STUCKEY!

And he would most likely also foul out...

ChrisWoj

One person conjectured this, and you decided to berate an entire fanbase over it. It wasn't "people saying" it was one person making a conjecture and the rest of us telling him it was a dumb idea. Unfortunately you chose not to actually read anything anybody actually said and base your entire assertion on the first post in the thread.

Clearly you don't understand what injuries do. You see, when somebody gets hurt it means they can't operate at full speed. When someone can't operate at full speed, he will inevitably play at a rate which is lower than his optimal level. When a person is coming off of an injury it is expected that he will play poorly. You can excuse a person when he is playing poorly coming off of an injury, because that is exactly what it is: someone coming off of an injury. The only time when a player's play coming off of injury can be conjectured as his optimal level is when that player is injured frequently (ie: Yao Ming, Marcus Camby, etc.). When a player is only rarely injury, the time he spend becoming acclimated to regular playing time can not be counted against him as he is not playing to his actual level. In this case Rodney Stuckey is better than the statistics say overall, and if you look at the more recent months you begin to understand the level of play he will achieve over a full season. If he is injured on a yearly basis, then yes it will become clear that we can conjecture that his optimal potential is poor because it is a normal thing. However he does not have a history of injuries, so we can not do this.

Per 48s however can be used to show whether or not a player has the potential to do something. If a player has a high per 48, it can be stated that he is going to be able to do something with proficiency. A player that can not rebound is not going to have a high per 48. What this is, is normalizing statistics. It is a way of making comparisons and creating accurate impressions based on quantifiable numbers. It is not a concrete statistic. Does my number tell me that he is a better rebounding point man than Eddie House? No, thats not what a per 48 number does. What it does tell me is that he has a decent proficiency for rebounding. It doesn't tell me he's one of the best by any means, but what it does tell me is that the ability to be a very good rebounding point man is there and he's far from poor in that category.



-Chris.

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Great game by Rodney againts Orlando! I'm glad I was wrong, I didn't expect him to be able to perform yet at this level so well. I hope he keeps on going when Chauncey comes back, so we have also some firepower off the bench..

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There's a lot of hating going on. I don't understand how so many people can hate on a rookie. Admit it, the guy is good for his amount of experience. When was the last time you saw a rookie play with such poise? He's got a calm and collective composure when playing the game like he's a veteran. People should stop bashing, and especially considering that he's averaged like twenty minutes during the regular season while having played half the season.

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