This post is going to be analytics driven to show disparaging differences between statistical output and the way our system is being run.
These are regular season stats*
1. Jonas Valanciunas had the Raptors highest True Shooting % (.623) - which was 7th highest and an Effective Field Goal Pct of .572 which was 5th highest in the entire league. Despite this, he attempted the 8th most shots on a Raptors line up which consisted Terrence Ross, Greivis Vasquez, and Lou Williams all playing less minutes and taking more shots than him (per game) while having vastly lower TS%'s. To contrast, DeMar DeRozan took more than twice as many shots as JV while being 12th on the team in TS% - that's with all the free throws he's been to the line for.
Furthermore, he had an Offensive Rating of 122, good for 13th in the league and a defensive rating of 105, second best to James Johnson in our line up. He was 13th in the league in Win Shares per 48 minutes, right below Lebron James at #12. His Player Efficiency Rating 20.9, Win Shares 8.2 - both team highs. From a pure numbers perspective, he could debatably have been our best player all season, if not our most efficient player for his role on the team (while playing in 80 games). Why was he a 8th option offensively when the other options were 1 on 1 3 point/mid range shots (27th in Assist%)?
The argument I see is that he must continue to grow in order to become a more integral part of our system however it's high time that the system be changed and tailored more towards his skill set, starting this season. 26 minutes a game for a player that is 23 years old, outshining (at least on paper) the all-stars on the team just won't cut it if the Raptors want to improve as a team going forward and make progress in the play-offs where half court efficiency is crucial.
TLR - Raptors need to learn to adjust their system to more efficiently suit their more efficient players.
These are regular season stats*
1. Jonas Valanciunas had the Raptors highest True Shooting % (.623) - which was 7th highest and an Effective Field Goal Pct of .572 which was 5th highest in the entire league. Despite this, he attempted the 8th most shots on a Raptors line up which consisted Terrence Ross, Greivis Vasquez, and Lou Williams all playing less minutes and taking more shots than him (per game) while having vastly lower TS%'s. To contrast, DeMar DeRozan took more than twice as many shots as JV while being 12th on the team in TS% - that's with all the free throws he's been to the line for.
Furthermore, he had an Offensive Rating of 122, good for 13th in the league and a defensive rating of 105, second best to James Johnson in our line up. He was 13th in the league in Win Shares per 48 minutes, right below Lebron James at #12. His Player Efficiency Rating 20.9, Win Shares 8.2 - both team highs. From a pure numbers perspective, he could debatably have been our best player all season, if not our most efficient player for his role on the team (while playing in 80 games). Why was he a 8th option offensively when the other options were 1 on 1 3 point/mid range shots (27th in Assist%)?
The argument I see is that he must continue to grow in order to become a more integral part of our system however it's high time that the system be changed and tailored more towards his skill set, starting this season. 26 minutes a game for a player that is 23 years old, outshining (at least on paper) the all-stars on the team just won't cut it if the Raptors want to improve as a team going forward and make progress in the play-offs where half court efficiency is crucial.
TLR - Raptors need to learn to adjust their system to more efficiently suit their more efficient players.
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