rondo

[Eric Albert]

>steve knight <stevebknight at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>i still think the kid is going to
>be a top 3 overall point guard in the league in 3
>years. only thing he can't do now is shoot and finish,
>and all that's coming along.  

What?

If there's one thing Rondo can do, it's finish. Just
watching him, he's got to be one of the top guards
in the league at this. And the numbers back it up;
he's shooting 65% when he's close to the hoop.

His jump shot's gotten respectable, too: he's
shooting 46% on two-point shots away from the
hoop. Isn't that more than enough to keep the
defense honest?

Rondo gets blocked 18% of the time when he's
close to the hoop. I think that's somewhat high,
but not awful. Garnett, for example, gets blocked
12% of the time in close.

The above data is from 82games:

    http://www.82games.com/0708/07BOS1A.HTM

    (Note that, since Rondo hasn't shot a 3-pointer
    this year, his eFG% is the same as his FG%.)

For comparison (all using eFG%, because 3-point
shots score more):

  Rondo: close to hoop: 65%; jump shot: 46%
  Billups: close to hoop: 63%; jump shot: 47%
  Kidd: close to hoop: 56%; jump shot: 42%
  C. Paul: close to hoop: 55%; jump shot: 50%
  B. Knight: close to hoop: 56%; jump shot: 36% 

-- Eric