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How'd He Do?: Morris Peterson

Round 2 of How'd He do? Go vote in the Melvin Ely post if you missed it. Current Ely approval rating: 37%. Stepping up to the plate is none other than Morris Peterson.

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Pts Reb Ast 3P% PER
2007 - Morris Peterson 8.0 2.7 0.9 39.4 (38th) 11.2 (106th)


Positives: Shot a very high three point percentage, made a significant scoring contribution, made it difficult for defenses to key in entirely on Peja Stojakovic, played great one-on-one defense, despite a low PER still in the same neighborhood as respected role guys like Ime Udoka (101) and Raja Bell (113).

Negatives: Became too one dimensional offensively, rebounding rate dropped to near career low, an 11.2 PER is still an 11.2 PER, drew fouls at an alarmingly low rate

My Grade (1 to 5): 4, Explanation: Even though on paper it looks like Mo had a "bad" year, I felt he fit his role very well. Again, the key word is "role." Our offense basically forced him into being one dimensional and I can't hold that against him. Second, he was the biggest taker of "garbage" shots, shots late in the shot-clock (22, 23 seconds in) that nobody else wanted to take. This had to have reduced his overall numbers.

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How well did Mo-Pete fit his ROLE in 2007-2008?
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3 votes
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3 votes
3
19 votes
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14 votes
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6 votes

45 votes | Poll has closed

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Solid observations.

Do we get to vote on Mo Pete’s season?

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by Ron Hitley on May 22, 2008 12:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Love Mo

Mo did a great job this year. A little inconsistent on the offensive end, but he is, as you say, a role player. Given, I’ve said all year I’d rather him my 5th starter than 90% of the league’s 5th starters. That said, if I were to get greedy as a Hornets fan, I’d want to upgrade at this position. But, if Mo came back as the starter next year I’d be way cool with that.

by m-W on May 22, 2008 8:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The way I see it, this is Mo’s position to hold down until JuJu comes and takes it.

by atthehive on May 22, 2008 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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