 center in today’s NBA.

Iguodala’s minutes and role is inflated. Because of the inflation, the stats aren’t really that credible in my eyes. Iguodala could do NOTHING as a 76er, beyond playing above his level of expected play to ever change his worth. Nevertheless, let’s discuss them.

So Ariza is a bucket inferior, equal in turnovers and the only real difference here is assists. Yes, Ariza doesn’t However, the last thing I need from my perimeter wing is to be a playmaker. I need him to be able to play off the ball.

Let’s address the 2.4 percent difference, I believe this slight difference can be attributed to poor shot selection, Trevor Ariza, like Iguodala was a high percentage roleplayer in his time as a Knick, Magic and Laker. Now, what he was in Houston and New Orleans is a #2/3 option on offense. And like Iguodala before him, he’ll have to develop in this sense. However, because of the solid 3pt shooting he did for the Lakers in terms of corner situations, I imagine he’ll be able to develop further than Iguodala did. Small sample size but he’s already shooting 37.5% this year from 3.

Indeed, both players have a tendency to struggle in isolation situations.

With most of these stats, we’re grasping at straws. You’re gonna grasp at your straw and I’m gonna grasp at mine. PER, to me means nothing. Mathematical calculations CANNOT determine a player’s effectiveness. But the fact that Ariza’s 14.2 is only 2.8 off of Iguodala’s, it’s fair to say Ariza is an equally effective player.

Equally speaking 0.095, I’m going to use mathematical rule and bump that up to a 0.100 WP/48. There’s only a .22 difference between them.

True Shooting Percentage, if I’m correct that combines all factors of shooting(FG%, FT% and 3pt shooting, right?). This reveals another one of Ariza’s weaknesses, the 4% difference is found in the free throw shooting, where Ariza has struggled for his career. Being somewhere around a mid-60’s to maybe early 70’s% FT shooter.

I also think Ariza sabotages himself. In these last two seasons, nearly half of his
shot attempts are 3pters. While he hits them at a good percentage(the advantage he has over Iguodala), the four or so misses on average really kill his FG%,

It’s for that reason Ariza got 50 more catch and shoot shots than Iguodala.

Ariza would be a better scorer if he increased his ft percentage and if he had better shot selection.

Actually, I figure he’d be a 15-17 PPG scorer if he made those corrections to his game: Surprisingly, right around the average of one: Andre Iguodala.

And as we know, he has the potential to be a good 3pt shooter, which is what a wing man needs to have to be successful.

Iguodala’s stats are inflated, Ariza’s are deflated. In reality, Ariza is Iguodala’s equal and could develop to be his superior.

After all, this is only Ariza’s 2nd year in this whole: Be an option thing. And he’s already improved his shooting percentage. Now he needs to understand which shots to take and he’ll in no time at all equal Iguodala’s “scoring output”.

But even so, I value Ariza’s potential 15-17 PPG higher. Why? I feel like Ariza actually would have earned it. He could create shots for himself, hit the 3 ball etc. Ariza would be able to make an offensive impact on the game.

Whereas I feel like Iguodala’s been jacked up by this system. He’s not anywhere near as good as his stats indicate.

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