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[Eric Albert]

><ryanmnelson at verizon.net> wrote:
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>it does explain why he [Big Baby] is only shooting 36% from the floor, not what you would want from a close to the basket player.
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>All the caveats to small sample size (he has made 6 of 17 shots on the year, so he has as many makes as shots blocked), it is just an interesting first data point and confirms what i saw.
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>we'll see if this is a temproary blip at the start of a young career or something to be worried about in 40 more games.

We're now a quarter of the way through the season. Big Baby is shooting 53% from the floor and 82% from the line. His "shots blocked" stat is down to 20%, which, since it used to be 36%, means he's getting blocked a *lot* less nowadays. (Probably around 12-15%, which is where Garnett is.)

In his first start last game, he made 50% of his shots, made all ten (!) of his free throws, and pulled down nine rebounds (five offensive). He did this in 27 minutes with -- amazingly -- only two fouls.

BB plays a *very* aggressive game. No one's mentioned yet how good he is at staying out of foul trouble while doing this. He regularly takes offensive rebounds over the heads of players in front of him, and does it cleanly. Not bad for a 5'6" guy who can't jump!

-- Eric