only thing making TT's contributions empty is the play of those around him.
some of you guys seem to constantly keep pushing the goal post back
TT has shown he is a consistent productive play who can regularly minimize the impact of the guy he is matched up against.
this kind of play contributes to a winning product.
TT isn't gonna win you any games on his own. that's not his role nor what the team is expecting him to do.
JR, Hill, Burks, Hood, Zizic, ,Clarkson, are all guys who are more likely to get traded before TT.
before we see one or two plays a game and declare that's how it happens on all plays.
TT has a 48.0% total contested rebound percentage. Amongst centers with 3 or more contested rebounds a game. that's second behind Andre Drummond (48.3%) . Next closest is Andre Davis with 45.6%.
48.0%... that means half of TT's rebounds are contested.
TT doesn't go after boards that can be collected by another teammate. he had to learn to distinguish this as soon as the ball hurts the rims because he shared the court with two other elite rebounders in LeBron James and Love both far more capable of pushing the ball up the court when they grabbed a board.
50% from the Restricted area(non ra) for a Center is actually pretty good. Centers with more than 2 shot a game in the paint outside the restricted area typically shoot below 50%
As far as TT's shooting percentage in the RA. he racks up a lot of tip in attempts. he has more tip in attempts than dunk attempts this brings his shooting down in the RA.
I get that Tristan has been our whipping boy for two years and with good reason. He has been bad since 2017. But can we be fair and acknowledge when he’s playing well? Which he has been for this entire season.
We have about 4 other guys here that are treated with kids gloves meanwhile Tristan has been balling all season and people still crap all over him.
Tristan Thompson frankly has been the most encouraging thing about this awful season.
He could be really impactful for a playoff team and is looking like we can extract a first rounder out of him.
The way we overrate the value of our players is insane. People thought the sixers would trade their number 1 pick for Kyle korver or we could get a 1st round pick for him. Now people think we could get one for Thompson lool.
You and Torn need to just get a room.Tristan leads the team in:
Minutes Played - 700
PER - 19.5
WS/48 - .125
VORP - 0.7
The locker room
You and Torn need to just get a room.
90% of most rebounds in the NBA are empty stats. It's a pretty dumb statistic if taken at face value.
They are useless in the sense that many rebounds are uncontested, many are conceded to teammates, sometimes you are boxing out so your teammate can grab the board, etc etc.
It's a well-known fact for example that Steven Adams conceded a lot of rebounds to Russ so he could help his triple doubles.