Our PG position next season. I'm assuming Reed is gone. DJ is gone. Boogie is not coming. I would love to get Jeremy Roach from Duke but I wonder if Mash Jr would be an option ?
Played at New Mexico and is in the portal.
I hope he is not an option. I get it, Mashburn's son, BUT,,,,,
Yes 14.1 points per game (though 5 less per game than last year), lets look a bit further into it.
Made 3.6 free throws per game. So subtracting that from his 14.1 ppg average leaves 10.9 per game coming from shots from the field from 2' and 3's.
He attempted 8.2 2FG's per game, making only 3.1 = 37% on 2's - terrible % for a guard.
He attempted 3.9 3FG's per game, making only 1.3 = 31% on 3's - even worse.
So in short, he had to take over 12 shots per game to get 11 points (points per game minus free throws per game). Not very efficient at all, especially for a guard with his time in college.
Also, not a great rebounder (2 per game) or assist man (1.5 per game), especially when you deduct the 1.3 turnover average per game. Pretty much a wash assist / to ratio. So he doesn't give you efficient scoring, great assist #'s or rebounding. For a guard, he really offers nothing other than his 14.1 points he has to take double digit shots per game to get. Well you say, how about defensively ? Nope, only averaged .04 steals and .01 blocks per game.
So remove the Mashburn name, look at his body of work and you will see, he is NOT a great guard to go after. He just simply is not in the upper tier of guards who are available.