Originally Posted by
Saratoga2
In three years he hasn't shown much improvement in his deficiencies so it is unlikely he will make major imrpovement in the 2015/2016 season.
OK, here I'm going to disagree. While his defensive rebounding is only adequate for a man of his size, Marshall has shown vast improvement over his three years in most facets of the game. Here are some tempo-free, minute-independent stats for Marshall Plumlee:
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Stat Frosh Soph Junior
oRtg 35.2 114.1 138.7
eFG% 12.5% 55.1% 77.3%
ts% 8.4% 51.2% 76.6%
OR% 12.2 16.6 15.1
DR% 13.4 14.1 15.6
Blk% 5.7 6.6 5.5
WinSh/40 -0.102 0.115 0.189
PER -1.8 14.3 18.4
to% 31.2 20.4 20.0
foul/40 4.1 4.6 6.2
(oRtg=offensive rating; eFG%=effective field goal %; ts%=true shooting pct; OR%=offensive rebounding %; DR%=defensive rebounding %; Blk%=block percentage; WinSh/40=win shares per 40 minutes; PER=player efficiency rating; to%=turnover %; foul/40=fouls per 40 minutes)
So, his offensive rebounding and his blocks haven't drastically improved (they were pretty good to begin with), and his foul rate has gotten worse, but pretty much everything else has improved by an incredible amount.
Personally, I'm hoping for big things from Marshall next season if he can carve out a 20+ mpg role.