Gerald Wallace: MFP? (Most Fouled Player)
While watching the Jazz and L*kers games, I was pleasantly impressed by how many fouls Crash Wallace drew. He shot 10 free throws in the L*ker game (5 fouls), but also drew a smattering of non-shooting fouls. Of these, the drawn charge on Bynum was the most momentous, since it fouled Bynum out. (As a side note, Wallace's drawing of that charge is especially brave because it was a collision with Bynum that had once collapsed his lung. So Wallace already knows that Bynum can cause serious pain, and, dare I say it, throw a cheap shot).
In general, I was impressed by Wallace's ability to get in front of moving players to where they would run him over (Bynum), throw an elbow (Artest and Odom), and generally feel frustrated (L*kers).
I wonder if there is a statistic on the overall number of fouls a player draws? I hypothesize that Wallace is high on the list. It brings great value to the game by getting opponents into individual and team foul trouble, and also by causing frustration for the opponent.
Anyway, I just wanted to highlight that aspect of Wallace's game. It takes hustle and smarts to draw fouls, and Wallace has both in spades.
16 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Dwight Howard is by far the most fouled player.
In terms of stats to find out where Wallace lands. In terms of FTA (I know that you don’t get FTA’s on every foul drawn, but it’s a pretty good indicator) Gerald ranks 26th in the league (LMA is 24th). Maybe somebody a big more stat savvy can give you a better answer though.
Nicolas Batum; "The Smoothest Cat in the NBA"
not to mention and-1 foul shots too
Jeff Pendergraph:
FGM - 3
FGA - 111
Min - 30
Reb - 10
by Tofu Anonymous on Apr 9, 2011 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the answer to this question is clearly Dwight Howard.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
I'm curious about offensive fouls drawn
Wallace gets a ton of those, more then anyone I can easily remember.
No one in the world can beat me at RBI baseball 3(nes).
I'm pretty sure Andy Varejao and Derek Fisher are the usual leaders in offensive fouls drawn
I’m sure Wallace is up there, but he’s not the leader. AK would probably know off the top of his head.
Phase 1: Collect underpants
Phase 2: ???
Phase 3: Profit!
Very true, two giant floppers
But being the homer that I am, I’ll say that wallace does flop but it seems like he gets elbowed, ran over and pushed more times then not. Dude is always in everyones grill and I wouldn’t classify him as a flopper but he does sell it when he does get fouled to force a whistle. Like I said, I’m a homer.
No one in the world can beat me at RBI baseball 3(nes).
I think Andrew Bogut and Nick Collison are up there, too, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
Agreed
I did not mean that I thought Wallace was the most-fouled player in the league, or even on the team.
I was just meant that his foul-drawing adds value to the team, hence the MVP/MFP analogy.
Unlike Dwight, who draws his fouls in the “normal” way (by catching near the basket and being a threat to score), Wallace draws fouls all over the court by preventing players from going where they want to. Which makes the players frustrated.
Him and matthews are always in someones pocket
Mathews played kobe so tight I bet he could read kobe’s shorts size
No one in the world can beat me at RBI baseball 3(nes).
I agree that Gerald Wallace is a MFP.
(most fouled player)
Wait a minute, I thought the blazers were a jumping shooting team that doesn't get to the line
No one in the world can beat me at RBI baseball 3(nes).
Man, it's unbelievably hard to find fouls drawn data.
I can only find shooting fouls drawn. Ridiculous. I know the data exists somewhere.
"Say his NAME, Portland. Gerald Wallace is...awesome." -Dave, 4/9/11
I think what makes most basketball analysts experts is actually access to all the stats.
Not saying they don’t work their butts off to analyze stats and games but it seems like trying to find stats that don’t come on box scores is always a pain to find. Like points in the paint, offensive foils drawn and other random things that everyone calls intangibles. But every broadcaster seems to have easy access to everything. Just my theory anyways
No one in the world can beat me at RBI baseball 3(nes).
82games.com has that stuff
Here is Wallace’s data from Portland, he is getting fouled only 11% of the time
http://www.82games.com/1011/10POR11.HTM
Compare that with Dwight Howard’s 27% of the time:
http://www.82games.com/1011/10ORL18.HTM
In total, 82games.com indicates that Dwight Howard has been fouled 374 times as of 4/6/2011.
That’s a whopping amount of times being fouled by someone.
"They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory."
Crash should wear flexible body armor under his uniform.
He should have a heavy rubber layer in his headband, knee/elbow pads… all the rules allows.
Jordan's not a bad guy.. he gave us Gerald Wallace.

by 





























