Statistically speaking…

December 21, 2007 by  

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I know I’m not the only one who brags about this, but being a good ambassador of Philippine Basketball Bloggers let me say it again, THE PBA WEBSITE NEEDS SOME REVAMPING! Okay.. enough of that, I’m beginning to sound like Sydman.. anyway..

Let’s talk Stats. Since we can’t get enough information from the PBA website, we decided to come up with an improvised stat board on excel. As I’m updating the stat board last night, I’ve noticed quite a few things worth writing about. And here it is..

Ryan Reyes actually rebounds BETTER than Marlou Aquino

We’ve seen many surprises this year, Sta.Lucia riding on a win streak. Asi being shipped to Coke, Espinas to Air 21, Welcoat beating TNT and Magnolia. But after its all said and done.. the biggest surprise of them all is that SLR’s starting point guard, a rookie btw, who missed one game, Ryan Reyes actually rebounds better than their starting center who played all 14 games this season, Marlou Aquino. Yes, you’ve heard that right.. Ryan Reyes who played 13 games this season came up with a total of 67 rebounds (5.2 a game) while Marlou, who played 14 games this year, tallied a total of 46 freaking rebounds. Yes, 46. And no, that is not a typographical error. Oh and yes, I can name some other guards who rebound better than Marlou Aquino.

1) LA Tenorio: A total of 50 rebounds, 4 more than Marlou.

2) Wynne Arboleda: 50 rebounds too, 4 more than Marlou.

3) Roger Yap: 52 rebounds, 6 more than Marlou.

4) Jimmy Alapag: 52 rebounds, 6 more than Marlou

5) Willie Miller: 72 rebounds, 26 more than Marlou

6) Mike Cortez: 55 rebounds, 9 more than Marlou

7) Jeff Cariasso: 75 rebounds, 29 more than Marlou

8) Jayjay Helterbrand: 76 rebounds, 30 more than Marlou

9) Ronald Tubid: 68 rebounds, 22 more than Marlou

and last but not the least..

10) TOPEX FREAKING ROBINSON: A guy who’s literally a mile shorter than Marlou Aquino but still managed to grab more rebounds than Marlou. Topex grabbed 55 compared to Marlou’s 46.

So what am I pointing out? To tell you honestly.. I don’t freaking know. I know Marlou hasn’t been always known for his rebounding but man.. he’s a towering 6’9 guy, and towering 6’9 guys need to atleast grab about 6 or 7 boards a night. And another thing, to be outrebounded by 10 other smaller guards isn’t really a good way to establish your six foot ninenity. (Oh man, I suck at making words)

Kalani Ferreria is a stat freak!

I don’t really get it, why would a team give up someone like Kalani Ferreria? That guy is every fantasy hoopster’s fantasy! If given the playing time, I think he can be someone effective for a team. Here’s a perfect example of what Kalani Ferreria can do, in their previous game against Air 21, Kalani played 30 minutes and he had great stats. He scored 11 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out 7 assists and had a solitary block and a steal.

Rodney Santos and Poch Juinio are 1 million and 2 million guys

I can’t help but steal one idea from my favorite blogger, Basketbawful, recently he coined a term one trillion and he described it as

one trillion (wun tril’-yun) noun. Denotes those occasions in which a player logs one minute of playing time without recording any other statistic. The term is derived from the player’s statistical line in a box score, which (sometimes) reads as a one followed by 12 zeros — the conventional English-language numeric representation of one trillion.

Since our stat board only shows the number of games played, the total points, assists, steals, rebounds, blocks and total statistical number. I decided to turn one trillion into one million. And since I love Poch Jiunio so much, might as well put his 2 game appearance into consideration.

Rodney Santos has played a total of 1 game and logged in 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks thus leading to a statistical total of 0 Stats. Whilst my man Poch played two games and logged the same number of everything! Congratulations Poch and Rodney, you guys are the first ever recipient of the One Million and Two Million award!

Jayjay Helterbrand is still the best point guard in the Philippines

Whether you guys like it or not, statistically speaking.. Jayjay is still the best guard in our country. While Jimmy Alapag could serve as a close competition, Jayjay’s numbers are better than Jimmy.

Jayjay’s averaging about 18 PPG, 5.4 RPG and 7 APG while Jimmy on the other hand is averaging 14.1 PPG, 3.7 RPG and 6.5 APG. Let’s also take into consideration that Jimmy is playing in a loaded team while Jayjay is playing with uhm.. let’s say an inconsistent good team.

Well that wraps up the first ever edition of Statistically speaking. Keep those hate mails coming! :D

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  • http://hideyourmonkey.blogspot.com/ benhur

    nice one. btw, the title of this article could have been marlou is a sissy and poch and rodney are lucky sanamagans. im sure i also can log zero acros the board. lucky guys. speakin of lucky guys, there you go my friend topakz, ryan reyes getting much hoops love. :-)

  • http://yahoo thatsmee

    baka ma blame na naman yung mga half bred. sige kayo

  • topakz

    Well, well, what can I say… really creative writing and creative analysis. To be honest, i have gotten tired of bashing marlou n every basketball web-site there is, i think it’s another waste of time dedicating some space for him anymore. Nonetheless, these are astute observations.

    Keep \em statistic analysis coming. Since, as headlined above, we cannot get enough from the PBA web-site, maybe we could get them here.

