January 14, 2011

• <The next Penny Hardaway>

  Penny Hardaway was my first idol in NBA. Like him very much for his pioneer post-up play for point guard. But the knee injuries have made him a very medicore player in Phoneix and Knicks.

  Here are his basketball statistics.

  
  

  Season	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
  1993-94	22	ORL	NBA	82	82	36.8	6.2	13.3	.466	0.6	2.3	.267	3.0	4.0	.742	2.3	3.0	5.4	6.6	2.3	0.6	3.6	2.5	16.0
  1994-95	23	ORL	NBA	77	77	37.7	7.6	14.8	.512	1.1	3.2	.349	4.6	6.0	.769	1.8	2.6	4.4	7.2	1.7	0.3	3.4	2.1	20.9
  1995-96	24	ORL	NBA	82	82	36.8	7.6	14.8	.513	1.1	3.5	.314	5.4	7.1	.767	1.6	2.7	4.3	7.1	2.0	0.5	2.8	2.0	21.7
  1996-97	25	ORL	NBA	59	59	37.6	7.1	15.9	.447	1.4	4.5	.318	4.8	5.8	.820	1.4	3.1	4.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	20.5
  1997-98	26	ORL	NBA	19	15	32.9	5.4	14.4	.377	0.8	2.6	.300	4.7	6.2	.763	0.4	3.6	4.0	3.6	1.5	0.8	2.4	2.4	16.4
  1998-99	27	ORL	NBA	50	50	38.9	6.0	14.3	.420	0.8	2.8	.286	3.0	4.2	.706	1.5	4.2	5.7	5.3	2.2	0.5	3.0	2.2	15.8
  1999-00	28	PHO	NBA	60	60	37.6	6.3	13.3	.474	0.6	1.7	.324	3.8	4.8	.790	1.5	4.3	5.8	5.3	1.6	0.6	2.6	2.7	16.9
  2000-01	29	PHO	NBA	4	4	28.0	3.8	9.0	.417	0.5	2.0	.250	1.8	2.8	.636	1.3	3.3	4.5	3.8	1.5	0.3	0.8	1.5	9.8
  2001-02	30	PHO	NBA	80	56	30.8	4.9	11.6	.418	0.3	1.0	.277	2.0	2.4	.810	1.2	3.2	4.4	4.1	1.5	0.4	2.4	2.3	12.0
  2002-03	31	PHO	NBA	58	51	30.6	4.4	9.9	.447	0.4	1.3	.356	1.3	1.7	.794	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.1	1.1	0.4	2.5	2.6	10.6
  2003-04	32	TOT	NBA	76	14	27.6	3.7	8.9	.411	0.4	1.0	.380	1.5	1.8	.804	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.4	1.9	9.2
  2003-04	32	PHO	NBA	34	10	25.8	3.5	8.0	.443	0.4	1.0	.400	1.2	1.4	.857	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.9	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.9	8.7
  2003-04	32	NYK	NBA	42	4	29.0	3.8	9.7	.390	0.4	1.0	.364	1.6	2.1	.775	1.0	3.5	4.5	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.5	1.9	9.6
  2004-05	33	NYK	NBA	37	0	24.2	3.0	7.0	.423	0.4	1.4	.300	0.9	1.2	.739	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.1	7.3
  2005-06	34	NYK	NBA	4	0	18.0	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.3	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.8	2.5
  2007-08	36	MIA	NBA	16	8	20.3	1.4	3.8	.367	0.5	1.2	.421	0.5	0.6	.889	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.2	1.2	0.1	0.8	1.5	3.8
  Career			NBA	704	558	33.7	5.7	12.4	.458	0.7	2.3	.316	3.1	4.0	.774	1.4	3.1	4.5	5.0	1.6	0.4	2.5	2.2	15.2

  
  His injury began in the sixth year of his professional life in NBA, when he was 26. Then he was quite a different player – never scored over 20 on average per game, never playerd a full season, and basically all statistics are declining.

  And… here we come Brandon Roy… who is going to have arthroscopic surgery on both of his knees next week.

  Here are some statistics for Roy.

  
  

  Career Averages															Rebounds
  YR	TM	G	GS	MIN	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	STL	BLK	TO	PF	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	PTS
  06-07	POR	57	55	35.4	6.1-13.4	.456	1.0-2.6	.377	3.5-4.2	.838	1.20	0.20	2.0	2.4	1.0	3.4	4.4	4.0	16.8
  07-08	POR	74	74	37.7	7.2-15.8	.454	1.0-2.9	.340	3.8-5.0	.753	1.10	0.20	1.8	2.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	5.8	19.1
  08-09	POR	78	78	37.2	8.1-16.9	.480	1.1-2.8	.377	5.3-6.5	.824	1.10	0.30	1.9	1.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.1	22.6
  09-10	POR	65	65	37.2	7.6-16.0	.473	1.1-3.4	.330	5.3-6.8	.780	0.90	0.20	2.0	2.1	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	21.5
  10-11	POR	23	23	35.3	5.8-14.6	.399	1.1-3.1	.347	3.9-4.4	.873	1.10	0.40	1.6	1.8	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.3	16.6
  		G	GS	MIN	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	STL	BLK	TO	PF	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	PTS
  Totals		297	295	36.8	7.2-15.6	.462	1.0-2.9	.354	4.5-5.6	.801	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.0	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.9	19.9

  
  And he first report his knee injury when he was 26 (he is 27 this year). You can see a lot of similarities between him and Hardaway.  Particuarly, both’s scoring peaked in the third year and both were reasonably healthy until the fourth year.

  Brandon is a very very good player, excellent clutch time player (as was Hardaway). From years, I still remember this Buzzer Beater on Rockets (and T-Mac).

  But I have the feeling, gut feeling that he will become another Penny.

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