Gibson > Mo Williams?

how often was boobie guarded?

He seems to have some sort of skill that makes defenses not guard him. when he hit all those 3s in the playoffs, he was WIDE OPEN…most of his shots are him shooting wide open. if teams guarded him the way they guard mo, I doubt he would be shooting that well at all…he would be shooting similar to Mo IMO.

there is a difference between a guy who can take it to the rim, shoot from 3 point land, hit the midrange, and knock down 3s and a guy who can shoot the open 3. that is all boobie can do really. he is not a good FT shooter at all (is in fact below average) and doesn’t do anything else besides 3s really to contribute. he is basically just passable on defense, he doesn’t pass well, and really doesn’t do anything well besides shoot.

its a start, but lets consolidate those shooting numbers to a metric that includes both and free throws as well, that being True Shooting (TS)

For the season:

Mo Williams .571
Daniel Gibson .617

-both are excellent, but Gibson is having a great season shooting.

But what about defense?

From Basketball-references page, here’s the defensive rating (DRtg) which is the estimate of how many points a player would allow per 100 possessions.

Mo Williams: 106
Daniel Gibson: 108

And assists. Tough to gauge perhaps, but to even out the playing time issue lets look at least look at assists per 36 minutes played for each:

Mo Williams: 5.2
Daniel Gibson: 2.4

And finally whenever looking at numbers its important to consider the usage percentage (Usg%) simply because the heavier the load a player is asked to carry on offense the more difficult it is to be efficient in comparison to players with lower usage rates.

Mo Williams: 22.4%
Daniel Gibson: 14.4%

I think its safe to say Gibson’s TS% would drop with an increased role, but since he’s shooting so well as is, the difference between him and Williams in that regard would be negligible. The assist stat is pretty telling in how each player is used differently on offense though both considered point guards. Gibson does little to faciliate on offense at this point, he’s played to his sharp-shooting strength. Defensively the idea that Gibson has played better than Williams is not likely true. I’d conclude that they aren’t much different defensively at this point, I’d still favor Williams, but neither is a shut down defender at the guard position and both would likely be the weakest defender on the floor for the Cavs in most sets.

I think increased playing time for Gibson wouldn’t be such a bad thing, if for only to give Williams a bit less of minutes load, and the Cavs wouldn’t really miss that much of a beat. As it stands, the two players are probably playing near the same level (aside from facilitating the offense or “running the point” as you’d want to call it, where Williams is the clear better of the two) and that does say alot for the year that Daniel Gibson is having.

if you judge mo on the game against boston yeah, boobie might be better. but Mo is a MUCH better defensive player. he is just as quick and IS coming off of a pretty major injury. guys come off injuries slower…it is a fact of sports…

boobie is NOT a good defensive player at ALL. Mo williams was a decent defensive player before he came here. he was good but lost focus at times. he is now focused on the defensive end. If I had to say who our 2nd best defensive guard was after delonte, it would probably be Mo. Then AP, THEN boobie.