  • Justice Bravo

    About Kalani Ferreira … only a BINKY FAVIS would give up on players who actually have the skills and talents. It’s just FAVIS plays favorites …. and if you’re one of his players …. and you’re vocal … well … you’ll simply be relegated to the bench. Masyadong halata na na-memersonal si FAVIS. So, this explains why Yeo is no longer a Tiger … and more so with some other players who’re not in the Coke roster! One has to be ‘brown-nosing’ and ‘kissing Favis’ ass’ to be considered a favorite. And yes … you can’t comment on Favis’ coaching style and strategies. For me, I can’t even consider Favis a coach … doesn’t know how to motivate and ‘mentor’ his players He has wasted too many talents …. just too many!

  • http://chrisangelo.multiply.com Chrisangelo

    Ben: Thanks man, I must look for new 1 million award winners :D

    Thatsmee: Hehe, what’s the name of that FIl-am bashing guy again?

    Topakz: Thanks, on the Marlou bashing.. sorry man, can’t help but notice Marlou’s stats and compare them to the stats of smaller guards in the league.

    JB: Not a Binky Favis fan here too, “namemersonal” ba? Hehe, who knows?

  • http://sydman.multiply.com SYDMAN

    damn you chris! i shared my research to you so you can BASH MARLOU!!?

    dude i’m a marlou fan so i will bash you!

    1) unlike all of those players mentioned (with the exception of topex due to yeng guiao’s art of using the best players of the game), marlou plays under 20 minutes per game.

    2) sure, kill off his current rebounding prowess but let it be heard that marlou already has 17 blocks per game! You’re thinking, whose had higher? mike hrabak, ali peek, billy mamaril, jay-r reyes and arwind santos. i’m an asi hookup but he has only connected with 6 this season – but that stat is comparably higher than eric menk’s 2, sonny thoss’ 5 kerby raymundo’s 3, ranidel de ocampo’s 6, and reynel hugnatan’s 1. all of these players get a huge chunk of minute load from their coaches.

    3. and if you’re going on the “i’m bigger so i must have rebounds” thing, then you’ll love the fact that guards james yap and peter june simon tally 13 assists this conference, which is 2 more than marlou aquino has!

    DONT MESS WITH MARLOU!!!!

  • topakz

    Wow, what a mouthful from Sydman, but I agree with him. Why pick on Marlou when there are many big guys there who are doing much poorly than Marlou? Could it be that Marlou’s stature is bigger than any of them and everybody expects a lot more from him? Sydman is also right, Marlou isn’t playing that many minutes and his role right now with SLR is to be provide leadership in “certain stretches”. He is not playing a big role with the team right now and he is content with being merely a senior citizen with the team, providing veteran presence.

    Anyway, whatever they say and however Marlou is bashed, I am, as an SLR fan, happy with the overall performance of SLR. Bring ‘em on however they want, bottom line is SLR is winning and Marlou is part of that.

    Winning streak just stretched to 5 games, after a one point squeaker over TNT today. Marlou and the gangs must be having a good time celebrating Christmas now.

    My Ryan Reyes boy, 21 points and 11 rebounds. Marlou 6 rebounds. Whatever… SLR fans must be truly happy… I can hear Marlou murmuring, happily.. I would rather grab a single rebound and win than grab 20 rebounds and lose.

    MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY.

  • http://ablogwithoutatitle.blogspot.com Chrisangelo

    LOL Syd, for some reason, I love bashing Marlou. It makes me feel like uhm.. basta, it gives me the feeling of contentment. LOL

    Topakz, yeah, I saw that game earlier. It was a great game and I can’t believe I’m actually saying this but.. wow SLR is for real.

  • De guzman,Kenbert S.

    Ah!!!…Anu ba yan natalo pa ang TNT kagabi sa SLR pero nakita ko ang pagiging leadreship ni Jimmy Alapag kaya natutuwa ako sa kanya…Sana bumalik nasi MAcmac at Carey sa susunod nilang game…Alam kong nahihirapan sila ngayun mag steep up dahil kulang sila sa players ngayun at naunahan na sila ng Slr sa Standing…Alam kong kaya nyo yan Phone pals keep up the good work alam kong malakas kayu TNT kaya kahit Quarterfinals lang tayu at hindi natin nkuha ang Semefinal slot kayang kya nyo sila at alam kong mas magiging comfortable kyu kapag nandyan si MAcmac at Haervey…Gud Luck sa Phone Pals…Idol na Idol kayo…..

  • http://sydman.multiply.com SYDMAN

    MERI XMAS TO ALL!

    And one more thing:

    DONT BASH MARLOU!!!!!

    TOPAKZ APEEER!!!

  • Ysa

    hey…i love it wen u said:
    Jayjay Helterbrand is still the best point guard in the Philippines..’coz it’s true!
    ..i’m a fan of barangay ginebra kings esp. that guy..
    ..love them esp. him soooo much!

  • http://hoops.blink.ph JR YAP #18

    bkt nmn c marc pingris pa ung binitawan ng purefOods..
    hmmmp sNa c kerby nLng.. Oo super fanatic ako ng purefoods mpa araneta o astrodome pa kya Lng nalungkot tlga ako sa pagkawala ni pingris…
    Oo ok c enrico as addition sa team..
    its better jaes marc N enricO..
    kerby’s always loosing his composure e1 ko kNg naiinggit xa kay idol (JAMES) pti 3 pts tnitira..
    nbabwakawan pa ko sa kanya..
    gUys wag kYo magalit im a purefoods fan din..
    but try 2 understand mY point….

  • TD

    SANA MAGSUOT DIN YUNG MGA PBA TEAMS NG THROWBACK JERSEYS THOUGH GINAWA NA YUN NG SAN MIGUEL (color green SMB uniform) & NG ALASKA (grandslam uniform), SANA PATI YUNG IBA.. (purefoods-lastimosa days; sta.lucia-limpot; ginebra-anejo;san miguel-royal).. etc..

    :)