BlockClocked 12.9.09: A New Kid On The Block

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BlockClocked tracks which players are getting their stuff sent away, out of here, gotten gone, rejected, denied, and heretofore blocked. We track both total attempts blocked and blocked percentage. All data courtesy of HoopData.com.

TOP TEN PLAYERS IN TOTAL ATTEMPTS BLOCKED, AS OF 12.09.09

Player	Times blocked (Total)	Games Played	Blocked per40	Percentage of all FGA Blocked
Carmelo Anthony	37	22	1.84	7.9
Rodney Stuckey	34	20	1.80	10.2
Gerald Wallace	34	20	1.68	14.2
Chris Bosh	30	23	1.50	7.8
Monta Ellis	30	20	1.49	7.2
Zach Randolph	29	21	1.54	9.1
Chris Douglas-Roberts	28	18	1.69	10.6
Corey Maggette	28	19	2.38	14.0
David Lee	27	22	1.45	9.5
Gilbert Arenas	27	19	1.58	8.0

Corey Maggette loves getting blocked. Loves it. He gets home from a hard day at the office, puts on the Ally McBeal soundtrack, and sinks into a warm tub of BLOCKED. 2.38 per 40 for the veteran, with a 14% mark. If 10% or more of your shots get sent back the other direction? Well, that doesn’t really mean much of anything, but that’s a lot of embarrassment throughout the course of a season. Gerald Wallace is looking to threepeat the crown, and he’s getting the shot opportunities to do it. It’s interesting that his blocked numbers haven’t gone down since he started playing the lights out, but maybe the offensive board-putback attempts have something to do with that.Check out Chris Douglas Roberts, out of nowhere! Hard work for the swingman. At the third highest percentage, he might be making a run at this thing.

TOP TEN PLAYERS IN PERCENT OF ATTEMPTS BLOCKED PER 40 MINUTES, AS OF 12.09.09

Player	Percent Blocked
Acie Law	50.0
Shavlik Randolph	28.6
Pops Mensa-Bonsu	27.3
Derrick Brown	21.1
Shaun Livingston	20.0
Nathan Jawai	18.9
Etan Thomas	17.9
Kosta Koufos	17.6
Chuck Hayes	17.1
D.J. Augustin	16.9

Acie Law may really not get an opportunity to lower that percentage. He just needs to take two three pointers in garbage time, but of course, the Bobcats rarely if ever see garbage time. Jawai’s climbing, and Chuck Hayes is kind of an interesting develop, owing mostly to his volume of shots at rim. D.J. Augustin? What is it that people on Twitter say? Oh, yeah. SMH.