*Team/NBA
Leaderboard ranks are qualified players only.
*The
Floor Time section includes both qualified and unqualified players in rankings.
*Remember
to check the Glossary at the end of this entry for stat/abbreviation
explanations.
PG/SG
Kirk Hinrich (2nd season with Hawks/9th
season overall/played final 3rd of 2010-2011 season with Hawks after
being acquired in trade)
Age:
31
Draft
History: 7th pick in 2003 by Chicago
Acquired:
Received from Washington in trade February of 2011
2012
Salary: $8.0 Million
2013
Contract Status: Free agent
2012
Regular Season Grade: C-
Grade
Explanation: Had worst season of his career. Certainly
the injury had an impact on his poor play, but he also missed 18 games, and he
was paid $8 million. When he returned he filled spaces created when other
players were out with injuries. He struggled as backup PG, but played better at
the 2-guard spot in a starting role during the final couple of months. Still
did not play very well. Always plays hard.
Overall:
Hinrich underwent shoulder surgery in November and wasn’t able to go when the
lockout ended and the season began at Christmas time. He missed the first month
and it took him awhile to get going when he did return. He eventually began
performing better and was back in the starting lineup for the final 2 months of
the season.
Hinrich never really
got back to playing as well as he did earlier in his career, or even as well
as he did with the Hawks a year before,
but he did play better once he began starting alongside Jeff Teague rather than
backing him up. He played in 48 of 66 games (48 straight after missing the
first 18 with injury), 31 as a starter (started 30 of final 31 games, including
26 straight to close the season), averaging 25.8 MPG. He shot .414/.346/.781,
averaging 6.6 P/G, 2.1 R/G, 2.8 A/G, 0.8 S/G, and 0.2 B/G with 1.2 TOV/G.
Hinrich is a limited
offensive player at this point. He’s not quick enough to breakdown defenders
and drive to the basket, and this may also be part of the reason he’s nowhere
near the distributor he was early in his career. The other problem is that for
a guy who does much of the ball handling when he’s on the court, he sure seems
to lose control of it a lot. He’s just not that sure handed as a dribbler. On
the defensive end, he’s simply not quick enough to stay with most point guards.
For all of these
reasons, he’s really better off playing alongside a point guard despite being
only 6-3. He’s a tough and tenacious defender and does a good job guarding
2-guards. Offensively, however, he’s still limited even as a shooting guard.
He’s a good mid-range shooter but he’s just not a consistent shooter from deep.
Hinrich was out-produced
by his counterpart on the floor overall this season, whether he played point or
shooting guard (played a miniscule amount of time at SF). While he was
outperformed by his counterpart regardless of whether he was playing the 1 or
the 2, the disparity wasn’t quite as severe when he was at shooting guard (ended
up playing twice as much time at shooting guard than at point). The Hawks’ +-
per 48 minutes with Hinrich on the court was +2.1, and +4.1 when he was off the
court, so judging by that stat they were better when he wasn’t on the floor.
Hinrich played in 38%
of the Hawks CLUTCH minutes. Here he was much more sure handed and careful with
the ball, dishing out 13 assists with just 2 turnovers. However, his shooting
percentage dipped from an overall .414 to .375 in CLUTCH. His P/48 dropped
almost in half from 12.3 overall to 6.8 in CLUTCH, although surely some of that
has to do with the fact that other players on the team were usually the ones
looked to in the big spots.
When Hinrich was on his
game it was always a big boost for the Hawks because they really needed another
willing and capable shooter mid-to-long range shooter. He also contributed with
his toughness and effort. You never have to worry about Hinrich giving his all.
But when Hinrich is off
it can get pretty ugly. As mentioned before, he seems to lose the ball when not
being closely guarded more than most guys who handle it as often as he does.
And for a decent shooter he can throw up some hideous shots. When he’s good he’s
good, but when he’s off he’s really off. To some extent that may be true for
all players, but it seems even more apparent in Hinrich’s case.
Offensively, the Hawks
points per 100 possessions number was down 2.0 when Hinrich was on the floor.
Similarly, they allowed 1.9 points more per 100 possessions on defense when he
was playing. He was one of the few players who the Hawks were better off
without on both ends of the floor using the points per 100 possessions metric.
Statistics:
I
don’t want to say that Hinrich had a bad season, but there’s no denying the
fact that this was easily the worst year of his career. He established career
worst numbers in MPG, 3PT%, P/G, R/G, A/G, S/G, B/G and ATO. The drop in
playing time was not the sole cause of those low numbers; his production just
fell off this season. In terms of per 48 minute production, Hinrich established
career lows in points, rebounds, assists, and steals.
