Thread: Isolating Amir's Foul Problem(s)
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Old 01-05-2009, 02:41 PM
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Re: Isolating Amir's Foul Problem(s)
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Originally Posted by TheeTFD View Post
I wonder if BBeen had this problem, before Detroit.
He didn't get into the league until he was 23 I believe, and he didn't get real minutes until he was 25. That will be Amir in 4 years.

At that point, Ben was averaging a foul every 10.8 minutes. By 2004, he was playing much better defense and also got his foul rate down to 1 every 17 minutes. He currently averages 1 per 16:40, so it's been pretty constant since he figured it out.


So, Amir is starting at a much higher rate, but he's younger and has less experience. Hopefully we will see a similar proportional improvement from him as we did from Ben.
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