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  • Theis159BEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’ll start some Payton Pritchard propaganda. There are 2 players with a positive point differential without Jayson Tatum on the court for the Celtics:

    PP +12.5 in 104 possessions, Al +0.1 in 103 possessions

    He doesn’t have good numbers on the court with JB and KP, but he is quite effective in improving the other players point differential. Here is with him OFF

    • Hauser -10.1 (158)
    • Horford -4.0 (273)
    • DWhite +19.3 (445)
    • JT +20.2 (533)
    • Jrue +14.7 (590)
    • Kornet -50 (42)

    Here are their numbers with PP ON

    • Hauser 20.9 (235)
    • Horford 28.4 (208)
    • DWhite +24.4 (124)
    • JT +23.4 (270)
    • Jrue +26.0 (169)
    • Kornet +27.7 (111)

    Here is the overall swing in points differential.

    • Hauser 31.0
    • Horford 32.4
    • DWhite 5.1
    • JT 3.2
    • Jrue 11.3
    • Kornet +77.7 (probably not so relevant)

    Please note this is from CTG and in parenthesis you have the possessions played for the previous numbers. This means garbage time (the whole 4th of Wizards and Pacers games for example) is excluded.

    • SquimJimBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I love me some Payton Pritchard propaganda. Been pushing it all season.

      Fun fact, since the Pacers game, (i.e. the game that people say “prop up” his advanced numbers), this is what PP has been doing in those 7 games after:

      • 3rd in Offensive Rating on the team
      • 4th in NetRating on the team
      • 3rd highest AST% on the team
      • 7.33 AST/TOV RATIO!!!
      • 2nd on the team in OReb%, (technically 3rd, but Banton has only played in 3 games)

      Also, if you were to take a step back and just look at counting stats on the season, he’s not costing us more than he’s helping us on offense.

      • He’s missing 3.5 shots per game
      • He’s averaging 3.5 assists per game
      • He’s making 1.7 shots per game
      • He’s turning the ball over 0.6 times per game
      • He’s grabbing 1.4 ORebs per game

      If you consider points, assists, and ORebs as winning possessions and turnovers and missed shots as losing possessions, he’s winning more possessions than he’s losing on offense.