Andris May Not Be the Answer

Stats suggest a dose of BWright may cure what ails us.

Still relatively new to the world of Warriors media, I stumbled upon some pretty useful resources today. Turns out the Warriors put together nice little stat packages and game notes for the media elite before every game. After a brief glance at some of these materials, I've come to this conclusion - or more of a humble admission: Andris Biedrins may not be the go-to guy I've touted him to be.

At least not yet.

Looking at the numbers one thing that stuck out at me was the Win/Loss statistical split. I've always thought Andris needed to play better, get bigger numbers, for the Dubs to win consistently. Turns out when Andris plays better, the Warriors lose.

Granted we're only 10 games in. But of those 10 games, six have been losses - and in losing contests AB is averaging an inspired 17 points along with 16 rebounds, under 2 TOs, and fewer than 4 personal fouls per game. Those are great numbers. Plain and simple.

You would expect that type of production from your center to win games. In the Warriors' four wins, however, Andris' numbers drop noticeably despite more playing time. In wins, AB's scoring drops to 16 points per game, his rebounding dips all the way to 13 boards, he averages almost 2.5 TOs and an even 5 personal fouls. In fact, there's only one area that Andris actually plays noticeably better in wins: free throw percentage. In victory, Biedrins is averaging almost 70% from the line, whereas in defeat, his free throw accuracy sinks to 58%.

So what gives? I honestly couldn't tell you. I'm a staunch Biedrins supporter and a firm believer in that he is a future leader of this club. But these numbers just don't support that opinion.



Also, in case you were wondering, the stat that jumps out most across the whole Warriors roster when it comes to W/L splits takes us to Brandan Wright. In Warriors wins so far this year BWright. In wins, he averages over 10 ppg. In losses, less than 6 ppg.