![]() ![]() Johnson April 11, 2022īasketball Reference predicts that DeRozan would replicate last season’s heroics in the new campaign by averaging 25.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 5.5 assists. Well, as good as the stats are, hoping he plays at the same level or improving upon what was already an unlikely career year might just be too much of an ask.ĭeMar DeRozan's final stats: 76 games 27.9 ppg (career-high, 5th in NBA) 50.4 FG% (2nd-best of career) 87.7 FT% (2nd-best of career) 5.2 rpg (tied for 3rd-best avg. The former USC star also made his fifth All-Star Game and was a starter. In his first season with the Chicago Bulls, forward DeMar DeRozan had a phenomenal season for a 33-year old, averaging an impressive 27.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game and helped the Bulls return to the post-season for the first time since 2017. However, the expectation of an improvement upon an unlikely career year might not come to fruition. DeMar DeRozan impressed in his first season at Chicago Bulls. ![]() Tucker’s 3.9 on-court net rating compares to his -2.7 off-court mark, should the Raptors consider starting him over DeMarre Carroll?Īll stats courtesy of, NBA.com/stats, and. There’s not much of a conclusion you can draw from the pairing of a point guard and a combo forward, but that’s still a very interesting statistical nugget.Ĭonsidering how P.J. Tucker have been on the floor together this season, the Raptors have had a net rating of 23.1 (115.7 offensive rating, 92.6 defensive rating). During the 136 minutes that Cory Joseph and P.J. That on/off differential of 20.0 points per 100 possessions is by far the largest on the team over that span. Since the All-Star break, the Raptors have had a -10.6 net rating in Jonas Valanciunas’ 238 minutes on the floor, as compared to their mark of 9.4 in his 290 minutes on the bench. Serge Ibaka has been the team’s best long-range weapon since the break (36.7% on 4.5 attempts), while Delon Wright (35.7% on 1.3) and Patrick Patterson (34.2% on 3.5) have been the only other reliable shooters from beyond the arc. Tucker (23.5% on 1.5), and DeMarre Carroll (16.7% on 3.0) have collectively shot 25.8% on 11.3 threes per contest over that span. The poor three-point shooting has stuck out with Kyle Lowry on the sidelines and Terrence Ross playing in Orlando. The Raptors are shooting 30.9% from three-point range since the All-Star break (28th in the NBA), as compared to 36.2% on the season as a whole (tied for 14th with the Houston Rockets). In terms of net rating, their 4.2 mark on the year is still the best in the Eastern Conference and fifth in the whole NBA, but their post-break rating of 0.6 is the seventh-highest mark in the conference and 16th in the league at large. Their 104.9 offensive rating ranks them 19th in the Association since the break, as compared to their fourth-ranked 109.9 mark on the season as a whole. Their defense has improved (they’re 16th on the year at 105.7), but the offense has dropped off dramatically. The Raptors have a 104.2 defensive rating since the All-Star break, ranking 10th in the NBA. ![]() The main differences in the two lines are that Carter has the definitive edge in three-point accuracy (40.8% to DeRozan’s 25.7%) and blocks per game (1.1 to 0.2), while DeRozan has Carter beat in free throw percentage (84.9% to 76.5%) on 1.9 more attempts per game (8.6 to 6.7). Why are we not talking more about the similarities between DeMar’s line this year and the peak of Vinsanity? In Vince Carter’s best season as a Raptor in 2000-01, he averaged 27.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.5 steals per game, while shooting 46.0% from the field, and posting a franchise-record PER of 25.0. Here are this week's interesting digits: DeMar DeRozan is averaging 27.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.1 steals per game this season, while shooting 46.5% from the field, and posting a 24.0 player efficiency rating (PER). The goal is to present the numbers without too much opinion attached, leaving those debates for the comment section. We like to explore a mix of both individual player and team statistics, ranging from raw box score numbers to some interesting and funky advanced metrics. Welcome back to Dinos & Digits, a column where we dive into the box scores and find five interesting or strange Raptors statistics and put them on front street for discussion. ![]()
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