A few random stats that apply to this thread. source:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/teams/stats?team=dal
team leaders in rebounds:
Diop, Dirk, Howard, Bass. The others aren't worth mentioning.
Rebounds per minute played, calculated:
Diop, Bass, Dirk, Howard
Note I recommended these (rebound leaders) all playing at the same time with Devin as the point guard...
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shooting percentage leaders, adjusted ("adjusted" takes into account free throws and three pointers):
Barea, Terry, Harris, Diop, Howard, Bass, Fazekas, Dirk
Note the low placement of Dirk denoting his difficulties with double teams.
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free throws attempted per game average (a mark of who is shooting and a hint as to who is driving or trying to score close to the basket):
JHo, Dirk, Harris, Terry, Bass, Stackhouse, Barea
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Assists per game:
Dirk, Terry, Harris, Stackhouse, Howard.
Note that Dirk, Terry, and Harris are all essentially tied. This is interesting because it is a general consensus that Dirk has to work on passing out of double teams. Looks like he is leading the team in assists...
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Points per game:
Howard, Terry, Dirk, Harris, Stackhouse, Bass
Ever thought you would see Dirk as the third leading scorer on our team???
Ever thought before the season that Bass would average double digit scoring?
6th man is the second leading scorer?
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shots taken per game, compare this to points scored, quite interesting comparison:
Dirk, JHo, Terry, Harris, Stackhouse, Bass, Barea, Diop
The only misfit between shots taken and points scored as to rank here is Dirk...
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Blocks per game:
Diop, Bass, Howard, Dirk
Again, note these same four are our top 4 rebounders and they could play together with Bass as the SF and JHo as the SG...
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assist to turn over ratio:
no surprise, look for vets to do well:
Eddie Jones, Terry, Stack, Howard, Dirk (since he leads in assists, he has high turnovers to be this low in the ranking; again a product of the double teams)
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turnovers per game:
should be rookies?:
Harris, Diop, Dirk, Bass, Barea...
So, as Serious indicated, Dirk is struggling with the double team. He leads the team in shots taken but is missing his shots. He is third on points scored despite taking the most shots. He is leading the team in assists as he passes out of double teams. He is turning the ball over a lot for a vet due to the double teams. These represent a lot of changes and Serious has done a good job pointing them out.