That’s obviously great company to be in. Looking at Lopez’s advanced statistics, he’s improved from last season in nearly every way. His Player Efficiency Rating is at around 19.7 right now, up from 17.94 last season. He’s scoring more points per 40 minutes this season, though his rebound rate is down slightly (14.3, down from 15.8 last year). The one area where Lopez has really disappointed this season, is his field goal percentage, which is around 48 percent – down from 53 percent last year. That has a lot to do with Brook’s shot selection this season. According to 82games, about 48 percent of all of Lopez’s field goal attempts have been jumpers, up from 39 percent last season.
Good stuff from NaS about Lopez’ prospects for the 20-10 club. If you look at HoopData, the biggest jump in shot distribution for Lopez is at the dreaded 16-23 feet. He’s taking 2.3 more shots from there per40, while shooting 5% worse. Lopez has such phenomenal ability in the low post, he needs to not concern himself with that range and just stick to the basics. His natural talent should do the rest.
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