6 Shocking Facts About SLOE Players & Their Foul Ratings (#2 will blow your mind...)

[IamQuailman]

In recent seasons, the hidden player attribute for Foul Rating has come up in numerous discussions, league polls, arguments, and trash talk. Never before has this rating been such a hot topic. Fortunately, we now have the ability to see all foul ratings on the wonderfully-crafted Lists.php page (thanks Wig!). But has anyone really ever deep dove (dived?) into these ratings? Maybe, but I don't remember... so I decided to take a quick stab and came across some surprising findings. Disclaimer: I ONLY looked at players who were currently signed to teams as of Saturday's All-Star Weekend sim.

1. Single-digit PF Ratings on FOUR Green & Blue Potential Players
After a quick glance, 4 notable (read: green & blue potential) players were sitting in the danger zone. One of these isn't much of a shock, as it had come up briefly as an example during the change in foul trainings last season, and that man is Ben Simmons (PFR - 7). However, 1 other Blue potential guy is sitting in that single-digit zone (or as I like to call it, the bench) at an even lower number... and that is recently traded Greg Oden (PFR - 5). He's currently fouling at 3.4 FPG in 21mpg (per 36... 5.6FPG... but let's be serious, he ain't playing 36 minutes anytime soon!). Two other notables are slightly less notable, as they are greens and we care about them but not as much as blues. Recently drafted Tyron Ferris has a PFR of 8. And Pistons own Rodney Hood is one of 4 currently signed players with a PFR of 0. He actually gets called for a foul when he checks in to the game.

2. Paul George has a PFR of 13
Yep, a superstar with foul problems. Currently playing 33mpg with 3.6fpg, George isn't struggling nearly as much as other bottom feeding PFR players. I think this is more of a testament to Coach false9's aggressive playcalling and refusal to let foul-happy refs dictate his rotations. Paul George is the face of this team, despite what Dario or James like to think, and false9 will not let something as stupid as Foul Ratings be change that. Paul George is 32 Rating points down from the next purple potential player (Gordon Hayward - PFR 45) and a whopping 57 rating points down from the next purple current player (Kevin Love - PFR 70). This raises the question... since he's purple potential... is he stuck this way? He's not allowed to train right? Should this be an exception to the rule NO PURPLE TRAINING Rule?

3. 15% of the Rostered League is in the Bottom 3rd PFR Range
There are currently 372 players are rostered, and obviously this will change with the looming deadline approaching. However, of that rostered players, only 15% (56 players) are in the bottom 3rd PFR Range, which is from 0-33. This is actually very surprising, as I thought this number would be slightly higher (maybe in the mid-high 20s). The middle range (34-66) houses 190 rostered players for 51%, which means that the remaining 34% is between 67 and 100 PFR. Not bad! With the new training system in place, perhaps we will see this bottom 3rd of the range continue to shrink over time. ONE CAN ONLY HOPE.

4. 4 Lakers Players are Under 30 PFR
The Lakers have been plagued by bad TCs the past couple seasons, with Embiid and Giannis Antententententenkoupolopis being the most recent victims. But they have something else to worry about. 4 of their players are sub-30 PFR. Sure, Tristan Bosworth (PFR 20) isn't a HUUUUUUUUGE deal, but he is a green potential role player and those are always nice to have. In 14mpg, he's averaging .4 more assists per game than fouls per game (1.9 to 1.5). Demarcus Cousins (PFR 29) is a well-known fouler by this point in his career (donig his part to keep his rep in tact by averaging 4.3 fpg this season) and is finally coming off the books this upcoming off-season. The real concern is with their cornerstones. Giannis Antoutentukuopolinas (PFR 21) and Gustave Lecroix (PFR 29) have been fouling at an alarming rate, both 4.0 fpg (39.5mpg and 38mpg respectively). These guys could definitely use a training... but with a team that barely affords insurance for training camp, I don't foresee a training in the near future.

5. Dominant Defensive Bigs Don't Foul (Past & Present)
Seems like common sense, but look at these names: Tyson Chandler, Carlos Boozer, Steven Hunter, Kendrick Perkins, Chris Bosh, Deandre Jordan. All of these guys never had issues with fouls in their careers, and are well known for being forces on the defensive side of the ball. It's no shock that they all have PFRs of 100. Other bigs (Dwight Howard, Andrew Bynum, Anthony Davis, Greg Monroe) all are above 90 in PFR and have not shown the inability to stay on the floor and be defensive stoppers in the paint.

6. Lonzo Ball v. Joseph Kight, 1v1, 0 Fouls EVAR
Joseph Kight (frontrunner for ROY this season) and Lonzo Ball (rising shooting guard for the Bobcats) recently challenged each other to a 1v1 match, and neither of which committed a foul in the 20 minutes of play, despite it being a very physical game. This isn't a shock, since they are both have a PFR of 100. These two exhibit great control of their bodies on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball and will only improve with time. Teams can consistently rely on these guys to stay on the court and out of foul trouble.

[false9]

This is one foul article

[digiskunk]

Great article Doug!!! It's just a shame that the link you posted (lists.php) doesn't work for me.

Also, yay for Kight having a great PFR!

[garbageman]

Great article Doug!!! It's just a shame that the link you posted (lists.php) doesn't work for me.

Also, yay for Kight having a great PFR!

Doug...you spelled pbsl wrong.

[IamQuailman]

Great article Doug!!! It's just a shame that the link you posted (lists.php) doesn't work for me.

Also, yay for Kight having a great PFR!

Doug...you spelled pbsl wrong.

Fixed!

[TheSyndicate]

I was bored, but since it's trade deadline you get 5 points for your MASTERclickBATE.

;D