Hinrich’s TS% (51.5)
and EFG (.493) were also down from the year before. His WS/48 was .069, which
was the 2nd lowest mark of his career. Hinrich’s drop in production
can be seen most dramatically in his PER, which was just 9.28 this season
(15.00 is standard league average). That was down 3.09 from the previous season
and was 2.33 worse than his previous career low.
Floor
Time Stats/Team Rankings (Unqualified)
MIN%: 38% (6th)
+/-
Per 48:
+2.1 (12th)
ON/OFF
48:
-2.0 (T-10th)
+/-
W-L-T:
24-24-0
WIN%: 50.0 (T-11th)
ON/OFF
OPHP:
-2.0 (9th)
ON/OFF
DPHP:
+1.9 (11th)
ON/OFF
NPHP:
-3.9 (14th)
Team
Leaderboard: Hinrich was 2nd on the team in ARAT
(26.4).
He was 3rd on the team in 3PA/G (2.8).
NBA
Leaderboard: Here are Hinrich’s appearances on the
NBA Leaderboard.
ARAT (T-46th)
Season
Review: Hinrich missed the first month of the season after
undergoing shoulder surgery in November. He missed the first 18 games before
coming back in late January and playing in the team’s final 48 games.
Hinrich was coming off
the bench when he first returned, but he played key minutes right away despite
playing poorly. In his first 15 games (January 25th through February
22nd), Hinrich averaged 19.5 MPG and shot .337/.257/.571 with just
4.9 P/G and 2.5 A/G against 1.3 TOV/G.
When Joe Johnson was
out with a knee injury in early March Hinrich began starting. He stayed in the
starting lineup in place of Marvin Williams when Joe returned, and he would
remain in the starting lineup the rest of the year. Hinrich’s playing time
increased big time in March. He shot better and his scoring increased, but he
still wasn’t playing that well.
The Hawks started 3
guards over the last 6 weeks, with Hinrich basically playing a combination
PG/SG. His minutes decreased after March, but he started the team’s final 26
games. Hinrich’s shooting did greatly improve in the 2nd half (after
the ASG), as his FG% increased by .111 and his 3PT% went up .141. It seems
obvious that it just took him awhile to find his shot again after the surgery,
as he shot just .571 on FT’s in the 1st half, and .944 on FT’s in
the 2nd half.
You could also say that
Hinrich’s play was much better when he started as opposed to coming off the
bench. The numbers would back that up. However, it seems like the main cause of
this was that as a starter he was playing alongside Teague and Joe as a sort of
combo 1-2 guard, rather than coming in and playing PG off the bench. Once he
stopped playing the point his assist numbers dropped, but his turnovers also
fell way off, and he started shooting much better.
2012
Postseason Grade: C+
Grade
Explanation: Did not play badly in the series but did
not really do anything special either. He wasn’t much of a factor in the final
3 games, as his playing time decreased. He played very well in game 1, but did
not play well in the crucial overtime loss in game 3. Was unable to do anything
special defensively to stop Boston’s guards.
Statistics:
Hinrich
played in all 6 games against Boston, starting 4, and averaging 23.5 MPG. He
shot .433/.375/1.000 and averaged 5.7 P/G, 2.0 R/G, 1.0 A/G, and 0.7 S/G with
0.3 TOV/G. Hinrich played 141 total minutes (5th out of 13 on the
team) and had a -17 +/- number for the series (tied 9th). His +/-
W-L record was 1-4-1. He had a 10.1 PER (7th) but he was 3rd
on the team in WS with 0.4, and he was 2nd in WS/48 with .133.
Postseason
Review: Hinrich’s play in the 2012 postseason, like his play
during his entire time with the Hawks, is a bit hard to define. You can’t say
that he played badly, but it’s hard to say that he really did anything great
either.
He was one of the key
performers in Atlanta’s game 1 victory, playing 32 minutes and going 4 for 8
overall, with all 4 of his makes coming from behind the arc (attempted 6). However,
2 of his 4 missed shots were completely meaningless (59-foot heave at the
buzzer at the end of the 1st and 5-foot jumper with 3 seconds left
in the game and the Hawks up 9). He finished with 12 points, 4 boards, and 2
assists with no turnovers or fouls and had a +/- number of +12 in the game.
