05-04-2026, 10:25 AM
(05-04-2026, 09:34 AM)myconsumerclub Wrote: so over those last 11 years only 156 or 14.18 players drafted each year are able to score enough to average double figures. Of course this is a situation where players can improve and are likely to do so over their rookie seasons. The main flaw above is they do not take into consideration undrafted talent not that it is likely to produce as well but there is always someone.
Nembhard is scoring 6.6 ppg according to facts found here https://www.nba.com/stats/team/1610612742/players-traditional?SeasonType=Regular%20Season&dir=D&sort=PTS
That makes Ryan the 23rd highest scoring rookie last season meaning he was taken as an undrafted rookie and out performed everyone taken between 24 and 60 in terms of scoring and if we consider just assists alone Nembhard averaged 5.3 assists per game which led the league for rookies and Cooper was behind him with 4.5 APG.
Interesting stuff when you do the analysis using that website. Gives you hope that the mavs drafting experts have improved their skills.
Points per game does not seem like a great metric. It ignores a ton of things, and for rookies especially is going to be heavily impacted by opportunity. Guys on crappy/tanking teams are going to get way more minutes than they would on a good team, which is a big part of the reason why Ryan ppg is as high as it is.