Yup. Ridiculous thread. If 35% is "knockdown" then I wonder what Norm's shooting qualifies as... And he's comparing it to the Afflalo situation while also saying the reasons why it's silly to compare the two...
for his career, Trent is a 39% shooter from three. Now, since I don't know the definition of 'knockdown', I can't speak to that, but 39% is a pretty good conversion rate. That mark may be a reflection of the Portland system that allowed Trent to optimize his conversion rate; that's happened with other players under Stotts. Or maybe he just hasn't hit his stride yet in Toronto....or had one of those sustained hot streaks he had in Portland that's only part of the Trent vs Powell equation though. Powell has a career TS% of .587; Trent is at .548; meaning Powell has been the better overall scorer. And scoring rate is more important than shooting rate, if you make those distinctions neither Trent or Powell are good at playmaking or rebounding. They are both actually poor at those which explains why neither has a career PER 15.0, which is the league average but Powell does something much better than Trent and for me, that's the tipping point in Powell's favor. Powell attacks the rim and he attacks it well. 33% of Powell's career shots have come at the rim (39% this season); only 10% of Trent's shots have come at the rim. That explains why Powell has a career FT Rate of 25% (34% this year) vs Trent's rate of 12%. Personally, I assign substantial value to those skills defensively, I have not been impressed with Powell. But I wasn't impressed with Trent either. I thought his junkyard-dog defensive style, in Portland, was more style than substance. But supposedly he's been really good at defense for Toronto this year.
This. Powell attacks the basket like trent never and likely never will be able to. This is going to give more fta to him as well. To me its pretty clear who is the more valuable player for us.
