Young Bucks Tracker: Brogdon among best 2016 draft picks
With two-thirds of the roster born in 1990 or later, the Milwaukee Bucks are a young, growing team. Every Thursday for the rest of the season, FOX Sports Wisconsin will take a closer look at the players that are 25 years old and younger (for the most part, those still in their first four NBA seasons), measuring, highlighting and evaluating their progress.
This is the 3rd edition of the 2016-17 Young Bucks Tracker.
(A glossary of the advanced statistics used for season totals, which are from basketball-reference.com. can be found at the end of this article)
Note: The Young Bucks Tracker will take next week off due to Thanksgiving and return Dec. 1.
GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO (Age 21, fourth season)
Statistical season averages: 34.1 minutes, 21.8 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.9 steals, 2.1 blocks, 51.8 FG%, 17.4 3PT%.
Statistical averages, last week: 37.4 minutes, 23.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.0 steals, 2.7 blocks, 52.9 FG%, 0.0 3PT%.
Advanced stats, season: 26.0 PER, 57.4 percent TS%, 28.5 percent USG%, 111 ORtg, 99 DRtg, 0.9 VORP.
Notable: Just another ho-hum week for Antetokounmpo, who had two double-doubles, including filling the stat sheet against Atlanta with 26 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists and two blocks. He also had 27 points vs. Memphis, giving him six games of 20+ points this season and five with 24+. Last season Antetokounmpo had 24 games of 20+ points and 15 with 24+.
MALCOLM BROGDON (Age 23, first season)
Statistical season averages: 21.2 minutes, 7.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.1 blocks, 42.0 FG%, 42.0 3PT%.
Statistical averages, last week: 22.0 minutes, 8.7 points, 1.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 0.3 steals, 0.0 blocks, 52.4 FG%, 40.0 3PT%.
Advanced stats, season: 13.4 PER, 51.0 percent TS%, 18.4 percent USG%, 103 ORtg, 106 DRtg, 0.0 VORP.
Notable: Brogdon played in over 21 minutes of all three Bucks games last week. He has played nearly twice as many minutes as any other 2016 second-round draft pick (he has 212; Brooklyn's Isaiah Whitehead has 111) and has played the fifth-most minutes of any draft pick and is third in minutes per game, third in points per game and third in assists per game. Brogdon is also the only second-rounder to have played in all of his team's games this season.
THON MAKER (Age 19, first season)
Statistical season averages: 4.0 minutes, 3.0 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.0 assists, 0.0 steals, 0.0 blocks, 75.0 FG%, 66.7 3PT%.
Advanced stats, season: 37.8 PER, 92.2 percent TS%, 17.8 percent USG%, 175 ORtg, 100 DRtg, 0.0 VORP.
Notable: Maker did not play in any of Milwaukee's three games last week. Antetokounmpo had this to say about Maker in an interview with NBA.com: "His potential is unbelievable. He’s like me when I came in and was raw but had a lot of potential. Two or three years from now, I think he’s gonna be a real important player for our team."
JABARI PARKER (Age 21, third season)
Statistical season averages: 32.5 minutes, 19.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.3 blocks, 47.2 FG%, 33.3 3PT%.
Statistical averages, last week: 34.8 minutes, 24.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.3 blocks, 45.2 FG%, 27.3 3PT%.
Advanced stats: 19.4 PER, 54.9 percent TS%, 26.1 percent USG%, 110 ORtg, 107 DRtg, 0.1 VORP.
Notable: Parker had 33 points and nine rebounds against New Orleans, only the second time he's topped 30 points in a game. He had 36 against Houston on Feb. 29, 2016.
TONY SNELL (Age 25, fourth season)
Statistical season averages: 28.7 minutes, 8.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.0 blocks, 38.4 FG%, 26.5 3PT%.
Statistical averages, last week: 29.9 minutes, 9.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.0 blocks, 37.5 FG%, 33.3 3PT%.
Advanced stats: 6.9 PER, 48.2 percent TS%, 14.3 percent USG%, 95 ORtg, 110 DRtg, -0.1 VORP.
Notable: Snell took 24 shots in three games, 18 of them being 3-point attempts.
RASHAD VAUGHN (Age 20, second season)
Statistical season averages: 14.5 minutes, 3.0 points, 1.5 rebounds, 0.0 assists, 0.5 steals, 0.0 blocks, 27.3 FG%, 0.0 3PT%.
Statistical averages, last week: 13.0 minutes, 7.0 points, 1.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.0 steals, 1.0 blocks, 55.6 FG%, 50.0 3PT%.
Advanced stats, season: 11.6 PER, 51.9 percent TS%, 18.3 percent USG%, 101 ORtg, 106 DRtg, 0.0 VORP.
Notable: Vaughn played in two of Milwaukee's three games last week. He made 3 of 5 shots against New Orleans but came up empty on six attempts (four from 3) at Atlanta.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
PER -- Player Efficiency Rating: A measure of per-minute production standardized such that the league average is 15.
TS% -- True Shooting Percentage: A measure of shooting efficiency that takes into account 2-point field goals, 3-point field goals, and free throws.
USG% -- Usage Percentage: An estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while he was on the floor.
ORtg -- Offensive Rating: An estimate of points produced per 100 possessions.
DRtg -- Defensive Rating: An estimate of points allowed per 100 possessions.
VORP -- Value over Replacement Player: A box score estimate of the points per 100 TEAM possessions that a player contributed above a replacement-level (-2.0) player, translated to an average team and prorated to an 82-game season.
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