2019-2020 Sycamore PER (Player Efficiency Rating)

[Jason Svoboda]

Can't find my 2018-2019 final spreadsheet so I don't have last year's final numbers, but here is the first installment after 7 games this year:

25.86 - Cooper Neese
25.67 - Tyreke Key
22.13 - Jordan Barnes
20.27 - De'avion Washington
17.18 - Christopher Agbo
16.46 - Christian Williams
14.08 - Jake LaRavia
10.64 - Cobie Barnes
09.36 - Bronson Kessinger
06.36 - Tre Williams
00.86 - Cam Bacote
00.00 - Keon Sellars
-59.54 - Tyeshon Martin

According to John Hollinger, here is his PER Reference Guide. Keep in mind it is geared towards NBA players, but you can get a general idea of what the number above is considered:

A Year For the Ages: 35.0
Runaway MVP Candidate: 30.0
Strong MVP Candidate: 27.5
Weak MVP Candidate: 25.0
Bona fide All-Star: 22.5
Borderline All-Star: 20.0
Solid 2nd option: 18.0
3rd Banana: 16.5
Pretty good player: 15.0
In the rotation: 13.0
Scrounging for minutes: 11.0
Definitely renting: 9.0
The Next Stop: DLeague 5.0

For more information on the PER, here is a good starting point: http://www.basketball-reference.com/about/per.html

 

[Jason Svoboda]

With the non-conference slate in the books:

27.82 - Tyreke Key
22.12 - Cooper Neese
20.57 - Jordan Barnes
18.69 - De'avion Washington
16.50 - Jake LaRavia
14.14 - Christian Williams
13.11 - Tre Williams
12.37 - Bronson Kessinger
08.98 - Cobie Barnes
08.24 - Christopher Agbo
07.93 - Cam Bacote
-16.56 - Keon Sellars
-57.28 - Tyeshon Martin

 

[Southgrad07]

With the non-conference slate in the books:

27.82 - Tyreke Key
22.12 - Cooper Neese
20.57 - Jordan Barnes
18.69 - De'avion Washington
16.50 - Jake LaRavia
14.14 - Christian Williams
13.11 - Tre Williams
12.37 - Bronson Kessinger
08.98 - Cobie Barnes
08.24 - Christopher Agbo
07.93 - Cam Bacote
-16.56 - Keon Sellars
-57.28 - Tyeshon Martin

So does this mean Tyreke is good at this basketball thing??

 

[Jason Svoboda]

So does this mean Tyreke is good at this basketball thing??

He aaaight.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

With the non-conference slate in the books:

27.82 - Tyreke Key
22.12 - Cooper Neese
20.57 - Jordan Barnes
18.69 - De'avion Washington
16.50 - Jake LaRavia
14.14 - Christian Williams
13.11 - Tre Williams
12.37 - Bronson Kessinger
08.98 - Cobie Barnes
08.24 - Christopher Agbo
07.93 - Cam Bacote
-16.56 - Keon Sellars
-57.28 - Tyeshon Martin

28.54 - Tyreke Key
21.41 - Jordan Barnes
20.89 - Cooper Neese
18.53 - De'avion Washington
17.86 - Jake LaRavia
15.54 - Tre Williams
13.37 - Christian Williams
12.52 - Bronson Kessinger
08.27 - Cobie Barnes
07.96 - Cam Bacote
06.84 - Christopher Agbo
-12.95 - Keon Sellars
-57.58 - Tyeshon Martin

 

[Gotta Hav]

28.54 - Tyreke Key
21.41 - Jordan Barnes
20.89 - Cooper Neese
18.53 - De'avion Washington
17.86 - Jake LaRavia
15.54 - Tre Williams
13.37 - Christian Williams
12.52 - Bronson Kessinger
08.27 - Cobie Barnes
07.96 - Cam Bacote
06.84 - Christopher Agbo
-12.95 - Keon Sellars
-57.58 - Tyeshon Martin

As the numbers show, the KEY for all success this year, continues to go through TYREKE.

I rewatched the game this morning, and as you may have noticed from last night, when he wasn't in the game; we're just NOT the same team.

Consequently...he needs to play Doug McDermott, Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker type minutes; to take us to the promised land.

 

[SycamoreStateofMind]

During this 8 game winning streak JB has been the top assist guy 7 of 8 games - he's totally changed the dynamic of his offensive game in a way I never imagined he would allow himself to do and it's made the team better and I think it's made him better... He's not been into himself either from what I've seen - just playing the game the right way. Been a joy to watch! He's going to have a few more games this year where we need him for 20+ so it's not like he's not going to shoot - I want him shooting all the good shots he can take.

But JB is currently at 59th in the nation in assist to turnover ratio is pretty good!

 

[Jason Svoboda]

During this 8 game winning streak JB has been the top assist guy 7 of 8 games - he's totally changed the dynamic of his offensive game in a way I never imagined he would allow himself to do and it's made the team better and I think it's made him better... He's not been into himself either from what I've seen - just playing the game the right way. Been a joy to watch! He's going to have a few more games this year where we need him for 20+ so it's not like he's not going to shoot - I want him shooting all the good shots he can take.

But JB is currently at 59th in the nation in assist to turnover ratio is pretty good!

Giving this more context, his A/TO ratio has hit and is above what he put down as a freshman when everyone thought he was going to be great. We always knew he could score, but when he was setting up BS4, Van Scyoc and others as a freshman, we were all salivating. He finished with a 1.9 that year and then put up back-to-back 1.3 numbers. This year he is currently sitting at 2.3 to 1 which is the highest mark since Jake's senior year where he finished with a 2.5 to 1 number -- his only season above 2 to 1.

Only 3 guys that played this decade had A/TO ratios above 2.0 and they include Jake, Jordan Printy, Everett Clemons and if JB can stay above the mark, he will join them.

The other thing I've really like from JB this year is his defense has seemed to really improve. He is stealing the ball right now at a JO-level clip. I think the JO influence is also a factor. There was a steal he had last game that was a JO special where he'd act like he was playing off and look away briefly knowing the ball was going to be swung his way and then jumped the pass. JO was an absolute master at that. If he can keep this up against all of the good guards in the Valley, we're going to have a great year.