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Re: Cavs sign Jamario Moon to offer sheet
From Hollinger:
SEASON | FG% | FT% | P/40 | R/40 | A/40 | TS% | Ast | TO | Usg | Reb | PER
2007-08 | .485 | .741 | 12.2 | 8.9 | 1.7 | 54.0 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 15.21
2008-09 | .468 | .850 | 11.2 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 56.7 | 14.7 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 13.35
2007-08 season: He might as well have been playing on the moon. The Raptors found him as a 27-year-old, after Moon had spent several years vagabonding through the netherworld of basketball's minor leagues.
Moon came from nowhere to take over the starting small forward job and gave the Raptors two things they desperately needed -- rebounding and shot-blocking. He led all small forwards in both overall rebound rate and defensive rebound rate, and ranked second at the position in blocks per minute.
While he wasn't asked to do much offensively -- his usage rate was only 54th among the league's 63 small forwards -- he was at least somewhat competent from outside, hitting 32.8 percent of his 3-point attempts. And when he went to the rim he was money. Moon made 66.7 percent of his shots in the immediate basket area, the eighth-best mark in the league. Among perimeter players, only LeBron James and Grant Hill were better.
However, for a player this athletic his free-throw tally was disappointing -- just 1.1 per game, and 55th among small forwards in free-throw attempts per field-goal attempt.
Scouting report: An outstanding leaper who was invited to the dunk contest, Moon is dangerous in transition and on alley-oop plays in the half court. He's also a decent midrange shooter (41.1 percent on long 2s last year) and foul shooter, so opponents have to play him for that.
They can close out hard, though, because Moon is a weak ball handler who rarely drives off the dribble. This did help keep his turnover rate quite low, however. Also, Moon fell in love with the J at times and would launch ill-advised tries early in the shot clock.
Defensively, Moon is still figuring out what he's doing but is a strong one-on-one defender. Because of his length he's great at stealing entry passes thrown by his own man, and he can play power forward in smallball arrangements (though, at 205 pounds, not in traditional lineups).
2008-09 outlook: Moon is 28 years old, so we're not talking about the typical second-year progression here. However, the added year of NBA experience should allow him to build on last season's success, especially at the defensive end. The starting small forward job appears to be his to lose, which is a shocking turn of events given where he was a year ago.
Most similar at age: Shane Battier
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82Games Profile (08-09 MIA)
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82 Games Profile (07-08 TOR)
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From Hollinger:
SEASON | FG% | FT% | P/40 | R/40 | A/40 | TS% | Ast | TO | Usg | Reb | PER
2007-08 | .485 | .741 | 12.2 | 8.9 | 1.7 | 54.0 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 15.21
2008-09 | .468 | .850 | 11.2 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 56.7 | 14.7 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 13.35
2007-08 season: He might as well have been playing on the moon. The Raptors found him as a 27-year-old, after Moon had spent several years vagabonding through the netherworld of basketball's minor leagues.
Moon came from nowhere to take over the starting small forward job and gave the Raptors two things they desperately needed -- rebounding and shot-blocking. He led all small forwards in both overall rebound rate and defensive rebound rate, and ranked second at the position in blocks per minute.
While he wasn't asked to do much offensively -- his usage rate was only 54th among the league's 63 small forwards -- he was at least somewhat competent from outside, hitting 32.8 percent of his 3-point attempts. And when he went to the rim he was money. Moon made 66.7 percent of his shots in the immediate basket area, the eighth-best mark in the league. Among perimeter players, only LeBron James and Grant Hill were better.
However, for a player this athletic his free-throw tally was disappointing -- just 1.1 per game, and 55th among small forwards in free-throw attempts per field-goal attempt.
Scouting report: An outstanding leaper who was invited to the dunk contest, Moon is dangerous in transition and on alley-oop plays in the half court. He's also a decent midrange shooter (41.1 percent on long 2s last year) and foul shooter, so opponents have to play him for that.
They can close out hard, though, because Moon is a weak ball handler who rarely drives off the dribble. This did help keep his turnover rate quite low, however. Also, Moon fell in love with the J at times and would launch ill-advised tries early in the shot clock.
Defensively, Moon is still figuring out what he's doing but is a strong one-on-one defender. Because of his length he's great at stealing entry passes thrown by his own man, and he can play power forward in smallball arrangements (though, at 205 pounds, not in traditional lineups).
2008-09 outlook: Moon is 28 years old, so we're not talking about the typical second-year progression here. However, the added year of NBA experience should allow him to build on last season's success, especially at the defensive end. The starting small forward job appears to be his to lose, which is a shocking turn of events given where he was a year ago.
Most similar at age: Shane Battier
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/play...pn.go.com/nba/players/hollinger?playerId=3249
82Games Profile (08-09 MIA)
82 Games Profile (08-09 TOR)
82 Games Profile (07-08 TOR)
Basketball Reference Profile
