Paulus defenders click somewhere else
At the risk of appearing to pile on a guy who's already getting it from all sides right now, I'm adding this link to an analysis of Greg Paulus by hoops stats guru Ken Pomeroy. It's titled Special Report: We win! It's under the Sunday, Jan. 7 header.
His basic conclusion: there's a wide discrepancy between announcers who sing the praises of Paulus and the stastical performance Paulus puts up.
It's a bit wonkish - but the stat that says the most is Paulus' Turnover Rate. Basically, it's calculated by taking the number of turnovers a player commits and dividing by the number of personal possessions - (aka 'touches') a player has. According to Pomeroy, anything under 15% is fantastic. Paulus' percentage is 35.6%. Not good.
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