Jerome Jordan In Turkey

by fuhry on Feb 24, 2011 4:43 PM EST

I know, that sounds like the biggest Thanksgiving surprise imaginable. But no, I'm talking about the country not the savory main course, and I'm talking about the guy whose name perfectly describes him as a cross between Michael Jordan and Jerome James. There's gotta be a term for that - It's something between an anomonopaea and a palindrome.

Anyway, I looked up his Euro stats:

http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=SRB&PlayerID=105287

And did some number crunching (which wasn't easy, lemme tell ya) and according to this, the guy's shooting 72% from the floor over 34 games. Nice.

His shooting percentage from the free throw line is less, but still a somewhat respectable 69%.

Rebounding? Averages out to about 6.9 per 30 minutes. Not great, but I think perhaps a bit above Timo level? I didn't check Timo's last Euro stats, but c'mon people, I'm tired. And lazy.

Anyway, he blocks about a shot every other game. But you know, the guy may be useful in some way. I look forward to geeking out about the guy only to have him traded at the deadline for some superstar guy.

Also, his player ID on this website is 105287. Wouldn't that be cool if that ended up being his uniform number?

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Hey, sorry for the long ass comment in your thread but stats for Moz in Russia, with us and Bigger 'Rome, side by side

For quicker comparison, these are their stats per 15 minutes, not their per game stats:

Games (fyi)
Moz RUS 28
Mos NYK 34
JJ Turkey 35

Points
Moz RUS 7
Mos NYK 4.5
JJ Turkey 8.1

FGA / FG%
Moz RUS 5 / 53.9%
Mos NYK 3.7 / 46.4%
JJ Turkey 4 / 72.2%

FTA / FT%
Moz RUS 2.9 / 53.3%
Mos NYK 1 / 70.5%
JJ Turkey 3.3 / 69.2%

OREB
Moz RUS 2.1
Mos NYK 1.3
JJ Turkey 1.6

TOT REB
Moz RUS 5.1
Mos NYK 3.5
JJ Turkey 3.5

AST/TO
Moz RUS 0.12
Mos NYK 0.44
JJ Turkey 0.09

BLK
Moz RUS 1.2
Mos NYK 0.8
JJ Turkey 0.5

STL
Moz RUS 0.4
Mos NYK 0.4
JJ Turkey 0.3

FOULS
Moz RUS 2.8
Mos NYK 2.5
JJ Turkey 2.4

by Dutchmarau on Feb 24, 2011 6:12 PM EST reply actions

Wow

my half -assed post is now doublecheeked! Thanks!

Sad to see that JJ’s rebounding seems more lackluster than Mozzie’s. But ya gotta love that shooting percentage, eh?

by fuhry on Feb 24, 2011 6:21 PM EST up reply actions

JJ needs to go to the Oakley school of rebounding.

In Donnie we trust.

by $100M Contract on Feb 24, 2011 6:30 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah no joke

For as lost as he looked in summer league I’ll take any sign of progress, especially 3/4s of his shots going in

by Dutchmarau on Feb 24, 2011 6:34 PM EST up reply actions

I personally watched 2 of his games b/c

he played against the turkish team I support. He looked a lot more polished than when he was in the summer league. His interior d and shot blocking were good but his post game was quite excellent. If the Knicks can bring him over now he could be our new Mosgov.

by bjk1903 on Feb 25, 2011 12:21 AM EST reply actions