Same deal as last time. This is a look at where any of our players stats rank amongst the

40 players in each category. Its interesting to see where our guys are at. Have they

dropped in stats? Have they upped their stats?

Here we go!

Our Players overall:

Aldridge- 38min 20.5pts 8.9 rebs 2.5ast 1.28blk 19.5per

Lillard- 38.5min 18.3pts 3.5rebs 6.6ast 1.05stl 16.5per

Batum- 39min 16.7pts 6rebs 4.5ast 1.5stl 1.08blks 17.8per

Matthews - 35.4min 15.4pts 3rebs 2.5ast 1.4stl 14.5per

Hickson - 29.3min 12.4pts 10.9rebs 1ast 20.1per

Leonard- 16.5min 4.8pts 3.5rebs 13per

Babbitt- 12.9 min 4.5pts 2.4rebs 9.4per

Call it good right there. Heres a link if you really want to see the rest but trust me its sad.

http://espn.go.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/por/portland-trail-blazers

Ok, Now for the rankings.

First lets look at PER.

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1. Lebron James - 30.30

2. Kevin Durant - 29.15

3. Chris Paul - 26.11

4. Carmelo Anthony - 25.29

5. Brook Lopez - 25.22

6. Tim Duncan - 24.95

7. Russell Westbrook - 23.76

8. Andray Blatche -23.43

9. Kobe Bryant - 23.43

10. Dwayne Wade - 23.07

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27. JJ Hickson - 20.06

37. Lamarcus Aldridge - 19.54

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Points Per Game-

1. Kevin Durat - 29.5

2. Kobe Bryant - 29.2

3. Carmelo Anthony -29.2

4. Lebron James - 25.9

5. James Harden - 25.9

6. Kyrie Irving - 23.7

7. Russel Westbrook - 23

8. Stephen Curry - 20.7

9. Lamarcus Aldridge - 20.5(down .3pts)

10. Dwayne Wade - 20.1

19. Damian Lillard - 18.3(down .8 pts)

36. Nicola Batum - 16.7(down .9pts)

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3pts made-

1. Ryan Anderson - 125

2. Stephen Curry - 121

3.Klay Thompson - 108

4. Nicola Batum - 98(down from #3)

5. Kyle Korver - 94

6. JJ Redick - 94

7. Damian Lillard - 94(Down from #5)

8. Randy Foye - 93

9. Kevin Martin - 91

10. Kobe Bryant - 90

19. Wes Matthews - 81(down from #9)

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3pt Attempted-

1. Ryan Anderson - 317

2. Klay Thompson - 279

3. Nicola Batum - 277(Down from #1)

4. Damian Lillard - 262(stayed the same at #4)

5. Stephen Curry - 261

6. Kobe Bryant - 255

7. James Harden - 244

8. Metta World Peace - 239

9. JJ Redick - 238

10. Paul George - 228

25. Wesley Matthews - 205(dropped from #8)

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2pts Made-

1. Kobe Bryant - 421

2. Kevin Durant - 403

3. Lebron James - 387

4. Russell Westbrook - 336

5. Tony Parker - 328

6. James Harden - 324

7. Lamarcus Aldridge - 320(dropped 6 spots from #1 to 7th)

8. Carmelo Anthony - 320

9. David Lee - 318

10. Blake Griffin - 315

25. Damian Lillard - 265(UP from somewhere below #40)

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2pts Attempted-

1. Kobe Bryant - 907

2. Russell Westbrook - 795

3. Kevin Durant - 777

4. James Harden - 748

5. Lebron James - 703

6. Carmelo Anthony - 701

7. Monta Ellis - 700

8. Lamarcus Aldridge - 692(down from #1)

9. Brandon Jennings - 658

10. Tony Parker - 632

12. Damian Lillard - 631(up from somewhere below 40)

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Free Throws Made-

1. James Harden - 361

2. Kevin Durant - 352

3. Kobe Bryant - 267

