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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.

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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.

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by gtbassett on Apr 9, 2011 8:21 PM PDT reply actions  

not to mention and-1 foul shots too

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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."

by AK1984 on Apr 10, 2011 2:26 AM PDT up reply actions  

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).

by svlittle on Apr 10, 2011 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

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.

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by HailOden! on Apr 10, 2011 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

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.

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by svlittle on Apr 10, 2011 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

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."

by AK1984 on Apr 11, 2011 2:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

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.

by Saba on Apr 10, 2011 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Him and matthews are always in someones pocket

Mathews played kobe so tight I bet he could read kobe’s shorts size

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by svlittle on Apr 10, 2011 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Man, it's unbelievably hard to find fouls drawn data.

I can only find shooting fouls drawn. Ridiculous. I know the data exists somewhere.

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by austinpwnz on Apr 9, 2011 11:34 PM PDT reply actions  

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

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by svlittle on Apr 10, 2011 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

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

by tingeyga on Apr 10, 2011 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

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."

by AK1984 on Apr 11, 2011 2:56 AM PDT up reply actions  

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 Berkeley on Apr 10, 2011 12:26 AM PDT reply actions  

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