Boob-No-More
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Here's the latest Rookie EFF Rankings for 1/9/2013:
Not much movement in the top 10. Valanciunas (who didn't play) and Shved swapped spots, as did Zeller and Sullinger. There are now four players (Waiters, Zeller, Sullinger and Barnes between EFF = 9.2 and 9.8. None of these four are in contention for ROY, but will be fighting it out for 2nd team all-rookie.
At the top of the field, after four consecutive sub par games, Anthony Davis finally had a good game (EFF = 23.0) last night against San Antonio. But, even with that one big game, his EFF for the season continues to decline. It was at 20.5 when he came back from his injury and is now at 17.4. The question is no longer, "will Davis play enough games to seriously challenge Lillard for Roy?". The question now, with an EFF = 11.2 over the last 5 games, is "will he play good enough to challenge Lillard?". Even though Davis maintains a half point lead over Lillard in EFF, it is still a one-man race for ROY at this point. Lillard has a big lead in scoring over Davis (18.2ppg vs. 13.7ppg). At this point, Davis has fallen behind Dion Waiters (14.3ppg) for 3rd place in rookie scoring average. Also, the fact that Lillard is leading his team to a winning record (19-5) weighs in his favor compared to Davis, whose Hornets are dead last in the Western Conference at 9-25. If the ROY voting were held today, Lillard would win in a landslide.
In the middle of the pack, Bradley Beal had a good week. He is getting more minutes and taking advantage. While he remains 7th in EFF, with a 0.7 jump in EFF he gained significant ground on Valanciunas and Shved and is poised to pass them if he continue to play well. It's too early to say, but Beal may be playing his way to 1st team all-rookie honors. That big game winning shot against OKC will certainly help his chances with voters. It was all over Sports Center for 2 days, and voters tend to remember those kind of highlights. It also goes a long way toward earning a rookie a reputation as a clutch player (see: Lillard, Damian).
The most significant movement came at the bottom of the standings, where John Henson used some monster games, including an EFF = 33.0 game against San Antonio, to vault all the way from 29th to 14th in the Rookie EFF Rankings. Henson's jump from EFF = 4.4 to EFF 7.3 is a huge one week jump. Although Henson hasn't come close to matching his scoring output since the San Antonio game, he has averaged 13.0 rpg over his last 3 games. If Henson continues to produce like this, he'll crack the Rookie EFF Top 10 in no time. Perhaps that 17-point, 18-rebound preseason game against Miami wasn't a fluke after all.
BNM
Not much movement in the top 10. Valanciunas (who didn't play) and Shved swapped spots, as did Zeller and Sullinger. There are now four players (Waiters, Zeller, Sullinger and Barnes between EFF = 9.2 and 9.8. None of these four are in contention for ROY, but will be fighting it out for 2nd team all-rookie.
At the top of the field, after four consecutive sub par games, Anthony Davis finally had a good game (EFF = 23.0) last night against San Antonio. But, even with that one big game, his EFF for the season continues to decline. It was at 20.5 when he came back from his injury and is now at 17.4. The question is no longer, "will Davis play enough games to seriously challenge Lillard for Roy?". The question now, with an EFF = 11.2 over the last 5 games, is "will he play good enough to challenge Lillard?". Even though Davis maintains a half point lead over Lillard in EFF, it is still a one-man race for ROY at this point. Lillard has a big lead in scoring over Davis (18.2ppg vs. 13.7ppg). At this point, Davis has fallen behind Dion Waiters (14.3ppg) for 3rd place in rookie scoring average. Also, the fact that Lillard is leading his team to a winning record (19-5) weighs in his favor compared to Davis, whose Hornets are dead last in the Western Conference at 9-25. If the ROY voting were held today, Lillard would win in a landslide.
In the middle of the pack, Bradley Beal had a good week. He is getting more minutes and taking advantage. While he remains 7th in EFF, with a 0.7 jump in EFF he gained significant ground on Valanciunas and Shved and is poised to pass them if he continue to play well. It's too early to say, but Beal may be playing his way to 1st team all-rookie honors. That big game winning shot against OKC will certainly help his chances with voters. It was all over Sports Center for 2 days, and voters tend to remember those kind of highlights. It also goes a long way toward earning a rookie a reputation as a clutch player (see: Lillard, Damian).
The most significant movement came at the bottom of the standings, where John Henson used some monster games, including an EFF = 33.0 game against San Antonio, to vault all the way from 29th to 14th in the Rookie EFF Rankings. Henson's jump from EFF = 4.4 to EFF 7.3 is a huge one week jump. Although Henson hasn't come close to matching his scoring output since the San Antonio game, he has averaged 13.0 rpg over his last 3 games. If Henson continues to produce like this, he'll crack the Rookie EFF Top 10 in no time. Perhaps that 17-point, 18-rebound preseason game against Miami wasn't a fluke after all.
BNM
