As I just tweeted, Patrick Beverley isn’t exactly setting the world on fire right now.
Beverley has really heated up here in March. Shooting 39.7% on the month and 33% from 3. Shot 29% and 24% on 3’s in February.
— RedNinetyFour (@RedNinetyFour) March 17, 2015
But as revealed by the eye-test, he isn’t stopping anyone this year either. The numbers, unfortunately, confirm:
Overall, opponents are shooting 45.1% against Beverley. They shoot 44.4% otherwise. On 3’s, opponents are shooting 34.2% against Beverley, and 35.25% otherwise. On 2’s: opponents are shooting 50% against Beverley, and 48.4% otherwise.
Within 6 feet, opponents are shooting 66% against Beverley, while shooting 60% otherwise; within 10 feet, they are shooting 60%, while shooting 54% otherwise.
Now you might say “hold on. That percentage at the rim is just as much an indictment on the Rockets as a whole as it is of Beverley.” And you’d have a point. But that would mean you’d be getting torched regardless of who you put out there, and I have a hard time believing it could be that much worse. Wouldn’t you be better off playing someone who at least gave you something offensively?
At this point, Houston is almost playing 4 on 5.
