Austin Reaves 6-5 g Is officially a Shocker!

[shocks02]

Someone posted something about this on FB last night. I tried to find it this morning, but it's already gone. There is some kind of rating system that takes into account all of the various stats that go into giving each player an overall rating based on a 40-min basis. Using that formulation, Austin has the highest effectiveness rating on the team at 43.5. His "effective shooting percentage" is 0.938.

I'm sure someone will find the source of it. I was so amazed by it that I remembered the numbers this morning.

https://twitter.com/ShockerHoops/status/798206926920282113

https://twitter.com/ShockerHoops/status/798208031523602432

[im4wsu]

From sports-reference.com

Rk	Player	G	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
6	Austin Reaves	2	16.3	3.9	20.2
2	Markis McDuffie	2	8.9	3.5	12.4
11	Kaelen Malone	2	13.2	-3.4	9.8
10	Shaquille Morris	2	-1.5	10.5	9
12	John Robert Simon	2	-0.4	4.6	4.2
7	Daishon Smith	2	0.3	2.4	2.7
1	Zach Brown	2	1	1	2.1
3	Landry Shamet	2	3.2	-1.7	1.5
14	Zach Bush	2	-10	11.4	1.4
8	Darral Willis Jr.	2	1.2	-2.4	-1.2
5	Rauno Nurger	2	0	-2.3	-2.3
4	Conner Frankamp	2	-0.7	-4.3	-5
13	Brett Barney	2	4.5	-11.6	-7.1
9	Rashard Kelly	2	-8.9	-5.4	-14.3
15	Eric Hamilton	2	-18.4	2.3	-16.1
16	C.J. Keyser	2	-12.2	-6.5	-18.7

[RoyalShock]

Those are some really low heart rates. The negative numbers are highly concerning.

[1979Shocker]

It looks like some of the BPM numbers changed slightly.
Note: I had to modify the BBcode they output to produce the table. The heading was missing because I guess vBulletin doesn't recognize the thead and th tags.

Rk	Player	G	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
1	Austin Reaves	2	16.4	3.7	20.1
2	Markis McDuffie	2	8.9	3.3	12.2
3	Kaelen Malone	2	12.7	-3.4	9.3
4	Shaquille Morris	2	-1.2	10.3	9.1
5	John Robert Simon	2	-0.1	4.4	4.3
6	Daishon Smith	2	0.6	2.1	2.6
7	Zach Brown	2	1.2	0.8	2.0
8	Zach Bush	2	-9.7	11.3	1.6
9	Landry Shamet	2	3.4	-1.9	1.5
10	Darral Willis Jr.	2	1.3	-2.5	-1.2
11	Rauno Nurger	2	0.2	-2.5	-2.3
12	Conner Frankamp	2	-0.4	-4.5	-4.9
13	Brett Barney	2	4.4	-11.6	-7.2
14	Rashard Kelly	2	-8.7	-5.4	-14.2
15	Eric Hamilton	2	-18.2	2.2	-16.0
16	C.J. Keyser	2	-12.2	-6.6	-18.8

Provided by CBB at Sports Reference: View Original Table
Generated 11/15/2016.

[ShockingButTrue]

Grayson Allen is stronger and more athletic that Reaves (and probably not as good of a shooter). They're just both white dudes who are around 6'4" and can ball.

6'5".

[moshock]

But Allen is a complete tool.

I think both those guys wish they were Reaves.

Allen may be a tool....3G recruited him pretty hard. I like a player who has a little "stink" in his game.

[Cdizzle]

Allen may be a tool....3G recruited him pretty hard. I like a player who has a little "stink" in his game.

I don't mind some nasty. But just trying to trip people is beyond that. Anybody who plays ball knows that's a line you don't cross. You're basically intentionally trying to hurt someone.

[moshock]

I don't mind some nasty. But just trying to trip people is beyond that. Anybody who plays ball knows that's a line you don't cross. You're basically intentionally trying to hurt someone.

I agree completely on the tripping part or head lock or even a kick in the grapes (I've been told that can be very painful). Maybe I should define stink ???

[Aargh]

Stink - Not showering for 2 days before the game, while practicing 2 hours a day and hitting weights an hour a day. Then challenging your defender to stay close to you. Always play with your arms up on defense.

[ShockdaWorld]

Worst part of that deal other than Allen being a whiny b.... and attempting to trip people is that Coach Holier Than Thou did not a damn thing about it, even after it happened a second time. Once is a mistake. Twice is a choice.

[WSUwatcher]

Austin is Austin. Just like Fred was Fred and Ron was Ron.

If that wasn't vague enough for you, maybe this will help. All three have indiscernible and indescribable traits that are hard to quantity and qualify as to what made them great. Basketball just looks easy to them, no matter what traits or skill sets "experts" say they might lack.

Going to a different sport, I like to compare it to Michael Carrick of Manchester United. People think he is "too slow" to be an efficient player. However, Micheal Carrick is already 5 yards ahead of you in his mind, because he reads the game so well. Soccer (or football for my non-American or purist folks) just comes easiy to him, so he is able to compete with guys who may be taller, stronger, faster, or more skilled than him.

Well, that was a long walk for a short drink of water. AR will be damn good.

Well, I've never heard of Michael Carrick, but it sounds as though he has some of what made smallish, medium-fast, but confident and fearless Wayne Gretzky the NHL's best ever. It was said of him that his advantage was that while others skated to where the puck was, he went to where the puck was going -- he had that kind of feel for the game.

Reaves isn't exactly small, and he'll get bigger and stronger as Dr. Rosenboom adds upper body strength to his frame. And I won't burden him with a Gretzky comparison. But he does seems to have a fairly remarkable sense for the game, and he isn't scared to do what needs to be done. He has a chance to be a Shocker great. It's a tribute to the coaching staff that they spotted him and were able to recruit him successfully.

[ShockingButTrue]

Well, I've never heard of Michael Carrick, but it sounds as though he has some of what made smallish, medium-fast, but confident and fearless Wayne Gretzky the NHL's best ever. It was said of him that his advantage was that while others skated to where the puck was, he went to where the puck was going -- he had that kind of feel for the game.

Reaves isn't exactly small, and he'll get bigger and stronger as Dr. Rosenboom adds upper body strength to his frame. And I won't burden him with a Gretzky comparison. But he does seems to have a fairly remarkable sense for the game, and he isn't scared to do what needs to be done. He has a chance to be a Shocker great. It's a tribute to the coaching staff that they spotted him and were able to recruit him successfully.

To say nothing of his behind the back end with a reverse (10.0) dunk on a fast break. Not bad.

[WstateU]

Maybe I should define stink ???

[another shocker]

johnny dawkins was just as skinny as reaves when he was a freshman at duke.. and 6'3" at that. didn't stop him from avg around 15 ppg as a frosh. reaves will be just fine.

[ShockingButTrue]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSu5N5ngEsY

Looks like a pretty good athlete at the :28 point of this vid.