4. Russell Westbrook 237

5. Carmelo Anthony - 206

6. Ramon Sessions - 195

7. Dwight Howard - 186

8. Lebron James - 177

9. Paul Pierce - 175

10. Demarcus Cousins - 174

14. Lamarcus Aldridge - 159(Up from #17)

34. Nicola Batum - 129(down from #28)

39. Damian Lillard - 125(down from #16)

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Free Throws Attempted-

1. James Harden - 423

2. Kevin Durant - 387

3. Dwight Howard - 369

4. Kobe Bryant - 319

5. Russell Westbrook - 294

6. Carmelo Anthony - 250

7. Lebron James - 241

8. Blake Griffin - 234

9. Ramon Sessions - 233

10. Demarcus Cousins - 223

17. Lamarcus Aldridge - 193(down from #15)

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Minutes Per Game-

1. Luol Deng - 39.8

2. Kevin Durant - 39.7

3. Nicola Batum - 39(down a little from 39.3)

4. Kobe Bryant - 38.9

5. James Harden - 38.5

6. Damian Lillard - 38.5(UP from #10)

7. Joe Johnson - 38.4

8. Lebron James - 38.4

9. Joakim Noah - 38.2

10. Stephen Curry - 38.1

12. Lamarcus Aldridge - 38(down a little from 38.6)

31. Wes Matthews - 35.4(down from 37.7)

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Rebounds Total-

1. Omer Asik - 471

2. Dwight Howard - 467

3. Nikola Vucevic - 453

4. Zach Randolph - 442

5. JJ Hickson - 435 (UP from #10)

6. Tyson Chandler - 429

7. Kenneth Faried - 426

8. David Lee - 420

9. Joakin Noah - 417

10. Tim Duncan - 411

21. Lamarcus Aldridge - 346(up from #27 to #21)

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Rebounds Per Game-

1. Dwight Howard - 12.3

2. Zach Randolph - 11.6

3. Nickola Vucevic - 11

4. Tyson CHandler - 11

5. Omer Asik - 11

6. JJ Hickson - 10.9(UP from #12)

7. David Lee - 10.8

8. Joakim Noah - 10.7

9. Demarcus Cousins - 10.5

10. Carlos Boozer - 10

19. Lamarcus Aldridge - 8.9(up from #32 with 7.9rebs)

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Assists Per Game-

1. Rajon Rondo - 11.1

2. Chris Paul - 9.7

3. Greivis Vasquez - 9.2

4. Jrue Holiday - 9

5. Russell Westbrook - 8.2

6. Deron Williams - 7.8

7. Jose Calderone - 7.6

8. Tony Parker - 7.3

9. Jameer Nelson - 7.2

10. Lebron James - 7

14. Damian Lillard - 6.6(up from #19 to #14 and ast up .3)

30. Nicola Batum - 4.5(cracked the top 40, he's up, i just dont know how much)

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Assists Total-

1. Rajon Rondo - 398

2. Chris Paul - 378

3. Greivis Vasquez - 376

4. Russell Westbrook - 346

5. Jrue Holiday - 343

6. Jose Calderon - 312

7. Deron Williams - 311

8. Tony Parker - 307

9. Ty Lawson - 286

10. Jeff Teague -274

11. Damian Lillard - 269(up from #19 to #11)

31. Nicolas Batum - 181(again he wasnt in the top 40 before, so I dont know how much

he moved up. But he did move up alot guaranteed.)

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Assists to Turnover Ratio-

1. Jose Calderon - 4.59

2. Chris Paul - 4.45

3. Chris Duhon - 4.10

4. AJ Price 4.10

5. Earl Watson 3.21

6. Steve Nash 3.20

7. Kirk Hinrich - 3.14

8. Jason Kidd - 3.04

9. Tony Parker - 2.98

10. Rajon Rondo - 2.88

45. Damian Lillard - 2.19(I didnt list it last time so im ot sure up or down.)

71. Nicolas Batum - 1.65

(Again, neither were listed last time because neither were in the top 40, so im not sure if

they moved up or went down, I assume up just a little. )