Hinrich buried a couple
of 3 tries in the opening minutes of the game as the Hawks built their big
lead. He hit his first 3 to put the Hawks up 7-2, and the second to make it
13-4. In the 3rd quarter he hit a couple of big 3’s to stem the
Boston comeback. After the C’s scored the first 4 points of the 2nd
half to cut the deficit to 10, Hinrich hit a 3 to make it 52-39.The deficit was
back at 10 and the Hawks had scored only 1-point over about 3-and-a-half
minutes of play when he buried another from downtown to make it 56-43 with 6:47
left in the 3rd quarter.
Hinrich was okay in
36.5 minutes in game 2, shooting 3 for 7 from the field, 1 for 3 on 3-pointers,
and 1 for 1 at the line. He had 8 points, 2 rebounds, an assist and a steal
without turning the ball over in the loss. Hinrich ended up with a -1 +/-
number for the game.
He hit some big shots
during the 1st half. The Hawks fell behind early, but Hinrich hit a
short jumper, got fouled, and hit the free throw to tie the score 4 minutes in
at 9-9. He gave the Hawks their first lead of the game, 17-15, on a 3-pointer
with 5:11 left in the 1st. He scored on a driving layup 4 minutes
into the 2nd quarter to bring the Hawks within 1.
In the 3rd
quarter Hinrich made a great hustle play that turned into a 4-point swing. With
the Hawks leading by 6, about 2-and-half minutes into the 2nd half,
Josh tried to hand the ball off to Joe at the 3-point line and Pietrus knocked
it away back across midcourt. Pietrus and Brandon Bass went chasing after the
ball and Hinrich sprinted after them from the other side of the court. Pietrus
got to the ball and tried to bounce pass it to Bass to his right but Hinrich
went between them and stole it back. He kept his dribble, turned back up court,
and fired to Teague, who drove into the lane and dished it to Josh on the left
block for the score to make it 51-43, leading to a Boston timeout.
But Hinrich lost his
shooting touch in the 2nd half and really wasn’t much of a factor.
He missed his only shot of the 3rd (a 3-pointer) and missed both of
his shots in the 4th when the game was very tight. He was blocked by
Bradley on a jumper and then fouled Bradley at the other end. Moments later he
missed from in close and Bradley scored on the other end to tie the game at
66-66 with 8:11 to play. Hinrich had a +/- number of +11 for the game entering
the 4th, but he played the entire 4th quarter, during which the
Hawks were outscored by 12.
Hinrich did not play
well in game 3, and despite the game going to overtime he only played 26
minutes. He was 0 for 3 overall (all 3 tries coming from behind the arc, 1 in
each of the first 3 quarters) and went scoreless, though he did have 2 boards,
an assist, and 2 steals with no turnovers. He had an even +/- number for the
game. Hinrich sat out the entire 4th quarter and overtime, as it
seemed like Drew wanted a taller lineup on the court.
Hinrich didn’t play that
poorly in game 4; he just wasn’t much of a factor either way. In 22.5 minutes
he scored just 2 points on 1 of 3 shooting, going 0 for 2 on 3-pt tries. He had
2 rebounds, 2 assists, and a steal with 1 turnover. His +/- number for the game
was -18.
He made his first shot
of the night—an elbow jumper—tying the score at 6-6. He then stole a KG pass
but lost it out of bounds. His only other shot in the quarter was a missed 3.
His 3rd and final shot of the night was a missed 3-pointer late in
the 2nd, but by then the Hawks were down 20.
After proving that he
could at least perform well enough physically, and with the Hawks facing
elimination, Al Horford got the start in game 5 in place of Jason Collins.
However, Larry Drew also decided to start Marvin Williams, leaving Hinrich to
come off the bench. Including the playoffs, Hinrich had started 30 games in a
row up to that point.
Interestingly, Hinrich
was effective when he came into the game late in the 1st quarter. In
7 minutes from late in the 1st to early in the 2nd,
Hinrich scored 7 points on 3 of 4 shooting, hitting his only 3-point attempt,
and also grabbing 2 rebounds with no turnovers and 1 foul. What’s even more
interesting is that Hinrich came out after those 7 minutes and never played
again. He sat the entire 2nd half, finishing the game with a -5 +/-
number.
Hinrich hit a long
jumper with 45 seconds left in the 1st quarter to bring the Hawks
within 2. He drilled a 3 to open the 2nd quarter, cutting the Boston
lead from 6 to 3. Boston went on a 7-0 run after that until Hinrich laid a shot
up and in to get the Hawks back within single digits with 8 minutes left in the
2nd. But on the ensuing Boston possession Hinrich fouled Ray Allen
and Drew immediately took him out of the game—as it turned out—for good.
