Ten games in, 10 stats up, 10 stats down for Detroit Pistons
The Pistons are 10 games into their season, and we’re beginning to get an accurate picture of what they can do. So far, almost all statistical analysis on this site has included a disclaimer about small sample size. That’s becoming less relevant.
Of course, a lot will still change by the end of the season. So, Patrick and I are trying our hand at predicting which stats won’t hold up.
Ten numbers that will increase
Dan Feldman
- Charlie Villanueva grabbing 9.2 percent of available rebounds
- Ben Wallace playing 24.5 minutes per game
- Ben Wallace posting an adjusted plus-minus of –23.97
- Ben Gordon shooting 42.9 percent on jumpers between 10 and 15 feet
- Will Bynum making 30.8 percent of his shots
- Pistons’ opponents shooting 28.2 percent on 3-pointers
- Greg Monroe making 36.4 percent of his shots at the rim
- Greg Monroe making 31.3 percent of his free throws
- Richard Hamilton averaging 13 points per game
- Tayshaun Prince averaging 1.5 assists per game
Patrick Hayes
- Will Bynum posting and 81 offensive rating
- Jason Maxiell grabbing 7.4 rebounds per 36 minutes
- Rodney Stuckey posting 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio
- Greg Monroe shooting 31 percent on free throws
- Austin Daye getting DNP-CDs in 10 percent of his games
- Tayshaun Prince shooting 57 percent on free throws
- Charlie Villanueva grabbing 4.3 rebounds per game
- Jason Maxiell blocking 1.0 shots per game
- Chris Wilcox playing zero minutes per game (although I’m rooting for ‘push’)
- Tracy McGrady posting a 105 defensive rating
Ten numbers that will decrease
Dan Feldman
- Ben Gordon surpassing the Diawara Line in 100 percent of his games
- Austin Daye starting 90 percent of his games
- Austin Daye shooting 52.2 percent on 3-pointers
- Ben Gordon shooting 63 percent on jumpers between 16 and 23 feet
- Pistons shooting 41.6 percent on 3-pointers
- Pistons’ opponents making 78.7 percent of their free throws
- Greg Monroe grabbing 19.7 percent of available rebounds
- Tracy McGrady making 2.7 steals per 36 minutes
- Charlie Villanueva attempting 5.6 3-pointers per game
- Charlie Villanueva ranking third on the team in scoring
Patrick Hayes
- Ben Gordon making 55.4 percent of his shots
- Greg Monroe getting 18 percent of all rebounds when he’s on the floor
- Jason Maxiell dishing 0.4 assists per game (he never passes)
- Rodney Stuckey post a 113 defensive rating
- Ben Wallace making 29 percent of his free throws (it’s worse than ever)
- Tayshaun Prince shooting 75 percent on 3-pointers
- Charlie Villanueva blocking 1.0 shots per game
- Richard Hamilton turning the ball over 2.3 times per game
- Ben Gordon scoring 16.0 points per game
- Rodney Stuckey taking 13.4 shots per game
Which numbers do you think will increase and decrease by the end of the year?
Players: Austin Daye • Ben Gordon • Ben Wallace • Charlie Villanueva • Chris Wilcox • Greg Monroe • Jason Maxiell • Richard Hamilton • Rodney Stuckey • Tayshaun Prince • Tracy McGrady • Will Bynum
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Nov 15, 2010 • 7:53 pm
by detroitpcb
Tay will continue to average low assists and Rip will continue to turn the ball over. Tay has become the go to low post scorer working off those side iso’s. He is not looking to pass unless the double comes. Rip is being forced by the pace Stuckey is playing at and by the fact that with Daye on the court Rip was not getting all of his customary screens and has been forced to create off the dribble. He tends to turn the ball over more when he plays that style instead of the curl and shoot. Ben looks like he has total psychological lockup when he shoots free throws so he may set a new low this year but 29% ?
Nov 15, 2010 • 8:30 pm
by Dan Feldman
Hamilton actually turned the ball over more per game last year. I’m not convinced that number is coming down, unless Hamilton just plays less.
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Nov 15, 2010 • 9:12 pm
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Nov 16, 2010 • 2:44 am
by Laser
ok feldman, i gotta challenge you on this one: what’s “Pistons’ opponents making 78.7 percent of their free throws” doing on there? it says nothing about the team’s performance thus far.
it comes off like an excuse. like you’re pointing to something that should turn more to our favor over the season. which is a pretty sad bit of “hope” to cling to, especially since it’s not some wildly inflated FT%. it’s high, yeah, but it’s not like they’re hitting FTs at a 90% clip.