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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 1301549, member: 297"]
Cooney - 38 minutes per game, 14.6 points per game, 37% FG, 34% 3P, 79% FT, 2.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.9 steals, 1.6 turnovers, 312 FG attempts, 86 total free throw attempts

Gbinije - 34 minutes per game, 12.1 points per game, 51% FG, 44% 3P, 51% FT, 5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.7 steals, 2 turnovers, 229 total FG attempts, 72 total free throw attempts

If we're just counting how many shots they've taken in games vs each other, Cooney has taken more shots 14 times, Gbinije more shots 8 times, and they've tied 3 times. Very likely I miscounted though, I grabbed that pretty fast.

If we believe that 1) coaches put their best perimeter defender on Cooney and 2) that Cooney is playing too many minutes to be 100% effective and 3) G's numbers suggest he is clearly a more efficient player when it comes to everything but shooting free throws, I think the right conclusion here is that Cooney's green light should maybe be a yellow light and G should be getting some more shots, until coaches begin putting their best perimeter defender on him so we can see what happens.

Also, Cooney averages more field goal attempts per game than Rak (12.5 to 12). Before people say "But wait, that's because Rak gets to the line a lot because he gets fouled taking a lot of shots," I would say, yeah, that's not really a point in Cooney's favor.
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