PER - Brandan Wright
Just a few musings while looking at stats on ESPN.com.
According to John Hollinger's PER rankings (look on ESPN.com if for some reason you haven't heard of his little weight stat systems), Brandan Wright is currently the 28th most productive player in the minutes he spends on the court, with a 20.52 rating. He is also second on our roster to Andris Biendrins at 20 overall (22.15).
Sad to say, the next two players are currently Anthony Morrow (93rd, 16.23) and Marco Belinelli (96, 16.09). After that comes Jamal Crawford and Corey Maggette, who are pretty much right at the league average.
What does this mean? It seems to me that Nellie likes to really, really baby his big men, and Brandan Wright is following closely in the footsteps of Andris, whom if you remember was an annual case-in-point for Hollinger and ESPN saying that the guy needed more minutes on the floor.
Before everyone starts calling for Nellie's head again, remember that this is a measure of statistical effectiveness, and if Brandan was starting and playing more, his numbers would surely go down as he would be facing the All-Star PFs out west, as well as just being on the floor more and possibly losing focus.
At the same time, it seems pretty perplexing that he doesn't get a bit more consistent burn since he seems to be making a lot of plays and is effective. He is a decent rebounder because of length, but still gets pushed out of position a lot. An argument last year could have been that he isn't very versatile offensively and duplicates Andris in our offensive system. But with a change in offensive philosophy, and his much improved mid-range game, if his minutes dont increase to closer to 20 per game once he gets his legs back from the flu, questions should really be raised.
This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!
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Earlier in the year there were people above him on the depth chart
Maggs is out, Al is gone, Monta’s still out. He’ll get more burn now that he’s back from the flu. Whether he keeps up the productivity is another thing. Hopefully… hopefully.
"No no Nene!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB5DxNl4EB0
by Dubs fan in Boston on Dec 17, 2008 3:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
There will come a time (hopefully soon) where Nellie can’t deny to himself that starting Brandan and playing him starter’s minutes, is more effective than playing a 4 guard lineup.
Warriors, Stupidest franchise in the league.
by kenntoe on Dec 17, 2008 3:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
He's too big.
Nellie won’t play anybody over 6 feet. And with that PER, he might cause the Warriors to win a game or two, which would obviously wreck Nelson’s whole plan.
Whatever that is.
by formerlythecity on Dec 17, 2008 6:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
play wright at starting PF
id rather see wright go up against all star PFs then jackson and maggs and that crap were using now
trade Jackson!!!!!!
by gswfan13 on Dec 17, 2008 11:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wright’s efficiency will almost definitely decrease if he gets starter’s minutes. That’s okay, though, because
1) he could get a good bit worse and still be pretty good, and
2) he could get a LOT worse and still be our best option at PF
Nobody’s saying he’s gonna be an All-Star. But on this bad team, he should be starting.
by onlxn on Dec 17, 2008 11:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
why dont we run...
jamal
jackson
marco/azabuki
wright
beans
?
our +/- is so much better when we have 2 bigs in at once
by DeepS on Dec 18, 2008 12:48 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

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