You are wrong. DiB is right. Here are Javin's stats from last season and this, taking away shooting percentages and foul rate:
PER 40 MINUTES
ADVANCED STATSCode:Year Pts rebs assts stls blks 2019 9.4 10.7 1.1 2.1 3.2 2020 10.9 13.2 1.5 2.3 1.5
So, his block rate is worse. But every other non-shooting-related, non-fouling-related stat is better. Some are significantly better.Code:Year OR% DR% AST% STL% BLK% TO% USG% 2019 11.6 16.3 4.1 2.9 7.9 23.7 10.1 2020 13.8 22.1 5.8 3.0 3.5 18.2 18.2
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club
At this point in 2009-10, people didn't see a "Zoubekian" impact coming from Zoubek, either.
I have to say, in Z's senior year, I found myself having very similar arguments on his behalf that I'm having for Javin now. People thought the Plumlees should play instead of Z and Lance Thomas. They thought Zoubek had bad hands and couldn't score and fouled too much. He was a senior and they didn't think he had any room to improve. I argued that he played very good positional defense, and that his per minute stats from 2008-09 and early 2009-10 were really good. Especially his offensive rebounding, which was elite. All he had to do, I said, was cut down on fouls and play more minutes.
That said, if Duke had lost to Baylor or Purdue, Brian Zoubek wouldn't be held up as such a shining light around here, either. I'm not saying Javin will bring a championship. But he's a good player who can contribute, as last night's game showed. Can Javin build on the Michigan State game moving forward? Can he stop fouling and play with confidence? Who knows? But it's certainly possible.
here's hoping Jav can capitalize on this performance and gain confidence...
"One POSSIBLE future. From your point of view... I don't know tech stuff.".... Kyle Reese
This is exactly what I was thinking. I really don't think anyone here thought there would be a Zoubekian moment... ever.
My first thought after the MState game. Could this be Jav's Zoubekian moment? I REALLY hope so.