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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty
C'mon now. From 24 til 29 (the first 5 years I get him) he not only was dishing out 8+/game he had a TS% of about 53%. Not great but hardly Wallace-like and its not like he was attempting 20+ a game like Baron. I think you are unfairly latching onto a career average that includes two irrelevant years when he was 22 and 23, and some post-peak years where his shooting declined. He was far from incompetant during his peak and I think we both agree he has room for growth above that in this situation.
This is now the second time you've said "around 53%." His TS%s were 46.5, 51.5, 48.7, 53.1, 52.9, and 54.8 during this span. Obviously we'd have to weigh in the fact that some years he took more shots than others and stuff to get an exact percentage, but just adding those up and dividing by 6 we get a TS% of 51.2, which is not "around 53%" imo.
Also if he fell off after age 29 but stopped shooting the ball often then that'd be fine. But he fell off and continued to shoot! His TS% the next 4 years was 46.2, 46.3, 46.8, and 45.5 and he shot the ball 13.4, 13.6, 11.5, and 11.6 times per game(not counting free throws). That is a killer for your team offensively.
I just think there were better picks available. I don't want glaring weaknesses on my team as it makes my team a lot more easy to gameplan for.