Hinrich came off the
bench again in game 6 and this time he played 17 minutes, but he really didn’t
do a ton. He went 2 for 5 overall, 0 for 1 from behind the arc, and 1 for 1 at
the line, scoring 5 points with 1 assist and no turnovers. This time he played
end of the 1st/start of the 2nd and end of the 3rd/start
of the 4th. Once again he had a -5 +/- number for the game.
Hinrich made a big shot
at the end of the 1st, getting a long jumper off just before the
buzzer and sinking it to make it 23-20 Hawks. After a 5-0 run by the C’s early
in the 2nd, Hinrich scored, got fouled, and hit the FT to push the
lead back to 6. But he then missed a shot from right in front of the basket and
fouled Pierce on a made bucket—the second time he fouled on a made bucket in
the course of 2 minutes—and Drew took him out. His only other shot in the game
was a missed 4-footer in the 3rd.
Moving
Forward: Heading into this offseason, I felt that Hinrich
would almost certainly sign elsewhere next year. If so, he’d be the only
non-minimum salary to come off the books for Atlanta. Now that his time with
the team is (presumably) over, it’s interesting to go back and look at the
trade and try and decide if it was really the right thing to do.
Knowing everything we
know now, I think the only way you can say that it was the right move is if you
think it was worth all of it just to get rid of Mike Bibby. If you put that
argument aside, it’s tough to look at that trade as something other than a
mistake. The thought was that the Hawks needed a veteran guard capable of
running the point offensively while being solid on defense. But I wonder if
they could have gotten rid of Bibby and picked up a capable guard without
giving up so much and taking on so much.
One problem I have with
the deal is that Hinrich has always been a bit injury prone. While he had
averaged 73 games played in his 7 seasons going into 2010-2011 (and was on pace
for a similar total when the trade occurred), he had never played a full 82
game season. He wasn’t even totally healthy when the Hawks acquired him. Then
he went down at the end of the Orlando series and missed the entire 2nd
round.
It’s possible that if
he had been able to go the Hawks might have taken the Bulls to a 7th
game (tough to say they would have pulled off the upset even with Hinrich). But
there’s another way to look at it. Would the Hawks actually have gotten swept
in that series instead of losing in 6 if Hinrich had been healthy, because the
door would never have been opened for Jeff Teague?
And that brings us to
the other major problem with that Hinrich trade: the lack of faith in Teague.
It became obvious in that Chicago series and was reinforced this season that
Teague was ready to be the full-time point guard. How did the Hawks fail to see
it?
Hinrich then missed 18
games this season due to that shoulder injury that was probably the biggest
reason his production was down so much all year. While Hinrich missed 18 of 66
games and played well below average when he was on the court, the Hawks went
without a 1st round pick last year and had to fill the roster with
minimum salary guys.
When you look at it,
all you really have to show for the Hinrich trade is the series win over
Orlando. That was certainly a big accomplishment, but I feel like it could have
happened without giving up all of those assets and taking on all of that salary.
Stat
Glossary
Total
Stats
Games
Played (GP)
Games
Started (GS)
Minutes
Played (MIN)
Field
Goal Percentage (FG%)
Three
Point Field Goal Percentage (3PT%)
Free
Throw Percentage (FT%)
Field
Goals Made (FGM)
Field
Goal Attempts (FGA)
Three
Pointers Made (3PM)
Three
Point Attempts (3PA)
Free
Throws Made (FTM)
Free
Throw Attempts (FTA)
Two
Pointers Made (2PM)
Two
Point Attempts (2PA)
Two
Point Field Goal Percentage (2P%)
Offensive
Rebounds (OR)
Defensive
Rebounds (DR)
Total
Rebounds (REB)
Assists
(AST)
Steals
(STL)
Blocks
(BLK)
Turnovers
(TOV)
Personal
Fouls (PF)
Points
(PTS)
Flagrant
Fouls (Flagrants)
Technical
Fouls (Techs)
Ejections
(Ejections)
Foul
Outs (DQ’s)
Double-Doubles
(DD)
Triple-Doubles
(TD)
Per
Game Stats
Minutes
Per Game (MPG)
Field
Goals Made Per Game (FGM/G)
