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[QUOTE="Cusefannotindc, post: 1190560, member: 1567"]
In general the team had better Defensive Efficiency (opponents point scored per 100 possession) when Cooney wasn't on the court (when Ennis was to eliminate garbage time). In the full season, DE with him on the court was 95, with him off the court it was 90. In conference play the gap was much smaller, 97 on and 95 off. Teams tended to turn the ball over more with Cooney on the court, but also got more offensive rebounds. Cooney being on the court didn't change where teams were shooting the ball, but opponents were shooting better at the rim when Cooney was on the court in Conference play, 57% with him on the court and 49% with him off. I suspect this is a combination of more offensive rebounds and better penetration vs. Gbinije being on the court.

Interestingly Cooney hitting 3 points altered how opposing teams shot. In conference play opposing teams were shooting 27% of shots at the rim, 36% 2point jumpers, 36% 3pointers when Cooney hit less than 3 3point shots. In games Cooney hit 3 or more, the breakdown was 28%/32%/40%. The expectation is that this would help the other team by reducing low percentage long jumpers, but it actually hurt, their 2point jumper shooting % fell from 37% to 39% while their %s on shots at the rim and 3pointers were identical. This meant a decrease in points per shot from 95 to 93.
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