re: The Angel Reese "mebounds" myth dispelled

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Who would be her NBA comp?

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Reese is a tough comp b/c the efficiency and turnovers usually don't translate to long careers in the NBA.

I'd say the best statistical comp is probably a young Boogie Cousins. He turned it over a lot in his first years, and also shot very inefficiently. He still put up respectable boards and ppg, but largely because of volume.

He also shot from average at 8.4 feet, so he is taking a few harder shots. Boogie also got better, but Reese's restricted area shooting is only improving marginally, and she hasn't shown a midrange game of note.

ETA: i went back to see if there is a comp in college, and it was just as difficult to find a modern era player that was shooting that much so inefficiently, turning the ball over and staying on the court. The only real comp statistically was back in the 60s with Ray Kosanke of Stanford. There were some players that had some bad years, e.g. Chris Washburn at NC State his freshman year, but he did finish better and like Boogie improved.

Most NBA players don't stay on the court with that efficiency at finishing. Joel Pryzbilla had a notable awful year, but he bounced back to a decent restricted area percentage the next year.

There really isn't a good NBA comp when you look at efficiency and turnovers. I don't watch enough WNBA to know about historical "style" comps, but the few players that could stay on the court with similar efficiency and turnover margins were LaTasha Byers or Rebekka Brunson. Neither were given that much of an offensive role though.

Reese's standout stat is generally ORB%. In the NBA, Andre Drummond makes a living on having that skill, but he is much more efficient and less turnover prone.

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Did anyone who actually saw Moses and Angel actually play make that comparison because I have and if Moses was still alive he would have a great case to sue you for slander.

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Moses used to get criticized by some ignorant people about padding his rebounding stats. He also took all his shots close to the basket but was still a sub-50% shooter for his career. He was a double-double machine, just like Angel, and is a Hall-of-Famer.

Angel would obviously have to have a long career, but she is also on a HOF pace.

Did you unironically compare Moses to Angel Reese on a public forum?

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Did you unironically compare Moses to Angel Reese on a public forum?

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And I'm not the only one who has.

Search: Moses Malone and Angel Reese. You'll see several basketball experts other than me who have made the comp.

But again, I think comparing women to men in sports is just dumb.

Imagine calling yourself an adult male and SIMPing for a shithead like Angel Reese lol

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Imagine calling yourself an adult male

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Can’t say I have ever done this.

Hello self, you’re an adult male.

Nope, never have.

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I absolutely love how you just causally equate his 49.1% FG% to her 42.7%. That is a significantly worse FG%. He also averaged over 20ppg, while she doesn't even hit 15ppg. Even when yall cherry pick stats, they aren't near as impressive as yall claim.

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I never said they had the exact same stats. Are you dense?

As to the ppg, WNBA games are 8 minutes less than NBA games and are lower scoring. 15 ppg in the WNBA is closer to 20 in the NBA.

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Hello self, you’re an adult male.

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Look, we have all seen her miss several layup shots on a single sequence several times……………….. often getting her own rebounds. I trust my eyes and not what someone on a message board says.

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16 ppg over a 40 minute game is .4 points per minute.

Over a 48 minute game, .4 points per minute is 19.2 ppg.

Simple math.

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