Originally Posted by
Truth&Justise
Stats as Freshman:
|
Games |
Games Started |
MPG |
PPG |
RPG |
Marshall Plumlee |
19 |
0 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
Brian Zoubek |
32 |
2 |
7.3 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
Stats as Seniors:
|
Games |
Games Started |
MPG |
PPG |
RPG |
Marshall Plumlee |
36 |
36 |
30.5 |
8.3 |
8.6 |
Brian Zoubek |
40 |
16 |
18.7 |
5.6 |
7.7 |
Just a snapshot, but it looks like freshman Marshall was significantly worse than freshman Zoubek, while senior Marshall was arguably better (at least over the course of the whole season) than senior Zoubek. So which of those two improved more in their time at Duke?
If we're talking percentage improvement, MP3 wins hands down. He was a disaster during his first 2 years at Duke. Zoubek was a fouling machine, but he clearly had more talent coming in. So, safe to say MP3's base was lower than Zoubek's as a frosh.
But in terms of impact, I'll take senior Zoubs over senior MP3. Zoubek's rebounding rate was off the charts good and his second half of the season stats are incomparable with his first half. Also, no one saw second half senior Zoubs coming, and many, myself included, believe second half Zoubs is a biiiiiiiiig reason why we won the natty that year.
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