Improvement in all Fields (w/ Poll)

by MJCBMP on Dec 2, 2008 4:24 PM PST Comment 37 comments

The stats of our last four years---

The blazers starting out 12-6 have proven themselves a major competitor in the playoffs and future champions. At the rate the team has improved I wouldn't be surprised if next season we got to the finals. We have improved in almost all fields from the 05-06 season. The changes have been dramatic to go three years and go from the bottom to the top.

The biggest change that is a combination of the improvements our team has had is points per game:

The stats of the last three years:

Team Stats	05’-06’	06’-07’	07’-08’	So Far in the 08’-09’	Change From 05’-09’
FG Attempts	76.4	78	79.8	78.8	+2.4 or 3.1%
FG Percent	44.5%	45%	44.8%	45.9%	+1.4% or 3.1%
3 Pt. Percent	34.9%	34.6%	37.7%	41.4%	+6.5% or 18.6%
FT Percent	68.9%	76.9%	76.7%	76.3%	+7.4% or 10.7%
Rebounds	37.7	39.9	40.7	40.5	+2.8 or 7.4%
Assists	18.2	18.5	21.1	21.6	+3.4 or 18.6%
Fouls	22.3	23.6	20	20.6	-1.7 or 8.25%
Points Per Game	88.8	94.1	95.4	98.4	+9.6 or 10.8%
Points By Opponent	98.3	98.4	96.3	93	-5.3 or 5.6%
Record	21-61	32-50	41-41	So Far 12-6	+20 or 24.4% From 05’-08’*

The reason for our one less shot per game is mainly because we are putting away games and do not need to take shots near the end of games.

As you can see the team has improved in many fields. As a team the Blazers have improved 11.1% from the 05'-06' season with all of these stats averaged.

And yes I say next year for the championship (I am an optimist)

Poll

What year will be our championship year?

THIS YEAR!!

26 votes

Next Year

69 votes

10'-11'

91 votes

11'-Later

8 votes

194 votes | Poll has closed

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Wow nice work

Thanks for making it in an easy to read format!

by Followtheteam on Dec 2, 2008 4:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Got to say

took you long enough? No Jk it is good, thanks.

by PORTLAND on Dec 2, 2008 4:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Definitely next year

so many players will retire or become ineffective that the youth will shine next year. I cant wait

by PORTLAND on Dec 2, 2008 5:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Really I dont know about next year

And there will not be a lot of changes with veterans. I dont think anyone effective this year will retire next year.

by Followtheteam on Dec 2, 2008 9:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

A very nice job and I voted for next year!

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by LaMarvelous on Dec 2, 2008 8:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Only 2 recs so far

I am surprised with 40+ votes

by Followtheteam on Dec 2, 2008 9:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

People!

The Blazers have proven themselves to be a major competitor in the playoffs? And how exactly do you figure that?

Must be the way we torched LA, Phoenix and Utah. Or perhaps our shellacking of Houston and San Antonio.

Silly hyper Blazer fans.

by Blazin' on Dec 2, 2008 10:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

-1

That was early in the season….i guess road wins against the Magic and Piston (who destroyed the Spurs today), and a Hornets torching doesn’t count in your books either…

by broyposse on Dec 2, 2008 11:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

-2 ;)

Umm, as I recall, we are in the Western Conference. Which means we have to play Western Conference teams in the playoffs. See list from my comment above. We start beating those teams on the road and we have some reason to think we MIGHT be competitive come postseason. The only way to prove that we are a “major competitor in the playoffs” is in the playoffs.

by Blazin' on Dec 3, 2008 1:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I doubt anyone

is thinking we’ll be a pushover in the first round this year.

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by jscot on Dec 3, 2008 5:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I see Blazin's point

Only 22% of the season is behind us and people are already talking about making a lot of noise in the playoffs. It’s like stopping in the middle of foreplay and projecting how many orgasms your partner will have by the time you have breakfast.

by tominhawaii on Dec 3, 2008 6:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Look at how our season started though.

Massive road trips with little home games. From who we played and where we played them I think we are doing extraordinarily well.

by MJCBMP on Dec 3, 2008 7:08 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not saying the Blazers aren't playing well

I was just saying that 18 games into the season doesn’t have much bearing on the playoffs. If the Blazers match up with the Lakers in the first round, then probably all hope is lost. I just seems like counting the chicken’s before they hatch.

by tominhawaii on Dec 3, 2008 7:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

by Blazin' on Dec 3, 2008 11:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No question

we are doing well. And I am psyched…

but if we’re talking playoffs, that’s a different story. It’s Tim Duncan’s story and Jerry Sloan’s story and, yes, Phil Jackson’s story.

Do you see why playing well 20 games in to the season doesn’t quite stack up against that history?

