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What NBA player, past or present, had stats that surprised you either positively or negatively when you when you looked them up? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by IllmaticGOAT@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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For example I looked up Kenyon Martin today. I remember him being an all-star so I figured he must have had multiple 20/10 seasons. Turns out he never averaged more than 17 ppg and only got 10 rpg one season.

Muggsy Bogues surprised me positively. I thought he was just a role player like Early Boykins. Turns out he had several seasons averaging over 8 apg and a couple seasons averaging over 10 apg.

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[–] rice_bledsoe@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

[Devin Booker's defensive stats in the finals against Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton as the primary defender.] (https://i.imgur.com/ZhN3hew.png)

There's this idea that Book didn't learn how to play defense until recently, and that he was neutral at best until even just this last playoff run. Book has been able to lock up at the highest level but rarely gets recognized for it because of elimination game stats, which is silly because when does a 3-game sample size define a player's entire postseason reputation?