OT:Larry Bird

huevonkiller · Mar 6, 2009

Boob-No-More said: ↑

It's extremely rare for a team, even a championship team, to have all five starters with a PER above 15. For every above average starter in the league, there is another one that's below average (more, or less). It's not uncommon for even championship teams to have two starters with a PER below 15. Three starters with a PER below 15 on a championship team is a bit unusual, but not at all rare.

And, as I have stated repeatedly, I'd be surprised if more of the Houston players didn't have PERS above 15 for the post season. Smith and Horry both had PERs of 14.2 during the regular season. Horry had higher scoring and rebounding averages in the play-offs and Smith shot extremely well from 3-point range in the play-offs. That should have been enough to move their PERs from 14.2 to over 15 in the play-offs. So, that's two more above average starters, to go with Hakeem and Thorpe, in the play-offs, when it counted, than the regular season.

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Horry, Cassell, and Drexler had PERs over 15 in the playoffs those two years. In addition to your comments about PER not measuring defense at all, I think you have a point.

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