GJGood Posted January 8, 2014 Report Posted January 8, 2014 Zeke Marshall and the Maine Red Claws of the NBA D-League are tipping off now on NBATV. Just thought I'd let people know. Sorry if this was posted elsewhere. Quote
Dr Z Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 How did he do?21 minutes, four points. All on free throws. Two turnovers, two blocks. Team lost 126-106. Quote
MaxZIP Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 21 minutes, four points. All on free throws. Two turnovers, two blocks. Team lost 126-106. Thanks. Did he look slow and did he get to post up? Quote
Dr Z Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 Thanks. Did he look slow and did he get to post up?Sorry Max, I just know the numbers by looking at the boxscore. I watched one game when Romeo played, that was enough D league for me. Quote
MaxZIP Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 Sorry Max, I just know the numbers by looking at the boxscore. I watched one game when Romeo played, that was enough D league for me. We get a front row seat to an AAU game at the JAR. Quote
skip-zip Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 Sorry Max, I just know the numbers by looking at the boxscore. I watched one game when Romeo played, that was enough D league for me. Same here. I really wish I could have a glimmer of hope about his future pro prospects, and I could get interested in this. I at least wish he could have been chosen at the end of the draft, to give UA and himself a bit of publicity. But right now, he's on a D-League team, and plays behind a Center who averaged 4 ppg in college. I'm guessing it would take an incredible amount of good fortune and development to ever climb up to a pro opportunity from there. Quote
Dave in Green Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 Zeke has been a late bloomer throughout his basketball career, so it was unrealistic to expect him to walk right into the D-League and be successful from day one. The Maine Red Claws are giving him a fair opportunity to develop. Zeke started out playing about 5 minutes per game and was on the floor for 21 minutes yesterday, with his average minutes per game climbing to more than 14. His efficiency rating, which started in the negative range, is now up to +5.08. That's important because it means the Red Claws are performing better than their opponents when Zeke is in the game. That means he's likely to get more playing time, which will give him more experience and opportunity to improve. Quote
Dr Z Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 His efficiency rating, which started in the negative range, is now up to +5.08. That's important because it means the Red Claws are performing better than their opponents when Zeke is in the game. That means he's likely to get more playing time, which will give him more experience and opportunity to improve.Zeke was a minus four while on the floor yesterday (per my above link). Quote
Dave in Green Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 Right, Zeke was -4 in yesterday's game but is averaging +5.08 over 12 games. Back on Jan. 4 he had his longest stint of 28 minutes and probably his best overall performance of 10 rebounds, 4 blocks and only 1 personal foul. In other games he's run up 4-5 fouls while playing fewer minutes. Zeke's game-by-game stats are here. Quote
ZipsBurgh Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 Zeke was a minus four while on the floor yesterday (per my above link). That -4 was Zeke's +/- ranking. This just shows that the other team scored 4 more points than Zeke's team did while Zeke was on the floor. The efficiency rating of +5.08 is a different stat. It is defined as: The NBA's Efficiency Rating is a single number measure of a player's overall contribution (both positive and negative) to a game he plays in.((Points + Rebounds + Assists + Steals + Blocks) - ((Field Goals Att. - Field Goals Made) + (Free Throws Att. -Free Throws Made) + Turnovers)) Source Quote
Dave in Green Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 @ZipsBurgh, good catch. I was in too much of a hurry and missed the two different stats. As far as I can find, there's no per-game efficiency rating listed, but only the season average. Looking at the team's individual efficiency ratings, Zeke's 5.08 is better than 3 of the other 11 players on the roster and worse than 8. Players' +/- ratings for the season are not listed, but you can find Zeke's game-by-game +/- by looking at the 12 individual box scores. Adding them all up, Zeke is +4 over 12 games, or averaging +.33 per game. So averaging his first 12 games as a rookie, he's neither helping nor hurting the team to any great extent. He will need to raise both his efficiency and +/- ratings to maintain a spot on the roster. Quote
Zipmeister Posted January 9, 2014 Report Posted January 9, 2014 He's still making over $580 per point scored; pretty darn good. Quote
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