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Steals Per Game-

1. Chris Paul - 2.56

2. Mike Conley - 2.36

3. Brndon Jennings - 2.00

4. Jeremy Lin - 1.98

5. Russell Westbrook - 1.93

6. James Harden - 1.90

7. Kemba Walker - 1.90

8. Jason Kidd - 1.89

9. Rajon Rondo - 1.83

10. Metta World Peace - 1.8

21. Nicolas Batum - 1.5( dropped from #16 to #21 from 1.72 to 1.5)

32. Wes Matthews - 1.4(dropped from #14 to #32 from 1.89 to 1.40)

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Steals Total-

1. Chris Paul - 100

2. Mike Conley - 92

3. Jeremy Lin - 85

4. Russell Westbrook - 81

5. Brandon Jennings - 80

6.James Harden - 80

7. Kembe Walker - 78

8. Metta World Peace - 74

9. Monta ellis - 72

10. Paul George - 71

21. Nicolas Batum - 60(dropped from #11 to #21)

43. Wes Matthews - 49(dropped from #5 to #49)

58. Damian Lillard - 43(dropped from #29 to #58)

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Blocks Per Game-

1. Larry Sanders - 3.15

2. Serge Ibaka - 2.78

3. Roy Hibbert - 2.76

4. Tim Duncan - 2.74

5. Dwight Howard - 2.53

6. Josh Smith - 2.24

7. Brook Lopez - 2.12

8. Joakim Noah - 2.10

9. Marcin Gortat - 1.9

10. Anthony Davis - 1.89

23. Lamarcus Aldridge - 1.28(up from #29 to #23)

37. Nicola Batum - 1.08(Up, hes now cracked the top 40)

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Blocks Total-

1. Larry Sanders - 123

2. Roy Hibbert - 116

3. Tim Duncan - 115

4. Serge Ibaka - 111

5. Dwight Howard - 96

6. Josh Smith - 85

7. Joakim Noah - 82

8. JaVale McGee - 81

9. Marcin Gortat - 78

10. Marc Gasol -73

24. Lamarcur Aldridge - 50(up from #26 to #24)

33. Nicolas Batum - 43(down from #31 to #33)

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Double Doubles-

1. Zach Randolph - 26

2. David Lee - 25

3. Dwight Howard - 23

4. Carlos Boozer - 23

5. JJ Hickson - 23(up from #11 to tied for #3)

6. Al Horford - 21

7. Nikola Vucevic - 21

8. Tim Duncan - 20

9. Al Jefferson - 20

10. Lebron James - 19

11. Lamarcus Aldridge - 19(up from #27 to #11)

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So are we on the up swing or the down swing? Lets see.

Lamarcus Aldridge had 6 ups 5 downs

Damian Lillard had 5 ups 4 downs 1 stayed the same

Nicolas Batum had 4 ups 8 downs

Wes Mathews had 5 downs(makes sense being he is playing injured)

JJ Hickson had 3 ups

18ups

22downs

I would actually say we are on the down swing. Id also say that the stats in my first post

were a smaller sample size and therefore inflated the ranks in a few stats that had no

choice but to go down. But even so, the more downs than ups coupled with our 6 game

losing streak and record show a down curve trending. Wes had no ups but he is also

playing hurt. Batum on the other hand with 8 downs. He goes in the inflated early

category. LMA, Dames and JJ all had more ups than downs.

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With that said, Our starting five have done some damage this season. We have 2 top

scorers(LMA, Dames), a top rebounder(JJ)and 2 jack of all trades masters of none kind of

dudes(Wes, Batum). If we can get a legit center and fill in this bench with some good

talent and also be 100% healthy we can be scary good team. But we have to have

patience.

Anyways, there you have it folks. Your halfway through this up and down season. Lets

see what the 2nd half has in store for us.

Thanks for reading my post, talk about it below.

Peace,

CJB

Credit ESPN for the stat info.

Links:

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics

Link to my first Blazers stat post:

http://www.blazersedge.com/2012/12/4/3730364/blazer-players-ranks-amongst-nbas-

top-40