02-20-2007, 04:34 PM | #1 |
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Jensen vs Cummard
I can't believe I'm entering this ridiculous debate. I couldn't care less about Alex Jensen, but I'm loving Cummard right now.
I don't remember much of Alex Jensen. I basically only watched him when he played BYU and then maybe a handful of times beyond that. I knew he was a solid player, dependable, fundamentally sound, clutch. But I never feared him much as he seemed to be capped out at a certain level--scoring garbage points and hitting an open jumper, but never able to beat you single handedly. so that's my memory of him; I admit it's not the most educated take. Here are the stats. The NBA productivity stat is my favorite stat, especially for these guys. It combines points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks and penalizes for missed shots, missed free throws, and turnovers. player, year, points, reb's, productivity per 40 min. Jensen, soph, 6.8, 5.8, 15.9 Jensen, jun, 12.1, 7.6, 23.2 Jensen, sen, 13.1, 7.5, 22.6 Cummard, soph, 9.3, 5.7, 21.6 Cummard kills Jensen in the glue stats assists, TO's, blocks, steals. But Jensen really picked up his productivity stats his jun and sen years by increasing points and reb's production. I believe Lee will do the same for points but not sure he will ever get to Jensen's rebounding level. If he picks up points and/or reb's and keeps his other stats high, he will kill Jensen's productivity stat. Also, both Jensen and Cummard's productivity stats are unbelievably high for their positions--especially Cummard playing a 2/3. Productivity stat usually favors inside players because rebounds are the easiest stat to get of the productivity matrix. The stats show Cummard and Jensen are in the same league with two years for Cummard to improve. |
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I think a better question would be how each would fare in the other team. Would Jensen help this BYU team? Would Cummard help that Utah team? I don't know enough about this BYU team to be able to say what Jensen could do, but I doubt that Cummard would get off the bench for that Utah team.
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You make a good point that they provided different things to different team--especially their soph years. It will make a better comparison to compare the next two years of Lee's to Jensen's jun and sen years. |
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But the entire argument is qualitative.
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I guess you could make a case for Utah's 12th man that year to have a more important role in practice prepping the team for an NCAA run to the championship game, than a guy as a sophomore called the league's best perimeter defender, leading the league in FG% from a guard position, and shooting 50% from 3's on a team that likely won't make the Sweet 16. |
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Cummard is a terrific player. I'd love to see him on this Utah team, but I doubt Giacoletti would know how to use him. (With that statement, I guess I really am more of a "role" believer than stats guy, eh?)
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If we're to the point where Cummard is being compared to Alex Jensen, it's just a sign that Cummard has a lot of improving to do. This isn't exactly the type of comparison that gets me all giddy.
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Cummard may develop more offensively than Jensen, but methinks you're too harsh on a truly wonderful player.
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