buddahfan
11-08-2007, 07:16 AM
Most FG Attempts In 1st Five Career Games
Since ABA-NBA Merger (1976)
Season Player FGA
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1982-83 Dominique Wilkins, ATL 106
2007-08 Kevin Durant, SEA 103
1993-94 Jamal Mashburn, DAL 98
1982-83 Clark Kellogg, IND 98
1985-86 Patrick Ewing, NY 96
He is in good company
Nique - Hawks won 43 games that year and Nique finished with a 17.5 PPG for the year, second on the team to Roundfield's 19.0. Nique career 24.1 PPG
The other 3 teams did not fair too well.
Mash - Dallas finished 19 - 63 in Mash's rookie year and he wound up averaging 19.2 PPG tied with J. Jackson for the team lead. Career 19.1 PPG
Kellogg - Indiana finished 20 - 62. Kellog lead the team in scoring 20.1 PPG. Career 18.9 in a very short 4 + year career.
Ewing - Knicks finished 23 - 59. Ewing only played 50 games in his rookie year and led the Knicks in PPG with a 20.0 average. Career 21.0 PPG
Durant - Sonics 0 - 5. Durant is leading them in scoring 22.6 PPG
Comment: Nique was clearly the best career scorer of the group before Durant. Nique was the only one whose career PPG was substantially higher, if at all, above his PPG as a rookie. 24.1 vs 17.5. What might be worth noting here is that Nique was the only one to play on a team with a winning record in his rookie year and averaged the least ppg of the group in his rookie year. So maybe here we see an inverse relationship between points scored as a rookie and the record of team. Does this mean that as the Sonics get better in the future that Durant's ppg will be lower or maybe just not higher than in his rookie year? Stay tuned.
It is too early to compare Durant to The Human Highlight Film, however it appears to me that Durant's game comes closer to being like Nique's than the other 3.
ESPN - Daily Dime: Shaq older and slower, but still quick with a quip - NBA (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-071108)
Basketball-Reference.com - Basketball Statistics, Analysis, and History (http://www.basketball-reference.com/)
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Since ABA-NBA Merger (1976)
Season Player FGA
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1982-83 Dominique Wilkins, ATL 106
2007-08 Kevin Durant, SEA 103
1993-94 Jamal Mashburn, DAL 98
1982-83 Clark Kellogg, IND 98
1985-86 Patrick Ewing, NY 96
He is in good company
Nique - Hawks won 43 games that year and Nique finished with a 17.5 PPG for the year, second on the team to Roundfield's 19.0. Nique career 24.1 PPG
The other 3 teams did not fair too well.
Mash - Dallas finished 19 - 63 in Mash's rookie year and he wound up averaging 19.2 PPG tied with J. Jackson for the team lead. Career 19.1 PPG
Kellogg - Indiana finished 20 - 62. Kellog lead the team in scoring 20.1 PPG. Career 18.9 in a very short 4 + year career.
Ewing - Knicks finished 23 - 59. Ewing only played 50 games in his rookie year and led the Knicks in PPG with a 20.0 average. Career 21.0 PPG
Durant - Sonics 0 - 5. Durant is leading them in scoring 22.6 PPG
Comment: Nique was clearly the best career scorer of the group before Durant. Nique was the only one whose career PPG was substantially higher, if at all, above his PPG as a rookie. 24.1 vs 17.5. What might be worth noting here is that Nique was the only one to play on a team with a winning record in his rookie year and averaged the least ppg of the group in his rookie year. So maybe here we see an inverse relationship between points scored as a rookie and the record of team. Does this mean that as the Sonics get better in the future that Durant's ppg will be lower or maybe just not higher than in his rookie year? Stay tuned.
It is too early to compare Durant to The Human Highlight Film, however it appears to me that Durant's game comes closer to being like Nique's than the other 3.
ESPN - Daily Dime: Shaq older and slower, but still quick with a quip - NBA (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-071108)
Basketball-Reference.com - Basketball Statistics, Analysis, and History (http://www.basketball-reference.com/)
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