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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 198597, member: 767"]
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[COLOR=#000000]True shooting percentage was definitely not created by Hollinger.  I remember reading about it when I was like 9 or 10.  (So this would be like 1993).   It's not some convoluted stat like PER.   It adjusts shooting% for 3's and free throws.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000]And in 2004 Cardinal had a good year, it was a fluke in retrospect, but what else would you say about a guy who made 44% of his 3's [/COLOR]
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Maggette's career high in PER was 20.3  (Which happened in 2010.)  Iverson's career number is 20.9.  So Maggette has never had a single season PER better than Iverson's career average.  I don't think PER was ever saying Maggette was a better player than Iverson.  
 
 
And as I said, I don't worship at the altar of PER.  It's a pretty good offensive stat, I'm sure there are better ones out there now.  It has flaws (though despite what you said, i t favors volume scorers) But no one says field goal% is a bad stat if someone who isn't considered one of the better shooters in the league is first in it.  (Let alone 32nd, like Cardinal was in 2004, which was his best year).
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