After a trade sent Stephen Jackson and his insane, spectator-pummeling ass to Charlotte, Sean wrote a post opining that Jackson's numbers would not take a dip at all from the trade. This was against all conventional wisdom, and I thought it was borderline retarded at the time. He was pummeled in the comments section (to the extent anyone can be pummeled in a blog read only by your friends). Turns out, I could not have been more wrong if I thought evolution wasn't real.
Jackson's Numbers in Golden State?
42% FG, 70.3% FT, 1.2 3PTM, 16.6 pts, 3.9 rebs, 4.7 ast, 1.6 st, 0.7 blks, 2.9 TOs
Jackson's Numbers in Charlotte?
39% FG, 75.3% FT, 1.3 3PTM, 19.7 pts, 4.9 rebs, 3.4 ast, 1.6 st, 0.3 blks, 3.3 TOs
There's some variation in the numbers, but for the most part S Jax picked up right where he left off in Golden State.
I think the oddest part is that he has actually helped the fantasy values of all the players around him. As Sean noted in his Delicate Choreography post, Raymond Felton has turned into an uncharacteristically efficient fantasy option. I guess only one player per backcourt can hoist up bad shots with the shot-clock running down and turn the ball over. Even Gerald Wallace, who is normally a roto beast, has turned up both his efficiency AND prolificacy (channeling Walt "Clyde" Frazier) in the past month, posting 20.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game on almost 52% from the field to go along with his usual Tremendous Backend Production.
Apologies to Larry Bird, but perhaps Stephen Jackson is the true Basketball Jesus. He has come back from the dead to absolve the Bobcats of their fantasy transgressions and be their shepherd into the Kingdom of Efficiency. Or not.
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