We have to earn the right to be in that conversation.

by Blazin' on Dec 3, 2008 12:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dont you think that our youth has proven to

go against the status quo because last year we were the third youngest team in NBA history (not counting Reif we would have been 2) and we easily got more wins than the first and second youngest combined. We also started last year at 5-13 we are now 14-6. I see good things in the future. Every player may not be at the level of a veteran but the combination of our guys skill levels (bench too) can beat almost everyteam (excluding l*akers in a 7 game series and Boston because they are just that good).

by PORTLAND on Dec 3, 2008 7:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The matter of fact is that

We have never been blown out by any road game in the west…… besides the fluky first game….. and we had a shot at winning in New Orleans, I thought we had the win in Phoenix the first time and GS as well as Utah. We may have lost but with out success lately there will be opportunity to win in the west.

by Followtheteam on Dec 3, 2008 6:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes we are playing some really good basketball this season,

but remember the playoffs are a different animal entirely. Almost a completely different season. Lose focus for 2 minutes and it can be the end of your run. That’s why veteran teams succeed more. I’m hopeful we can win a series or maybe even more, but we have absolutely NO idea how this team is going to perform yet.

by dario argento on Dec 3, 2008 12:21 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I cant wait to see Brandon in the playoffs

Time to start his legacy.

by Sabonis4Ever on Dec 3, 2008 1:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Things that aren't here that help tell the story

Turnovers.

Opponent turnovers.

Opponent rebounds.

Opponent shooting percentages.

by jscot on Dec 3, 2008 5:04 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

differential are probably more telling

by appel82 on Dec 3, 2008 7:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

(s)

by appel82 on Dec 3, 2008 7:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I think we had a slight negative point differential last year…even when we were at the mid season apex of hopefullness.

This year something like +12.

Where can we get some 4th quarter stats, like point differential in the 4th? That would probably be a telling stat. How many wins did we have last year where we were the Knicks of last night, building a lead through 3 quarters and then just barely surviving a 4th quarter comeback by the other guys?

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by lukeyhere on Dec 3, 2008 8:36 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

but yeah, defensive improvement would be a nice post too

by appel82 on Dec 3, 2008 7:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I actually talked about

all of those things rebounds and opponents rebounds, turnover by opponents compared to us, and the shooting percentage of other teams in an earlier post. I think it’s called … I’ll get back to you on that.

by MJCBMP on Dec 3, 2008 3:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

It was called

Where the blazers stand 8 games in and it talked about all 8 games and performances on all of those playoff teams.

by MJCBMP on Dec 3, 2008 6:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

link is

http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/11/13/661084/where-the-blazers-stand-8
Fans Post

by MJCBMP on Dec 3, 2008 6:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Good stuff

If a little out of date now.

The thing that triggered my comment is that in this fan post, you show the Blazers as +2.8 on rebounds, but the rebound margin improvement is much, much better than that, because of the reduction in opponent rebounds.

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by jscot on Dec 4, 2008 12:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Ya I just

hate repeating info I mentioned earlier but later I can make another post that shows every single stat there is. It will be after the long home stand.

by MJCBMP on Dec 4, 2008 6:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I hear you

Thanks for the work on it, anyway. It’s useful stuff as is.

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by jscot on Dec 4, 2008 10:46 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

He did good. It was a swell post.

by tominhawaii on Dec 4, 2008 1:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

wow the 05-06 season was ugly, wasn't it?? (I don't know too much about the blazers of the past) xD

by Kartemax on Dec 3, 2008 5:43 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

It was a low point in team history

It wasn’t their worst record ever, but very close. The management had systematically tore down the team, and hadn’t replaced them with good veterans, nor with rookies who could have immediate impact.

We were left with a shell of a team.

Our GM traded down and chose Martell Webster in the draft prior to that year. Our assistant GM had been yelling “Take Chris Paul! Take Chris Paul!!”. We traded and took Martell anyway, who (no offense meant to him) won’t make anyone forget Chris Paul.

Not long afterward, our GM was fired, and that assistant, KP, was promoted. Many saavy moves and a little luck, and here we are now.

by Timmay! on Dec 3, 2008 9:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I remember that

I was still watching ever game and I just remember when we got Roy that next year I thought (and yes I actually thought this) B would make a perfect trade with a good player with a few years under his belt. I now resent anyone who speaks of trading B and hope KP will forgive me for that thought,

by Followtheteam on Dec 3, 2008 9:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You need an "all of the above" option on that poll.

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by Y5k on Dec 3, 2008 8:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Three point percent

Its nice to see it on the rise do you have a stat on how many tre’s we reactually jacking up?

Is it the three point shot that will take this team to the finals or post play, live by the jumper die by the jumper, that stat is way to fluid. Pryz is shooting 85% from the field right now take that out and does not are fg% drop quite a bit?

Just questions not trying to be negative, but we are a perimeter team in flux.

by Dragonage on Dec 3, 2008 9:06 AM PST reply actions 0 recs