Interesting stats for 40 minutes of play.

[Buzzard]

Hey all,

Here are some interesting stats off of ESPN’s site. They have a tool that calculates players’ stats per 40 minutes and our rookies look pretty good.

JSmoothe 16.2 pts 10.8 boards 3.3 assist 1.65 stls 3.51 blocks

J Childress 13.6 pts 9.7 boards 3.0 assist 1.59 stls 1.09 blocks

R Ivey 13.2 pts 4.2 boards 5.5 assist 2.96 steals .40 blocks

D Smith 16.7 pts 8.9 boards 1.1 assist 1.12 steals 2.23 blocks

Their assist to turn over is high which explains why they get benched but their future looks pretty good to me. Their defensive stats were the eye openers. Very solid stats for all of them; in fact they have the best defensive stats on our team.

Dontes stats could be overblown since he has not played a lot. But then again maybe they are not and he and the others just keep getting better.

Tyrone Lue and Tony Delk's stat lines look pretty good as well.

Our centers scored a lot but none of them averaged a block a game. That’s pretty sad if you ask me. Mighty Kevin Willis looked good on the defensive end though. He is actually a 10/10 and 1 guy with forty minutes. Too bad he cannot give it to us.

Though I am not happy with our season, I do feel real good about last years draft. Things are going to get better but this rebuilding takes time. Just got to keep on keeping on.

Here is the link if anyone wants to go dig a little deeper:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/teams/stats?...seasonYear=2005

[Gray Mule]

We sometimes get down, like last night when the 76ers

suddenly EXPLODED from the 3 point line.

Can any one be THAT good? Four or five in a row from

downtown and not a one of them was even close to a miss.

"Nothing but the bottom of the net" was all we could

see. And, the ball just touched his hands and it was

gone to the goal. Reminded me of a second baseman

turning a double play - Can't stop that because no one

can cover another player THAT close.

Just catch, shoot, swish. Another 3 ! Wow ! What else

can you say about that.

Hawks have so many young players who have to grow and

mature into good N.B.A. players. If we had a veteran,

good team and added one rookie, we would think he was

good but we don't have to depend on him, game after game.

Hawks have so many youngsters, we must rely on all of

them, every night, every game.

Thanks for sharing the stats. Proves that the Hawks

are doing things right, growing our own future stars!!!

Go Hawks !!!

[Packfill]

Just to clarify, those stats are based on 48 minutes of play, not 40.

[Weez]

thanks for the clarification ~ I hadn't looked, but was wondering if they 'downgraded' the stats to what a younger player could average if still in college....

[Buzzard]

My bad,

Must of had college on my mind:) Just tried to fix it and its to late.

Oh well, I still like these stats from our rooks and I would (if I was BK) definetely keep all four of them and also resign Delk and Lue.