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superrific said:
And yet when you look at the box score, the actual production is so startingly low. He doesn't get many steals or blocks. He doesn't grab many boards. He doesn't make plays on offense.
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As I’ve said on other threads, Jarin’s typically a step slow on offense. He’s not the kind of playerwho is going to get the ball close to the hoop and seamlessly make a move to the basket to score. Instead, he’s going to catch the ball, take a second to figure out what he’s going to do next, and then make a move.
 
Icky Mettle said:
As I’ve said on other threads, Jarin’s typically a step slow on offense. He’s not the kind of playerwho is going to get the ball close to the hoop and seamlessly make a move to the basket to score. Instead, he’s going to catch the ball, take a second to figure out what he’s going to do next, and then make a move.
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That doesn't explain why he gets no boards on defense.
 
superrific said:
That doesn't explain why he gets no boards on defense.
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His defensive rebounding career percentage is around 14%. In the NBA, 16.5% is average for power forwards and 12% for small forwards. He has primarily played the PF slot in college, although he has played some SF, too.

That would suggest he is a slightly below average rebounder, but not terribly so, and it is possible that he could improve with the right player development coaching around him.

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So far the Heels have Stevenson, Young, Adams and picked up Avdalas. Veesaar looks like a strong possibility to return. Not sure about Mingo.

Still need to get at least 2 to 3 more from the portal if Dixon and Luka leave. 3 to 4 more if Veesaar and Mingo aren't playing.
 
Calheel said:
His defensive rebounding career percentage is around 14%. In the NBA, 16.5% is average for power forwards and 12% for small forwards. He has primarily played the PF slot in college, although he has played some SF, too.

That would suggest he is a slightly below average rebounder, but not terribly so, and it is possible that he could improve with the right player development coaching around him.

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So does he have any plus skills? Not terrible 3 point shooter but below average. Same with FTs, assists, two point percentage, etc. It seems as he's (slightly?) below average in every box score counting statistic.
 
superrific said:
So does he have any plus skills? Not terrible 3 point shooter but below average. Same with FTs, assists, two point percentage, etc. It seems as he's (slightly?) below average in every box score counting statistic.
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If you click on the advanced stats I linked, his net efficiency has increased significantly every year.

Freshman: -10.4
Sophomore: 7.8
Junior: 16.9

Net efficiency is one of the more important individual player stats. If he keeps that improvement trend for his senior year, he will be a very valuable piece of the team (albeit, probably not starter level).

He may not be great at any single stat, but his unique versatility makes him a good role player that makes the overall team better.
 
Calheel said:
His defensive rebounding career percentage is around 14%. In the NBA, 16.5% is average for power forwards and 12% for small forwards. He has primarily played the PF slot in college, although he has played some SF, too.

That would suggest he is a slightly below average rebounder, but not terribly so, and it is possible that he could improve with the right player development coaching around him.

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Stevenson looked like he could be a higher impact player at Alabama than he did at UNC. Maybe he will be more impactful under Malone's system than he was with Hubert.
 
Calheel said:
If you click on the advanced stats I linked, his net efficiency has increased significantly every year.

Freshman: -10.4
Sophomore: 7.8
Junior: 16.9

Net efficiency is one of the more important individual player stats. If he keeps that improvement trend for his senior year, he will be a very valuable piece of the team (albeit, probably not starter level).

He may not be great at any single stat, but his unique versatility makes him a good role player that makes the overall team better.
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Yes but net efficiency on the college level is not a meaningful stat. Not nearly enough data to separate out lineup and competition effects.

I don't know, Malone knows way more than I do and if he wants Jarin back, I have no choice but to trust that. I'm just pessimistic that he will be a good player.
 
superrific said:
Yes but net efficiency on the college level is not a meaningful stat. Not nearly enough data to separate out lineup and competition effects.

I don't know, Malone knows way more than I do and if he wants Jarin back, I have no choice but to trust that. I'm just pessimistic that he will be a good player.
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Adrian Atkinson on IC runs a lot of advanced metrics on various lineup combinations and we generally did very well with Jarin on the floor (but we did better with Caleb/Jarin than Henri/Jarin). That would suggest that Jarin could work as a backup 5 for next year.
 
superrific said:
Yes but net efficiency on the college level is not a meaningful stat. Not nearly enough data to separate out lineup and competition effects.

I don't know, Malone knows way more than I do and if he wants Jarin back, I have no choice but to trust that. I'm just pessimistic that he will be a good player.
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I remember Super saying Jarin
GLIDES around the court
 
Calheel said:
Adrian Atkinson on IC runs a lot of advanced metrics on various lineup combinations and we generally did very well with Jarin on the floor (but we did better with Caleb/Jarin than Henri/Jarin). That would suggest that Jarin could work as a backup 5 for next year.
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I was going to posit that Jarin was effective on offense because he mostly just stayed out of Caleb's way, lol. Your data suggests that, although again I think the data is too low quality and sparse to draw any conclusions
 
Calheel said:
If you click on the advanced stats I linked, his net efficiency has increased significantly every year.

Freshman: -10.4
Sophomore: 7.8
Junior: 16.9

Net efficiency is one of the more important individual player stats. If he keeps that improvement trend for his senior year, he will be a very valuable piece of the team (albeit, probably not starter level).

He may not be great at any single stat, but his unique versatility makes him a good role player that makes the overall team better.
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I generally agree with you about his usefulness but Stevenson does not have "unique" versatility Personally I think he should be deployed largely as a 4; he was largely ineffective, especially offensively, as a 3 last year.
 
rodoheel said:
I generally agree with you about his usefulness but Stevenson does not have "unique" versatility Personally I think he should be deployed largely as a 4; he was largely ineffective, especially offensively, as a 3 last year.
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Yes, he has 4-5 versatility. I don't like him at the 3 either, and Adrian's stats back that up.

Fortunately, it looks like we will have the 3 position locked down next year and won't need Jarin there.
 
Calheel said:
Yes, he has 4-5 versatility. I don't like him at the 3 either, and Adrian's stats back that up.

Fortunately, it looks like we will have the 3 position locked down next year and won't need Jarin there.
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Yeah fair enough, but that was also my point - being able to play the 4 or 5 is not "unique" versatility. it's pretty common.

As I said, though, I agree with the larger point that he's a useful guy for a roster. Yeah, you need 2-3 star anchors to build around, but you also need guys to fill out spots 4-8 in the rotation, and Stevenson absolutely makes sense as a guy who can fill one of those roles.
 
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