Season Stats, Take 2

by wjb1492 on May 10, 2009 5:20 PM CDT

So borrowing yesterday's nifty little chart didn't work so well - it is, after all, difficult to make accurate comparisons when you start with inaccurate numbers. Unfortunately for me, once I get to thinking about something I tend to stick with it, no matter how much it annoys everyone around me and how many other things I should be doing with my time. And after realizing the issues with yesterday's chart of season stats, I just had to know the accurate breakdown of player contributions to team totals.

So here are accurate breakdowns, using player stats from basketballreference.com for every guy who contributed in the boxscore this year. It was getting way too messy to follow in one, big composite chart, so instead you get a ton of smaller pie charts. And I also included a per36 breakdown of every stat for comparison. I mean, it's great to know exactly how much Ben and Derrick had to carry the team overall, but using season totals minimizes the contributions of guys who didn't get to play anywhere near 82 games in a Bulls uni, no matter the reason. Also, to make things a little less messy, I just combined Noc, Drew, Thabo, and Larry into one composite "Guys Traded Away" entity - I needed their stats to make the percentages accurate, but do we really care much about them individually now that they're all playing elsewhere? Same deal for the end of the bench guys - their individual stats just weren't significant enough to show up in a pie chart.

Unfortunately, I've been having trouble getting the charts in here as images, and my enthusiasm for this project has now run its course. (Not to mention that it's Mother's Day, and my mother doesn't seem to see my spending time on BaB as a good way to demonstrate my devotion to her. Silly mother!) So all you get is a link to a word doc, if you want to go look at the charts. There are a few interesting things there - but most of all, I have done my best to atone for introducing false information into the BaB community. ;)

Bulls Comparative Season Contributions, 08-09 Regular Season

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The per36 charts are pretty cool.

I don’t know much about fancy stuff on the Internet, but it seems to me that you should somehow be able to convert those pie-charts into some sort of picture images, upload those to Flickr or the like, and link to it like a normal picture. Did you try that. That’s about my only guess. Don’t you get the famed SBNation support team on your side?

People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. --Bruce Bartlett

by tyger1147 on May 10, 2009 5:40 PM CDT reply actions

You can definitely upload them to flickr. That would be very cool.

"Vinny continues to act like a crazed arsonist pouring gasoline on our season while running around carrying a torch yelling 'I’m in charge. Don’t any of you foolish knaves try to second guess me. I know gasoline is a liquid but I’m pretty sure it isn’t flammable and the odor gives me a natural high.'" - Tyrusmancrush

by Illini15 on May 10, 2009 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions

I know it seems like it should be easy.

And it probably is – I’m not the best at this kind of stuff. I didn’t try Flickr – if I get a chance today I’ll do that.

Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!

by wjb1492 on May 10, 2009 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions

It's interesting how the points per 36 minutes are almost exactly equal for everyone

With Gordon’s maybe a little bigger than the others.

by Rose MVP on May 10, 2009 5:45 PM CDT reply actions

shows that Gordon needs to get payed this offseason

by LoveForTheGame on May 10, 2009 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Traded guys.....deep bench...lol

Imagine if the Bulls had a low post threat….the backcourt is doing all the work.

"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''

by Sabonis4Ever on May 10, 2009 5:48 PM CDT reply actions

Our backcourt (Rose & BG) does everything except rebound but they combine for most of our turnovers.

by Ariel112 on May 10, 2009 6:12 PM CDT reply actions

typically starting guards turnover the ball a ton

by LoveForTheGame on May 10, 2009 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Haha!

Screw you people who say Ben is selfish! The per 36 numbers put Kirk and maybe Brad in front on him, but on the normal piechart, Gordon has the most assists after Derrick! The stats don’t lie! Ben Gordon is not more selfish than any other scorer in the NBA! PAY THE MAN!

Things could be worse. We could have kept Boylan.

by stupidgenius on May 10, 2009 9:35 PM CDT reply actions

When Gordon played over 800 more minutes than everybody except Rose, I sure

hope he finished at least 2nd in total assists. And a player’s assist tell you almost nothing about a player’s level of selfishness.

Defending Gordon was a lot more enjoyable when he didn’t have as many blind followers as the members of the hustle and grit trio.

by Scotter on May 10, 2009 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Sir Gordon...

Needs to work on his defense more this summer and watch videos of Brandon Roy. Brandon Roy is AMAZING.

If Ben Gordon was like Brandon Roy…
He’d be AMAZING too.

Ben Gordon was an assassin in the playoffs. But hes like a ninja that lets his prey get away on defense. Hes also like a ninja who misses a good amount of his targets with his ninja stars but is able to get his target (baskets) by throwing a lot of them in “high” volumes.

If Ben Gordon could possibly get that leg extension surgery like from the movie Gattaca he would be worth signing.

by 420man! on May 11, 2009 4:13 AM CDT up reply actions