2020-2021 Most Improved Player Campaigning Thread (Due 5/22 @ 11:59 Central)

[garbageman]

RULE FOR THREADS: You are allowed to make one post about yourself (edits of your original post will be allowed) or another GM. There will NOT be any goading or attacking other candidates to create nonsense drama like previous years. Any additional BS posted in threads will be deleted. The campaigning period officially ends at the deadline listed below.

Campaigning begins now until 11:59 PM on 5/22.

[ballsohard]

I would like to nominate Markelle Fultz. Markelle is an interesting case of one of our college players who started extremely raw and now he's a star on his Team. Markelle last year was great off the bench for me. We had starters at the 1-5 set and anything he placed out there was a bonus. He posted averages of 11/2.2/2.5/1.5 Steals per game. with Fultz as the 6th man, we made it to game 7 of the NBA finals.

Enter this year. Lots of things were changing in Philly. Hayward was gone, Kanter was gone, and so was Jennings. This means we needed everyone to step up their game, but no one more than Markelle. Markelle was a bit of a wild card last season, but this season he had to be one of the rocks that created the 76ers bedrock of foundation, and boy did he show up. This season he posted 19.6/3.9/4.7/2.2 Steals.

The beautiful thing about Fultz blossoming is that he's a 2 way guard who can score, distribute a bit and defend on a near elite level. Extra minutes boost every player's stats, but they didn't affect his efficiency in this role; it in fact, increased it.

[TheSyndicate]

I'll nominate Joseph Kight, which I think is a no-brainer for this award. Gary, you can owe me a point if you win

In a minutes REDUCTION, he scored 7 more ppg at a higher percentage, and elevated himself from decent starter to top-10 all-NBA talent. He was an all-star, 2nd team All-NBA and first team All-NBA defense. See stats below:

[TheSyndicate]

(Also, sorry Scott)

[digiskunk]

gonna nominate somebody else instead of Gebhart.

reserving this space for that player.

[ballsohard]

(Also, sorry Scott)

Why ?

[RPF]

I nominate F. Cole Medina for Most Improved Player


As you can see he is increased his ppg by 2, his rpg by 1, his apg by 2.7, his a/t ratio, steals fg% and 3pg%. But let's dig a little deeper in the advanced stats.


Take a look at his true shooting percentage and you can see the work he put in. Look at that usage and you can see that the team started to rely on him. And for the PER heads out there, look at how he increased his PER from 12.8 to 17.2.

But the most telling stat is he did all this with a DECREASE in minutes. C'mon I don't think even a hater can deny him at this point. There is only 1 choice and that choice is FUNKY COLE MEDINA. Thanks for your time and consideration in reading this.

[WigNosy]

Gotta throw Aaron Donald in here: http://pbsl.ijbl.net/players/player91.htm

His minutes are up by 12.5 mpg this season to 25.1 mpg (not quite double) but his scoring more than doubled from 7.3 to 16.5 ppg; his blocks are up to 2.1 per game, and if you look at his production since moving into the starting lineup (46 games), he's averaging 19.3 ppg and 7.5 rpg and 2.2 bpg. He's done this while increasing his PER to 21.5 and putting up 1.36 points per shot (if you're into advanced stats). He's also drastically improved his offensive/defensive ratings, going from a net -2.4 margin to a net +8.1 - and is a big part of the reason the Hawks were able to capture the division despite losing Thomas Robinson, Draymond Green, and current All-Star Khris Middleton.

[TheSyndicate]

Gotta throw Aaron Donald in here: http://pbsl.ijbl.net/players/player91.htm

His minutes are up by 12.5 mpg this season to 25.1 mpg (not quite double) but his scoring more than doubled from 7.3 to 16.5 ppg; his blocks are up to 2.1 per game, and if you look at his production since moving into the starting lineup (46 games), he's averaging 19.3 ppg and 7.5 rpg and 2.2 bpg. He's done this while increasing his PER to 21.5 and putting up 1.36 points per shot (if you're into advanced stats). He's also drastically improved his offensive/defensive ratings, going from a net -2.4 margin to a net +8.1 - and is a big part of the reason the Hawks were able to capture the division despite losing Thomas Robinson, Draymond Green, and current All-Star Khris Middleton.

Yeah, but at least Greg Oden got to sit on my bench in the playoffs last year with a broken finger, so.