The Bobcats have made a one-year, $6.2 million qualifying offer to Tyrus Thomas, making him a restricted free agent. about 3 hours ago via web
Here are the post all-star basic numbers comparison
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Thomas on left and Johnson on right
Games------27----------30
MPG---------22----------19
PPG---------10-----------8
FG%---------45%---------66%
FT%---------72%---------76%
ORBPG------1.5---------1.9
DRBPG------4.7---------3.1
TRBPG------6.2---------5.0
APG---------0.9---------0.9
SPG---------1.0---------0.4
BPG---------1.5---------1.0
PFPG--------2.6---------3.0
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/...2qBLgYRQZWPaB4
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/...2qBLgYRQY9PaB4
So Thomas put up slightly better basic numbers per game in about 15% more minutes per game
Lets now look at some advanced stats (1)
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PER---------17.1--------16.7
TS%----------50%--------64%
eFG%--------44%--------62%
ORB%--------8.8%-------12.9%
DRB%--------24.7%------19.1%
TRB%--------16.9%------16.1%
TOV%--------13.7%------13.6%
USG%--------25.1%------14.5%
ORtg----------98----------124
DRtg----------96----------110
NetRtg-------+2----------+14
WS------------2.6----------4.5
WS/48--------.103--------.150
(1) Advanced stats for Thomas reflect only those numbers when he was a member of the Bobcats except WS and WS/48 which are total number for the year. His WS/48 is a simple ave of his WS/48 from when he was with the Bulls and the Bobcats
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...thomaty01.html
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...johnsam01.html
So when looking at these advanced stats Johnson was clearly better in shooting percentage, net offense/defense rating, Win Shares earned and WS/48. Johnson had significantly superior numbers in the most important advanced stats as shown above.
Now from BasketballValue.com
Numbers in bracket are negative
One year plus/minus-----------(2.41)-------------3.16
1 yr overall unadj rating-------(1.17)-------------6.79
1 yr unadj off rating------------(4.47)------------(1.45)
1 yr unadj def rating------------3.30--------------8.25
http://basketballvalue.com/teamplaye...=DESC&team=CHA
http://basketballvalue.com/teamplaye...-2010&team=TOR
So according to BasketballValue.com Johnson had significantly better numbers in all of the above important categories.
Keep in mind that both players came off of the bench.
From the above basic numbers, with the exception of field goal percentage in which Johnson came out way ahead, both Thomas and Johnson were pretty close with Thomas having a slight advantage mostly due to his playing 15% more minutes per game.
With respect to the key advanced numbers Johnson's numbers are clearly significantly superior across the board. So if the Bobcats are now offering Thomas $6.2 million maybe Johnson should be getting at least that much!
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