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Originally Posted by LonghornDub
Carmelo is not overrated. He is one of the best pure scorers in the league, and his clutch (<2 mins in the 4th) shooting percentage is extremely high.
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hie eFG% just isnt that great at 44.8% which takes into consideration the "other things" scorers do like FTs, and 3pters.
Look at the top 25 guys in scoring (or those players averaging at least 19.2ppg) eFG% and clutch eFG%
1) Durant 51.4%/43.4%/--
2) Amare 51.0%/59.8%/++
3) LeBron 51.5%/43.9%/--
4) Wade 51.4%/55.3%/++
5) Ellis 51.3%/46.9%/-
6) Carmelo
44.8%/47.4%/+
7) Bryant 48.9%/46.8%/-
8) Rose 49.3%/41.4%/--
9) Gordon 52.0%/64.3%/++
10) Martin 52.2%/53.1%/+
11) Howard 56.7%/68.8%/++
12) Griffin 52.8%/45.5%/--
13) Nowitzki 57.6%/61.4%/+
14) Aldridge 48.9%/35.7%/--
15) Westbrook
44.2%/45.0%/+
16) Bargnani 50.2%/43.6%/--
17) Williams 52.4%/50.0%/-
18) Granger 48.5%/36.7%/--
19) Love 50.9%/39.1%/--
20) randolph 49.4%/41.7%/--
21) Beasley 49.6%/48.8%/-
22) Gay 52.5%/48.6%/-
23) Johnson 47.2%/45.0%/-
24) Lopez 46.9%/26.5%/--
25) Boozer 55.9%/68.8%/++
If you look at the list, you see two things.
One-- Dirk is a stud and leads the league in eFG% for all 20pph scorers.
Two-- you see that two players in that list are not like the others-- and about 5% below the rest. Westbrook and Anthony are both WAY below where they should be. The majority of scorers are in the 48-50+% range. A few lag behind at 47%. Westbrook and Anthony are significantly behind them.
The argument could be made that Carmelo would be a great Robin and that may be true-- if he can put his ego aside (which I find troubling)-- but at the very least Carmelo is an overrated player/scorer and a subpar Batman. If you cant be a good batman, you cant be a good superstar in this league. Star? Probably. Superstar? No.
As for his clutch shooting-- it does go up from 44.8% to an acceptable but not elite 47.4%. He is one of the few in that list that indeed do go up and Denver goes to him in clutch time A LOT but eFG is highly dependent on coaching to draw up plays and overrall team execution/talent level. Lopez may score pretty well in regulation but when the game is on the line, opposing teams can shut him down so in that respect clutch eFG% is even more dependent on team performance than regular FG%.