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AD, Clutch MVP
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:30 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:30 am
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The MVP race is exhausting. It's like one of those race car games you watch on a JumboTron where the five cartoon cars are constantly rotating the lead car back and forth around the track.
Only this is real life. It seems remarkably silly that each game feels like a referendum on each candidate's campaign. Russell Westbrook had another triple-double? He's the MVP! Stephen Curry just created 17 Vines en route to a 20-point blowout? He's the MVP! James Harden beat another title contender without Dwight Howard? He's the MVP! James Harden dropped 50 without Dwight Howard? LeBron James looks healthy again? He's the MVP.
As of earlier this week, I had Curry as my MVP front-runner. And I felt pretty good about it. But then I discovered Anthony Davis' hidden haymaker in this debate.
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It's insider so I can't tell you what the rest says, but I'm pretty sure it focuses on AD's off the charts PER in the clutch.
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Tom Haberstroh ?@tomhaberstroh 11m11 minutes ago
Anthony Davis' PER this season is 31.3. In the clutch it is 42.9. Behold the Brow: https://es.pn/1CEjekX [in]
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Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:39 am to TigerinATL
He destroyed the Pistons a few weeks back in crunch time 
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:45 am to TigerinATL
If he was considered an MVP candidate he wouldn't be taking nights off like he did in PHX last night during a playoff push
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:53 am to longhorn22
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taking nights off
Hasn't he used up all his vacation/sick days already? #PT(A)O
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:56 am to TigerinATL
The whole article is great, but I thought this was one of the more interesting paragraphs.
Reke - the least clutch player in the NBA. Take a seat in the 4th.
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Yes, there's a WPA just for big moments. In fact, Davis' WPA in clutch situations (game within five points in final five minutes) is 4.6, meaning he has delivered almost five victories single-handedly in tight situations. The crazy thing? The next-highest is Jimmy Butler at 2.33. In other words, Davis has been twice as clutch as the second-most clutch performer this season. (Coincidentally, Tyreke Evans is the least clutch player this season, registering a minus-2.2 clutch WPA).
Reke - the least clutch player in the NBA. Take a seat in the 4th.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:57 am to Spitting Venom
I love shimmy Tyreke
Posted on 3/20/15 at 10:58 am to Spitting Venom
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Reke - the least clutch player in the NBA. Take a seat in the 4th.
Somebody needs to get Monty and Insider subscription.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:00 am to Spitting Venom
Some other segments.
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Don't trust the WPA figures? Think it's all made up? Believe it. Just take a gander at his box score stats. In clutch situations (game within five points in the final five minutes), the defense locks down and the average player shoots just 40 percent from the floor. But not Davis. He has shot a ridiculous 63.5 percent (33-of-52) from the floor, scoring 93 points in just 104 minutes of action. If we translate it to a per-36-minute scale, Davis is putting up 32.2 points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.1 blocks in crunch time.
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Let's give that 42.9 clutch PER some more context. Not only does it blow away the competition this season, but it's the highest figure among the hundreds of qualified players we've seen in the past five seasons according to the NBA StatsCube database.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:06 am to TigerinATL
Monty should read PT
Posted on 3/20/15 at 11:27 am to Spitting Venom
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it's the highest figure among the hundreds of qualified players we've seen in the past five seasons according to the NBA StatsCube database.
Before we get too carried away with gushing over AD (not that there's anything wrong with that)
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Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh 40 minutes ago
Something I discovered in my Brow research: LeBron had a 59.3 PER in clutch situations in 2009-10. Scored 208 points in 151 minutes.
This post was edited on 3/20/15 at 11:28 am
Posted on 3/20/15 at 12:10 pm to TigerinATL
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Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh 40 minutes ago Something I discovered in my Brow research: LeBron had a 59.3 PER in clutch situations in 2009-10. Scored 208 points in 151 minutes.
Hilarious considering how this was at the height of the "Bron is a choke artist" bullshite
Posted on 3/20/15 at 12:59 pm to NawlinsTiger9
59.3
what the flying f.
what the flying f.
Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:49 pm to NawlinsTiger9
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Hilarious considering how this was at the height of the "Bron is a choke artist" bullshite
I was certain that was the following year.
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