Well I've done a little more stat work on Finley. It's amazing what you can accomplish with a spreadsheet, a dsl, and a slow day at work.
I took all the final game stats for the opposing team's starters at shooting guard and small forward (Finley is a swingman after all). If I could not determine who the starters were from ESPN's player list, I took the forward or guard who had the best game (most players did have a defined position).
For the first 30 games of the season, the other teams starters were:
Shooting Guard 46.8 PCT, 1.0 STL, 4.5 RPG, 2.7 AST, 15.0 PPG
Small Forward 46.7 PCT. 1.1 STL, 6.0 RPG, 2.4 AST, 13.6 PPG
Finley's line for the year:
45.9 PCT, 1.5 STL, 5.1 RPG, 4.5 AST, 21.0 PPG
I'll give up under 1% on shooting percentages for those other numbers.
But I have to downgrade Finley to the 4th best shooting guard. Iverson is listed as a shooting guard now. I always thought of him as a point guard.
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