NBA.com's Player v. Player Stats: Lowry and Dragic

Great thread, thanks

 

Now I want an ice cream cone.

 

Nice work on the graph :grin:.

 

The only thing that is permanent right now... Dragic seems to be more durable, has better size, is slightly younger/about the same than Lowry.

I still won't pay him crazy money..... say 8, 9 million a year or more...

 

My mistake. But in addition to what CH pointed out, the Rockets failed a lot at the beginning of the years when they were getting blown out left and right. That certainly hurt Lowry's net +/- a ton. From what I've seen, I can't exactly say that the Rockets would've performed better if Dragic were the starting PG at that time. They were simply getting clobbered inside, while Martin was putting up duds that he was making last year.

So the question is, is the poor team performance early in the year partially the fault of Lowry running the point? Did Dragic make other players like Parsons, Scola, etc. play better when he started. I don't really know. I'd imagine this is something only the Rockets can answer with some certainty.

 

If he gets us to the 2nd round virtually by himself.... then that is another story..... too far fetched as of now.

 

another popular matchup here,

http://www.nba.com/advancedstats/pl...ran-Dragic|202391,201609;year=201112;season=r