Comments on: Bosh, Stoudemire, and Boozer: Graphing the NBA Free Agent PF’s http://howtowatchsports.com/2010/07/bosh-stoudemire-and-boozer-graphing-the-nba-free-agent-pf%e2%80%99s/ Unnecessarily in-depth sports analysis Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Roger Pimentel http://howtowatchsports.com/2010/07/bosh-stoudemire-and-boozer-graphing-the-nba-free-agent-pf%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-4792 Roger Pimentel Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:44:18 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=3417#comment-4792 I like both of those reasons. While I don't think Stoudemire-with-the-Knicks is going to be a rousing team success (especially if they don't succeed in picking up another star this summer), it looks to certainly be an individual win for Amare. He's got a massive contract with a team/coach that will encourage stat-padding and not require any defense. No wonder he's so anxious to sign. With Boozer it seems to go by season. Here's how many games he's played each year, since he's been in the league: 81, 75, 51, 33, 74, 81, 37, 78. Three of the last four years he's played solid seasons... but I can make an equally compelling stat by saying that two of the last five years have meant less than 40 games. Bosh wins by being the least obviously flawed? I like both of those reasons.

While I don’t think Stoudemire-with-the-Knicks is going to be a rousing team success (especially if they don’t succeed in picking up another star this summer), it looks to certainly be an individual win for Amare. He’s got a massive contract with a team/coach that will encourage stat-padding and not require any defense. No wonder he’s so anxious to sign.

With Boozer it seems to go by season. Here’s how many games he’s played each year, since he’s been in the league: 81, 75, 51, 33, 74, 81, 37, 78. Three of the last four years he’s played solid seasons… but I can make an equally compelling stat by saying that two of the last five years have meant less than 40 games.

Bosh wins by being the least obviously flawed?

]]> By: Sam Orme http://howtowatchsports.com/2010/07/bosh-stoudemire-and-boozer-graphing-the-nba-free-agent-pf%e2%80%99s/comment-page-1/#comment-4791 Sam Orme Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:23:34 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=3417#comment-4791 Excellent graphs, but I think the biggest reasons Bosh is so much more coveted are Stoudemire's tendency to play swinging door defense and Boozer's tendency to stay out for ridiculous amounts of time with little injuries. That's not to say Bosh is an all-world defender or that he won't ever get injured, but I think he comes out clearly ahead in those two categories. Excellent graphs, but I think the biggest reasons Bosh is so much more coveted are Stoudemire’s tendency to play swinging door defense and Boozer’s tendency to stay out for ridiculous amounts of time with little injuries. That’s not to say Bosh is an all-world defender or that he won’t ever get injured, but I think he comes out clearly ahead in those two categories.

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