According to ESPN's Hollinger's efficiency stats, Brandon is #32 in the whole league!! Okay stats do not automatically mean you're the 32 best player in the league, but look at the top 10: LeBron, Parker, Wade, Paul, Howard, Harris, Boozer, Ilgauskus, Duncan, Bosh. It means something. (The only other limited min. guy is Speights in Philly; Andris is #19). Does Nellie simply ignore this? You would think you play your two best efficient guys. Especially when the alternative is No. D all Body Maggette.
That's an interesting find, phil. I'm not surprised that Wright gets the POB/Belinelli treatment. Nelson is not a big man kind of guy and not a rookie kind of guy. He'd rather play 5 near-all-star little guys that don't make each other better than four team-oriented guys that can support 1-2 good inside players. Wright is the consummate team player in a minimal role. He knows where to be, he's got big man fundamentals, and he's got the ability to change shots so that Biedrins doesn't always have to do "Foyle-duty". Having a good weakside defender makes it so our only double digit rebounder isn't the one having to leave his feet all the time to go for the block. Plus, if Biedrins goes for the block, Wright should be able to get the rebound because of his length and quickness. If Wright can get aggressive and maintain his aggressiveness, he should be a double double guy easily. He is that talented. He's like having a 2nd Biedrins. But Don Nelson... just does not know how to use the rest of his team effectively. He only plays swingmen and guards in crunch time and that kills us defensively and manufacturing the RIGHT shots to take. We settle for bad 3's, get killed on defense/rebounding, and we can't control the pace if we do it Don Nelson's way. He's got play halfcourt ball and focus on the matchups. I'm not saying Wright is a God or anything, but he should at least be as good as Biedrins was his 1st or 2nd year and that was good when foul trouble wasn't an issue and Montgomery was actually playing him.
It doesn't really surprise me. He shoots a high percentage and rebounds and blocks decently in limited minutes.
Not a big fan of Hollinger stats, because that usually overvalue players with good stats, but yeah. Wright has played quite well in limited minutes, and I would like to see more of him. I guess the only problem I have with him is that he is surprisingly a bad rebounder for his height and length. For 48 minutes stats, Wright gets only 10.8 rebounds, compare to Biedrins (17.4), Randolph (16.5), and Harrington (8.1). And, his college rebounding stats aren't exactly encouraging. Wonder if he will improve those stats when he fills his body. Fun fact: For 48 minutes, Turiaf blocks 7.1 per game, Randolph blocks 4.5 per game, and Wright blocks 3.9 per game. Turiaf is the best in the league, Wright is 6th, and Randolph couldn't qualify. When both Wright and Randolph play regular minutes, we probably won't have to worry about block...
