(03-02-2022, 05:02 PM)Smitty Wrote: It's wild how similar 6' 1" Brunson compares to 6' 0" Kyle Lowry in their first full year starting.
Lowry in year 5 at age 24 playing for Houston in 2010-2011:
75 G / 34.2 MPG / 13.5 PPG / 6.7 AST / 4 RBS / 46% 2PT / 37.6% 3PT / 50.6% eFG / 17.5 PER / 5.6 WS / 1.8 DWS
Brunson in year 4 at age 25:
61 G / 32.2 MPG / 16.1 PPG / 5.3 AST / 3.7 RBS / 54% 2PT / 37.8 3PT / 54.7% eFG / 17.3 PER / 5.9 WS / 2.2 DWS
Lowry, whom a lot of people wanted this past off-season, who recently signed 3/85M at age 35 (~28M/year) and has missed what will be his 15th game tonight.
Just this year, Per 36 comparison isn't as close... JB is the superior player.
Brunson: 18 PPG / 6 AST / 4 RBS / 54.7% eFG / 57.8% TS / 17.3 PER / 5.9 WS / 2.2 DWS / 105.5 DefRtg
K Lowry: 14 PPG / 8 AST / 5 RBS / 52.9% eFG/ 57.6% TS / 14.9 PER / 4.6 WS / 2.1 DWS / 102.9 DefRtg
The question i have... If Brunson is a young Lowry.... how much would you pay him? Would you still want to SnT him? If you wanted Lowry a few months ago... you got him... the current better version.... in Brunson.
I think Lowry is a good comp on the offensive side of the ball. Lowry continued to improve and didn't peak until his late 20s. It would be great if Brunson followed the same footsteps.
But they are not in the same league defensively. Lowry is a near elite perimeter defender and Brunson is below average. This is my issue when folks compare Brunson to Lowry or VanVleet. As well as he is progressing on offense, he will never be close to those guys defensively.