A Statistical Comparison

by lwnexgen on Jan 26, 2011 5:52 PM CST

Lets compare two Wisconsin basketball players' advanced statistical metrics, and a third player from a top-10 team.

Player 1 uses 25% of his team's possessions when he is on the floor (which happens 87% of the time). His offensive rating (roughly speaking, a measure of how many points he creates via scoring or assists per 100 possessions) is 132.5, which leads the country for players that take more than 24% of his team's shots.

Player 2 uses 31% of his team's possessions, is on the floor 88% of the time, and has an offensive rating of 122.4, good for 103rd in the country.

Player 3 uses 27% of his team's possessions, is on the floor 90% of the time, and has an offensive rating of 122.5.

Player 1 is Jordan Taylor, junior point guard for the Wisconsin Badgers. Player 2 is Kemba Walker, junior point guard for the University of Connecticut, and consensus NBA lottery pick. Player 3 was Devin Harris, point guard for the Wisconsin Badgers, and taken fifth overall in the 2004 NBA draft.

Why is nobody mentioning Taylor as a possible draft prospect?

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Good point

Taylor isnt as good a prospect as Kemba Walker (you probably already know that) but alot of NBA teams need a real point guard who can score and Taylor is that. And he’s big enough to guard other PGs.

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by BlackPack-fan on Jan 26, 2011 6:18 PM CST reply actions

I haven’t heard a single word about him leaving after this season for the NBA (I’d love to have him stick around another year), and I’m not sure why. Seems to me the Badgers might need to worry about replacing their top three scorers if people start noticing him.

by lwnexgen on Jan 26, 2011 6:29 PM CST up reply actions

Probably because he is a junior, and Wisconsin players rarely leave school early

Doug Gottlieb recently mentioned Taylor as one of the top five players in all of college basketball this season. He was only behind Kemba Walker, Jimmer Fredette, and Jared Sullinger.

I’ll be very sad if he leaves early, but I expect he’s going to be receiving more and more hype as this season goes on.

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by Adam Tupitza on Jan 26, 2011 8:31 PM CST reply actions

Yeah, just about nobody leaves early but I was pretty shocked (and started to get a little worried at) how evenly his stats stacked up to Harris’.

I remember Devin’s third season being one for the ages, but in just about every measure Taylor’s is measuring up.

by lwnexgen on Jan 26, 2011 9:07 PM CST up reply actions

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