Again (for the 6th year in a row)...

[Boob-No-More]

If fans were complaining about CJ's lack of blocks, that would be dumb. From a 7'1" center? That is a reasonable question. I'd be curious how many 7'ers went a whole season without a block playing in as many games as Meyers did?

Here's a list of 7-footers that played an entire season without recording a block:

http://bkref.com/tiny/CkIxU

Meyers is like the Wayne Gretzky or Babe Ruth of not blocking shots. He set a record that may never be broken, in terms of minutes played by a 7-footer without blocking a shot - 254 minutes. Second "best" is 81 minutes. To Meyers' credit, he did also have 11x the WS (1.1) as the second place finisher on that list (several with 0.1 WS) and scored over 4x as many points (112) as the second place finisher (26).

BNM

 

[Natebishop3]

Here's a list of 7-footers that played an entire season without recording a block:

http://bkref.com/tiny/CkIxU

Meyers is like the Wayne Gretzky or Babe Ruth of not blocking shots. He set a record that may never be broken, in terms of minutes played by a 7-footer without blocking a shot - 254 minutes. Second "best" is 81 minutes. To Meyers' credit, he did also have 11x the WS (1.1) as the second place finisher on that list (several with 0.1 WS) and scored over 4x as many points (112) as the second place finisher (26).

BNM

It's because he never got over that major growth spurt. He still tries to play like a high school white kid point guard.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Wrong.

Layman or Moe at the 4.

No, you're wrong. I said almost. Few humans on the planet outside this forum think of Moe or Layman as a 4.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Ridiculous take.

You seem devoid of explanations today. Small sample size....

 

[BonesJones]

No, you're wrong. I said almost. Few humans on the planet outside this forum think of Moe or Layman as a 4.

That's not their primary position, but at 6'9 while the position is going smaller, they can definitely play it.

 

[BonesJones]

You seem devoid of explanations today. Small sample size....

There's a difference between stats being inflated because of a 300min sample size and not getting a single block in 300min.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Here's a list of 7-footers that played an entire season without recording a block:

http://bkref.com/tiny/CkIxU

Meyers is like the Wayne Gretzky or Babe Ruth of not blocking shots. He set a record that may never be broken, in terms of minutes played by a 7-footer without blocking a shot - 254 minutes. Second "best" is 81 minutes. To Meyers' credit, he did also have 11x the WS (1.1) as the second place finisher on that list (several with 0.1 WS) and scored over 4x as many points (112) as the second place finisher (26).

BNM

That really is an incredible feat Meyers accomplished...

 

[Rozay]

Here's a list of 7-footers that played an entire season without recording a block:

http://bkref.com/tiny/CkIxU

Meyers is like the Wayne Gretzky or Babe Ruth of not blocking shots. He set a record that may never be broken, in terms of minutes played by a 7-footer without blocking a shot - 254 minutes. Second "best" is 81 minutes. To Meyers' credit, he did also have 11x the WS (1.1) as the second place finisher on that list (several with 0.1 WS) and scored over 4x as many points (112) as the second place finisher (26).

BNM

Damn they have stats for this? That’s pretty detailed stat lol

Impressive

 

[Boob-No-More]

It's because he never got over that major growth spurt. He still tries to play like a high school white kid point guard.

The weird thing is, he hasn't always been like this. His second year at Illinois, he led the Big 10 conference in blocked shots. That's a pretty major conference and he had barely played as a freshman. When we drafted him, I thought we were getting an athletic shot blocker who was very raw offensively. Well, that's kind of what he was at the time.

He also blocked 38 shots his rookie year. That's not exactly Mutombo-like, but it's the most he's blocked in a season in limited minutes as a 20-year old rookie. It's also a lot more than ZERO.

It seems like he was told to stop going for the block and concentrate on verticality to cut down on the fouls. The thing is, he cut down on the blocks, but not the fouls (5.0 fouls per 36 as a rookie, 5.1 fouls per 36 each of the last two seasons).

For whatever reason, any shot blocking instincts he may have once had are long gone.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

Damn they have stats for this? That’s pretty detailed stat lol

Impressive

Click on the link I provided. I used the basketball-reference player season finder. You can search on anything you want and then sort the results by clicking on the column headings. You can specify a specific season, or range of seasons, player height, age, etc. Plus, the searches can be complex with up top five variables.

Here's the link to the search page:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi

Knock yourself out!

BNM

 

[jlprk]

The weird thing is, he hasn't always been like this. His second year at Illinois, he led the Big 10 conference in blocked shots. That's a pretty major conference and he had barely played as a freshman. When we drafted him, I thought we were getting an athletic shot blocker who was very raw offensively. Well, that's kind of what he was at the time.

Stotts.

He also blocked 38 shots his rookie year. That's not exactly Mutombo-like, but it's the most he's blocked in a season in limited minutes as a 20-year old rookie. It's also a lot more than ZERO.

Stotts.

It seems like he was told to stop going for the block and concentrate on verticality to cut down on the fouls. The thing is, he cut down on the blocks, but not the fouls (5.0 fouls per 36 as a rookie, 5.1 fouls per 36 each of the last two seasons).

Stotts.

For whatever reason, any shot blocking instincts he may have once had are long gone.

I changed my mind. It's because he never got over that major growth spurt.

 

[Rozay]

Click on the link I provided. I used the basketball-reference player season finder. You can search on anything you want and then sort the results by clicking on the column headings. You can specify a specific season, or range of seasons, player height, age, etc. Plus, the searches can be complex with up top five variables.

Here's the link to the search page:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi

Knock yourself out!

BNM

That’s really cool