re: Mikal Bridges developing into a true #1 option

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Unless you think he's so washed up athletically and can't any more? I do not think that. He has everything he needs to be able to attack the rim much more than he does now, not sure why anyone would think otherwise.

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You think maybe it's really difficult for him and anyone else to get to the rim when JV and Zion are on the court and their man sits in the paint when they don't have the ball?




Here's some interesting stats:

Zion has teh ball in iso situations 21.6% of the time. ONly 4 other guys have a higher frequency than Zion (Luka, SGA, Harden, Tatum).
Points per possession is 1.02 and FG% is 50%, and FT rate is 21%.
BI on the other hand has a frequency of 12.2% for iso plays, and his points per possession are 1.01 with a FG% of 50.5% and FT rate of 12.6%.


BI is involved in a PnR as the ball handler just 6 times a game and has a points per possession of .94
Zion is the ball handler in a PnR just 3.8 times a game and has a ppp of 0.99.


JV has been the roll man 126 times this year.
ANyone want to guess how many times Zion has set a pick and rolled to the goal this year?




17 times. He's set a pick 17 times total this year, and we have a ppp of 1.06 when he does that.
Trey and Hawkins have each set a pick 14 times this year.
PPP for Trey is 1.64 and for Hawk it's 1.07.


Zion has the 14th most post ups in the league, but he's only converting 0.9 PPP, so not really a great play, and he shoots 47.7% from the field on post ups.


This is where i think a PG would help.
BI is at 1.2 PPP when he is coming off a screen off the ball, and shoots 57% from the field.
Hawkins is at 1.3 PPP comign off screens.
Both of those numbers are really good, and the few guys that have higher PPP aren't getting as many possessions per game as Hawk and BI are.
Evidently Zion doesn't do that enough b/c he didn't even qualify for the stat.
The Zion dribble handoff happens a little more often, and has a PPP of 0.96. BI's dribble handoff PPP is 1.17.


Zion averages 16.6 drives per game. BI is at 13.6.
Zion's FG% on drives is 51.5%, while BI's is 54.7%. BI turns the ball over less and has a higher rate of assists on drives