If you look at a metric developed by Southern Utah University economics professor Dave Berri that shows how a player's statistics correlate to winning, he certainly is.Published in today's Wall Street Journal, the article discusses why a player like Fields, the NBA's 39th draft pick for the 2010-2011 season, is so valuable to his team.
Through Wednesday's games, Fields was on pace this season to have 16.6 "Wins Produced," according to the metric.
"That's easily the best rate among any rookie this year and only behind a handful of drafted rookies—such as Michael Jordan and Tim Duncan—dating back to 1977," says the Wall Street Journal article. "All the other first-year players drafted 39th overall combined to produce about four wins in their first season. Mr. Fields has already produced half that in his first 12 games."
It isn't just the glossy statistics that make a player valuable to his or her team, but instead, some less glamorous facts about a player's game, such as field-goal percentage, offensive-rebound rate and number of turnovers, all of which Fields excels at.
"He's averaging a middle-of-the-road 10.8 points per game, for instance," says the article, "but he's made 58.4 percent of his shots, 10th in the league among starters."
The article isn't long, but it makes great points to which young players should pay close attention.
CLICK HERE to read the full November 19, 2010, Wall Street Journal article.
And CLICK HERE to take a look at some Landry Fields video highlights from Standford.
Landry Field stats:
6-foot-7
216 pounds
22 years old
"That's easily the best rate among any rookie this year and only behind a handful of drafted rookies—such as Michael Jordan and Tim Duncan—dating back to 1977," says the Wall Street Journal article. "All the other first-year players drafted 39th overall combined to produce about four wins in their first season. Mr. Fields has already produced half that in his first 12 games."
It isn't just the glossy statistics that make a player valuable to his or her team, but instead, some less glamorous facts about a player's game, such as field-goal percentage, offensive-rebound rate and number of turnovers, all of which Fields excels at.
"He's averaging a middle-of-the-road 10.8 points per game, for instance," says the article, "but he's made 58.4 percent of his shots, 10th in the league among starters."
The article isn't long, but it makes great points to which young players should pay close attention.
CLICK HERE to read the full November 19, 2010, Wall Street Journal article.
And CLICK HERE to take a look at some Landry Fields video highlights from Standford.
Landry Field stats:
6-foot-7
216 pounds
22 years old
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