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Josh Smith should be All-NBA. You all don't hear me. Josh Smith should be one of the 15 players recognized for excellence in the 2011-2012 season.
This is the season to carefully fold up all of those stale comments about jump shots and talking to the refs and file them away.
This is the season to put aside the eight season's worth of what Josh Smith doesn't do right on the court and stare right into the eyes of the things he does do right.
This is the season Josh Smith = All-NBA.
Why not? He's produced better across the board than almost all of his positional contemporaries and has been the mainstay, the centerpiece of a potential Top 3 seed in the Eastern Conference.
You need more -- you want stats -- I get it -- here are a few.
- 25 Double-doubles is good for fifth in the league this season.
- 5th in Defensive Rebounding rate, with 25% -- only Kevin Love and Blake Griffin are better this season at power forward -- Cousins and Garnett are playing a lot of center this season.
- #1 in Assist percentage with 20.6%. Among all forwards, only Paul Pierce and Hedo Turkoglu have higher rates, both small forwards.
- If you are looking for a player who has more than 70 steals and 70 blocked shots, there are only two: Smith and Dwight Howard.
- In fact, there are only three players who have a 20 PER, 20% Defensive Rebound Rate, 3% Block Rate and 2% Steal Rate: Smith, Howard, and Cousins
Here is a full look at Smith against some colleagues in the front court (Parameters included 20+ PER and 20% DRB through games of 4/6):
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Rk | Player | Tm | MP | PER | TS% | eFG% | ORB% | DRB% | TRB% | AST% | STL% | BLK% | TOV% | USG% |
1 | Kevin Love | MIN | 2064 | 25.6 | .571 | .500 | 11.4 | 26.5 | 18.9 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 9.3 | 28.6 |
2 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 1594 | 20.2 | .553 | .510 | 4.4 | 25.8 | 15.6 | 18.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 11.6 | 24.4 |
3 | Blake Griffin | LAC | 1995 | 22.9 | .551 | .540 | 10.4 | 25.5 | 17.9 | 15.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 10.9 | 26.8 |
4 | DeMarcus Cousins | SAC | 1600 | 21.8 | .506 | .451 | 14.8 | 25.3 | 19.8 | 9.6 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 13.8 | 29.5 |
5 | Josh Smith | ATL | 1977 | 21.1 | .494 | .466 | 6.7 | 25.0 | 15.9 | 20.6 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 11.2 | 28.2 |
6 | Al Jefferson | UTA | 1681 | 23.0 | .521 | .493 | 7.4 | 24.8 | 16.0 | 12.1 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 26.4 |
7 | Ersan Ilyasova | MIL | 1403 | 20.5 | .574 | .529 | 12.7 | 22.8 | 17.6 | 6.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 9.4 | 19.8 |
8 | Paul Millsap | UTA | 1723 | 23.1 | .556 | .510 | 10.4 | 21.7 | 15.9 | 12.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 10.0 | 23.3 |
9 | Kevin Durant | OKC | 2085 | 26.2 | .609 | .551 | 1.9 | 20.8 | 12.0 | 17.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 14.1 | 31.0 |
10 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 1677 | 22.0 | .560 | .493 | 2.7 | 19.6 | 11.2 | 13.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 29.2 |
11 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 1881 | 22.7 | .561 | .515 | 8.7 | 17.6 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 9.7 | 27.1 |
12 | Ryan Anderson | ORL | 1631 | 22.0 | .597 | .557 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 21.5 |
Now here are some of the standard counting stats:
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Rk | Player | Tm | MP | ORB | DRB | TRB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PTS | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | BLK% | STL% | DRB% |
1 | Kevin Love | MIN | 39.7 | 4.1 | 9.4 | 13.6 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 26.5 | .451 | .377 | .822 | 25.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 26.5 |
2 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 31.3 | 1.1 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 15.5 | .508 | .375 | .850 | 20.2 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 25.8 |
3 | Blake Griffin | LAC | 36.3 | 3.2 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 20.7 | .539 | .182 | .530 | 22.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 25.5 |
4 | DeMarcus Cousins | SAC | 30.2 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 10.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 18.0 | .450 | .167 | .728 | 21.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 25.3 |
5 | Josh Smith | ATL | 35.9 | 2.1 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 18.9 | .452 | .277 | .622 | 21.1 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 25.0 |
6 | Al Jefferson | UTA | 33.6 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 19.4 | .493 | .333 | .775 | 23.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 24.8 |
7 | Ersan Ilyasova | MIL | 27.5 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 12.8 | .493 | .419 | .803 | 20.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 22.8 |
8 | Paul Millsap | UTA | 31.9 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 16.6 | .506 | .222 | .812 | 23.1 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 21.7 |
9 | Kevin Durant | OKC | 38.6 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 27.6 | .502 | .375 | .850 | 26.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 20.8 |
10 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 32.9 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 21.2 | .459 | .358 | .879 | 22.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 19.6 |
11 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 36.2 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 21.6 | .514 | .100 | .812 | 22.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 17.6 |
12 | Ryan Anderson | ORL | 31.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 16.1 | .439 | .413 | .866 | 22.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 14.4 |