Welcome fellow stiffs! I have been debating on what has to happen this off season to make our team better for next year. First, I think GK needs to get healthy, and second, our front court needs some serious help. I'm going to prove to you why Nene might be more valuable than you think he is. I'm going to look at points per 48 minutes along with FG%, rebounds per 48 minutes, assists per 48 minutes, steals per 48 minutes, and blocks per 48 minutes. Here goes nothing! I'll be comparing Johan Petro, Nene, David Lee, Carlos Boozer, Zach Randolph, Kendrick Perkins, Troy Murphy, Spencer Hawes, DeJuan Blair, Nenad Krstic, Al Jefferson, and Dwight Howard. There are 12 players so I'll rate the top player with twelve, second with 11, third with 10 and so on and so on. I won't add points onto scoring because it's too hard to compare efficency with results.
First I'll start off with points per 48 minutes. (Rank in points+rank in percentage)
Al Jefferson: 28.4 @ 49.8% (12+04=16)
Carlos Boozer: 27.3 @ 56.2% (11+09=20)
Zach Randolph: 26.4 @ 48.8% (10+03=13)
David Lee: 26.1 @ 54.5% (09+07=16)
Dwight Howard: 25.4 @ 61.2% (08+12=20)
Troy Murphy: 21.5 @ 47.2% (07+02=09)
DeJuan Blair: 20.5 @ 55.6% (06+08=14)
Nene: 19.8 @ 58.7% (05+10=15)
Spencer Hawes: 18.2 @ 46.8% (04+01=05)
Kendrick Perkins: 17.6 @ 60.2% (03+11=14)
Nenad Krstic: 17.6 @ 50.2% (02+05=07)
Johan Petro: 13.4 @ 53.5% (01+06=07)
After looking at this, Nene looks like a pretty good scorer, especially with his FG%. I'd say Nene is the fourth best scorer in this group after Dwight Howard, Kendrick Perkins, and Carlos Boozer.
Next we'll look at rebounds per 48 minutes.
Dwight Howard 18.3 (12)
DeJuan Blair: 16.9 (11)
Carlos Boozer: 15.7 (10)
David Lee: 15.1 (08)
Troy Murphy: 15.1 (08)
Zach Randolph: 14.9 (07)
Johan Petro: 14.2 (06)
Al Jefferson: 13.7 (05)
Kendrick Perkins: 13.3 (04)
Spencer Hawes: 11.0 (03)
Nene: 10.9 (02)
Nenad Krstic: 10.6 (01)
Anyone that says Nene isn't a bad rebounder, he is. He's not an efficent rebounder, I don't care what you say. This is why our front court struggles so much. Our C is among the bottom of rebounds per 48 minutes. Chris Anderson and K-Mart are both among the 13-14 range.
Time for assists!
David Lee: 4.7 (12)
Carlos Boozer: 4.4 (11)
Spencer Hawes: 4.0 (10)
Nene: 3.5 (09)
Al Jefferson: 2.7 (08)
Dwight Howard: 2.4 (07)
Zach Randolph: 2.3 (06)
DeJuan Blair: 2.1 (04)
Troy Murphy: 2.1 (04)
Kendrick Perkins: 1.8 (03)
Johan Petro: 1.5 (02)
Nenad Krstic: 1.4 (01)
What sticks out to me most is how Boozer is once again at the top of this list. I was also suprised to see David Lee at the top of this list. Nene is a good passer and I'll give him that.
Steals
Carlos Boozer: 1.51 (12)
Troy Murphy: 1.47 (11)
Nene: 1.40 (10)
Zach Randolph: 1.26 (09)
David Lee: 1.05 (08)
Dwight Howard: 0.92 (07)
Al Jefferson: 0.83 (06)
DeJuan Blair: 0.61 (05)
Spencer Hawes: 0.44 (04)
Nenad Krstic: 0.42 (03)
Kendrick Perkins: 0.33 (02)
Johan Petro: 0.28 (01)
Nene was at the top of this list, that's obvious; but he's also the only center at the top of the list. Maybe he should move to PF?
My favorite, BLOCKS!
Dwight Howard: 3.85 (12)
Kendrick Perkins: 2.94 (11)
Spencer Hawes: 2.09 (10)
Al Jefferson: 1.91 (09)
Johan Petro: 1.43 (06)
Nene: 1.43 (06)
DeJuan Blair: 1.43 (06)
Nenad Krstic: 1.24 (05)
Carlos Boozer: 0.65 (04)
David Lee: 0.64 (03)
Zach Randolph: 0.54 (02)
Troy Murphy: 0.47 (01)
Obviously Dwight was at the top of the list, but Nene was in the middle, only above PF's. Maybe he doesn't belong as a Center after all.
Finally, one that'll kill a team, TURN OVERS!
Nenad Krstic: 1.6 (12)
Troy Murphy: 2.0 (11)
Nene: 2.2 (10)
Johan Petro: 2.5 (09)
Al Jefferson: 2.6 (08)
Zach Randolph: 2.7 (07)
David Lee: 3.0 (06)
Spencer Hawes: 3.3 (05)
DeJuan Blair: 3.6 (04)
Kendrick Perkins: 3.7 (03)
Carlos Boozer: 3.8 (02)
Dwight Howard: 4.6 (01)
Obiviously the people that have the ball more convert more turnovers... except NENE!
TOTALS: (Points/ Categories), with the 09-10 season salaries next to them
Dwight Howard: 8.42 $15,133,800
Carlos Boozer: 8.42 $12,657,233
David Lee: 7.57 $7,000,000
Nene: 7.42 $10,520,000
Al Jefferson: 7.42 $12,000,000
Troy Murphy: 6.28 $11,047,619
Zach Randolph: 6.28 $16,000,000
DeJuan Blair: 6.28 $850,000
Spencer Hawes: 5.71 $2,332,800
Kendrick Perkins: 5.28 $4,250,000
Johan Petro: 4.42 $884,881
Nenad Krstic: 4.14 $5,400,000
All in all, I think that we should keep Nene. If his rebounding wasn't horrific, he'd be the top player on the chart. I tried to make this fair and I do realize that there are some unequal parts, but it's a good scale to see who the most productive, overall players are. Unfortunately some parts are probably weighted more than others, such as rebounding, scoring, etc. Also, with the salary figures, Nene comes at a good price compared to most of the top tier big men listed above. Give me some thoughts.