Field
Goal Attempts Per Game (FGA/G)
Three
Pointers Made Per Game (3PM/G)
Three
Point Attempts Per Game (3PA/G)
Free
Throws Made Per Game (FTM/G)
Free
Throw Attempts Per Game (FTA/G)
Two
Pointers Made Per Game (2PM/G)
Two
Point Attempts Per Game (2PA/G)
Offensive
Rebounds Per Game (OR/G)
Defensive
Rebounds Per Game (DR/G)
Total
Rebounds Per Game (R/G)
Assists
Per Game (A/G)
Steals
Per Game (S/G)
Blocks
Per Game (B/G)
Turnovers
Per Game (TOV/G)
Points
Per Game (P/G)
Personal
Fouls Per Game (PF/G)
Per
48 Minute Stats
Points
Per 48 Minutes (P/48)
Rebounds
Per 48 Minutes (R/48)
Assists
Per 48 Minutes (A/48)
Steals
Per 48 Minutes (S/48)
Blocks
Per 48 Minutes (B/48)
Personal
Fouls Per 48 Minutes (PF/48)
Ratio
Stats
Assist-to-Turnover
Ratio (ATO)
Steal-to-Turnover
Ratio (STO)
Steal-to-Personal
Foul Ratio (SPF)
Block-to-Personal
Foul Ratio (BPF)
Points
Scored Per Shot Attempt (PPS)
Percentage
Stats
Offensive
Rebound Percentage (OR%) (% of available OR player grabbed
while on floor)
Defensive
Rebound Percentage (DR%) (% of available DR player grabbed
while on floor)
Total
Rebound Percentage (R%) (% of available REB player grabbed
while on floor)
Assist
Percentage (A%) (% of teammate FG’s player assisted on
while on floor)
Steal
Percentage (S%) (% of opp’s possessions ended with steal
by player while on floor)
Block
Percentage (B%) (% of opp’s 2-pt FGA’s block by player
while on floor)
Turnover
Percentage (TOV%) (Turnovers per 100 possessions)
Hollinger
Stats
True
Shooting Percentage (TS%) (Takes into account value of 2-pt,
3-pt, and FT)
Assist
Ratio (ARAT) (% of possessions ended with Assist by
player)
Turnover
Ratio (TOVRAT) (% of possessions ended with TOV by
player)
Usage
Rate (USG%) (% of team plays used by player while on
floor)
Player
Efficiency Rating (PER) (Player’s per minute statistical
rating)
Value
Added (VA) (# of pts player adds to team above
replacement level)
Estimated
Wins Added (EWA) (# of wins player adds above replacement
level)
NBA
Reference.com Stats
Effective
Field Goal Percentage (EFG) (Adjusts for 3-pt being
worth more than 2-pt)
Offensive
Rating (ORAT) (Points produced by player per 100
possessions)
Defensive
Rating (DRAT) (Points allowed by player per 100
possessions)
Offensive
Win Shares (OWS) (# of wins contributed by player due to
offense)
Defensive
Win Shares (DWS) (# of wins contributed by player due to
defense)
Win
Shares (WS) (# of wins contributed by player)
Win
Shares Per 48 Minutes (WS/48) (# of wins contributed
by player per 48 minutes)
82games.com
Stats
Minutes
Percentage (MIN%) (% of team minutes player was on floor)
Net
Plus/Minus (+/-) (Net pts for team while player on floor)
Offensive
Points Per Possession (OFF-PPP) (Team Off PPP while
player on floor)
Defensive
Points Per Possession (DEF-PPP) (Team Def PPP while
player on floor)
Net
Plus/Minus Per 48 Minutes (+/- Per 48) (Team net pts per 48 of
PT for player)
On
Court W-L Record (+/- W-L-T) (# of gms team
outscored/didn’t outscore opponent while player was on floor)
Win
Percentage (WIN%) (W-L-T in win pct form)
Net
Production vs. Opponent (PRO/OPP) (How player fared vs.
counterpart)
Net
On Court vs. Off Court Per 48 Minutes (ON/OFF 48) (Team
+/- while player on/off court per 48 minutes)
Simple
Rating (SIMRAT) (Taken from combo PRO/OPP and ON/OFF 48)
Net
On Court vs. Off Court Offensive Points per 100 Possessions (ON/OFF OPHP)
(Team’s offensive points per 100 possessions while player on/off court)
Net
On Court vs. Off Court Defensive Points per 100 Possessions (ON/OFF DPHP)
(Team’s defensive points per 100 possessions while player on/off court)
Net
On Court vs. Off Court Points per 100 Possessions (ON/OFF NPHP)
(Team’s offensive points per 100 possessions vs. team’s defensive points per
100 possessions while player on/off court)
Clutch
Situations (CLUTCH) (4th quarter or overtime,
less than 5 minutes left, neither team ahead by more than 5 points)
If you’re confused
about a stat or abbreviation you can check this glossary. Many of the
abbreviations are ones I came up with just for shorthand. If you want further
explanation/info on the stats, check out the sites listed within the glossary.
No comments:
Post a Comment