Kings Statistical Reset -- The First 7 Games

[Bricklayer]

Well, a post I made in another thread got me thinking of doing another one of these, and seeing that Ron is about to return tonight, this seems like a good early break point to take statistical stock and compare to what comes after. It is of course very early, and so that disclaimer applies as always. However it applied equally well when I did this last year, and the year before, and yet those numbers were still broadly indicative of the way things were going to go. So here goes, and we'll see how things compare with Artest/Beno/Hawes and Justin all increasingly in the mix from here on out:

Team Stats First 7 Games (w/ league rank)

Points/Gm: 94.3 (22nd in league)
Opp Pts/Gm: 103.4 (27th in league)
Scoring Margin: -9.1 (26th in league)
Field Goal%: .433 (19th in league)
Opp FG%: .477 (27th in league)
3point%: .326 (20th in league)
Opp 3pt%: .383 (23rd in league)
Free Throw%: .841 (2nd in league)
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Rebs/Gm: 35.4 (30th in league)
Reb Margin: -7.4 (28th in league)
Assists/Gm: 14.4 (30th in league)
Steals/Gm: 7.9 (14th in league)
Blocks/Gm: 3.0 (28th in league)
Turnovers/Gm: 16.4 (14th in league)
Fouls/Gm: 21.9 (13th in league)
Opp Fouls Gm: 25.0 (4th in league)


So, we are last in the league in rebounding, last in assists, 28th in blocks, 27th in Opp FG%...jeesh, looks a lot like last year. Perhaps not surprising given that we have largely the same team as last year. And last year we did two things well: steal the ball, and draw fouls. And this year htose are still our only strenths, although the steals/turnover for us have only been middle of the pack sans Ron.


Individual Notes

1) In a secret to nobody on this board, Kevin Martin is 3rd in the league in scoring at 27.0ppg.

2) In another ill-kept secret, Kevin is leading the NBA in FT attempts by a wide margin, at 12.1 a game. Second is LeBron at 10.8, third is Arenas at 10.0.

3) In what may be less known, Kevin is also 2nd in the league in minutes at 40.9. Here's hoping Ron's return can cut that back a tad. Side note: John Salmons is 18th.

4) Kenny Thomas, Mikki Moore and Shareef Abdur-rahim are making a combined $18.5 million this year. Kevin Garnett is making $23.75mil. See? We got a bargain!

5) We have exactly one player in the Top 100 in rebounding in the league this year (Brad). Cisco is our next best, at #108.

6) John Salmons currently leads the team with 4.0 assists a game (even more sad #2 is Cisco at 2.6). In 2003-04 no fewer than FIVE Kings averaged more than that mark: Vlade, Webb, Brad, Bibby and Christie.

 

[AriesMar27]

wow this team is not very good....

 

[tyrant]

thanks. of course steals will get better as ron brings his 2+ a game. because he's that good defensively our OPPG will get better also. guarding the other teams star player. our PPG should get higher too. moore and thomas are so darn invisible. our PPG would go up if we just played our 4 guards. just go 4 on 5 the full 48.

 

[nbrans]

I fail to see how a team featuring a front line of Mikki Moore, KT, SAR, Miller, Hawes and assorted scrubs could be 28th in blocks.

Who in the heck are the two teams below us????

 

[kennadog]

6) John Salmons currently leads the team with 4.0 assists a game (even more sad #2 is Cisco at 2.6). In 2003-04 no fewer than FIVE Kings averaged more than that mark: Vlade, Webb, Brad, Bibby and Christie.

Thanks for the stats (I think). What's pretty depressing is that we are averaging more TOs than assists. Yeesh, that's ugly.

 

[venom_7]

I fail to see how a team featuring a front line of Mikki Moore, KT, SAR, Miller, Hawes and assorted scrubs could be 28th in blocks.

Who in the heck are the two teams below us????

Question of the month. Brad is actually blocking a lot of shots by his standards.

 

[pkballr]

Well, technically we're tied at 28 with Toronto. And the worst blocking team in the league is New York.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Ok the seriously depressing thing is this: How can the Kings be stastically the worst team in the NBA and still not have the worst record?

 

[allrightythen]

Ok the seriously depressing thing is this: How can the Kings be stastically the worst team in the NBA and still not have the worst record?

Good (or bad depending on how you look at it) Coaching? In reality probably has something do to with how much we got to the line.

 

[piksi]

Ok the seriously depressing thing is this: How can the Kings be stastically the worst team in the NBA and still not have the worst record?

because other teams know their priorities so they play very close game and lin it in the end. We can't do that the right way either

 

[kennadog]

because other teams know their priorities so they play very close game and lin it in the end. We can't do that the right way either

The Bee pointed out today that if the Wolves lose tonight, it will tie their worst season start since the year they......









...drafted Kevin Garnett.

 

[Brinzotti]

well after tonight's game the rebounding differential stats will be much worse, I wonder if this makes them not only the worst rebounding team but also having the highest negative rebounding differential in the league

I don't remember off the top of my head, but someone has/had a signature that said, "it's not the stats that lie, it's the liars that lie"

 

[piksi]

The Bee pointed out today that if the Wolves lose tonight, it will tie their worst season start since the year they......









...drafted Kevin Garnett.

they know what they are doing

 

[kennadog]

they know what they are doing

Well we showed them tonight that we are no slouches in the losing business.

 

[piksi]

Well we showed them tonight that we are no slouches in the losing business.

finally we are taking pride in it