With each team now having played at least three
games, the time is right for us to, once again, look at the top off-guards in
Asia’s best play-for-pay league. What makes this a little different than
previous posts is that the stats will be culled from only the Commissioner’s
Cup and not for the entire season.
Without further ado, here they are – the top five shooting
guards in the 2013-2014 PBA Commissioner’s Cup as of the morning of March 29,
2014 (as always, this is based on the Player Efficiency ratings as calculated
by PBA-Online.net):
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| The five best SGs in the PBA right now. Agree? (composite image by Enzo Flojo/Hoop Nut) |
5. Gary
David (MER) - 14.5ppg, 3.3rpg, 2.2apg, 1.3 triples per game, 27.5 EFF
- Once again, David is among the league’s most potent
scorers on the wings, but his main problem so far has been consistency. He has
had three games where he has hit 2 or more treys, while also having three games
with exactly zero triples. Case in point, before shooing 3/6 from beyond the
arc against ROS, David went 0/5 against TNT and Air 21.
4. Willie
Miller (BAR) - 11.8ppg, 4.0rpg, 3.4apg, 1.2 triples per game, .375 3pt%, 27.9
EFF
- After laying a big fat egg in Barako’s first game,
Thriller Miller has scored in double-figures in each of his last five outings. The
cherry on the topping, of course, was his dropping a conference-high 19 points
against the stunned San Mig Super Coffee Mixers a few days ago. Odds are the
two-time MVP won’t be able to duplicate that feat in the near future, but, hey,
the Energy Cola will take whatever they can, right?
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| Two-time MVP Willie Miller can still play with the best of 'em. (image by Paul Ryan Tan/Sports 5) |
3. Jeff
Chan (ROS) - 15.0ppg, 2.6rpg, 2.2apg, 2.6 triples per game, .433 3pt%, .875
FT%, 29.3 EFF
- The Gilas Pilipinas sniper is in a bit of a dry spell
this conference. He has shot just 2/8 from beyond the arc in his last two
games, and has connected on only 12/28 field goals in his last three. Clearly,
teams have been trying to key on him on defense, and, so far, it seems he has generally
been stifled. Still, don’t expect Chan to just fold up under the pressure. He
has developed into a player who can find many ways to score. Case in point, in
ROS’s last game, Chan was aggressive in attacking the basket, which resulted in
a conference-high 8 free throw attempts for him, and, more importantly, he made
every single one of them.
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| Jeff Chan is still aching to break out of his shooting slump. (iage by Paolo Papa/Sports 5) |
2. Joseph
Yeo (AIR) - 13.2ppg, 4.8rpg, 4.3apg, 2.0 triples per game, .571 3pt%, 30.1 EFF
- The Ninja hasn’t really found a rhythm yet, but he
has exploded here and there, scoring 21 points in a win against the Batang Pier,
19 in a loss to the Aces, and, in his latest effort, 18 markers to push the
Express past the slumping Gin Kings. Despite shifting back to his natural SG
spot, Yeo remains his team’s top playmaker with 4.3 dimes per outing. He might
never reach the level of adoration guys like Mark Caguioa and James Yap have
reached, but, at least statistically, Yeo is proving that stardom can only mean
so much on the court.
1. Marcio
Lassiter (SMB) - 15.5ppg, 3.8rpg, 2.8apg, 1.0spg, 3.0 triples per game, .400
3pt%, 30.4 EFF
- His Gilas Pilipinas withdrawal notwithstanding, any
basketball fan would love Marcio Lassiter. He has just been a consistently
productive player this conference. The San Francisco native has scored at least
a dozen points in each of SMB’s six games, while also leading all locals in
total three-pointers made, average three-pointers per game, and total field
goals made. He has the size, the tenacity, and the skill-set to be the best
shooting guard in the country, and, should he remain consistent, he might actually
already be.
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| Marci Lassiter has just been awesome in the Commissioner's Cup. Not surprisingly, the San Miguel Beermen have done well, too. (image by Paul Ryan Tan/Sports 5) |
Outside
looking in:
PJ Simon (SMC) - 27.4 EFF
Mark Caguioa (GIN) - 27.4 EFF
Mac Cardona (AIR) - 26.3 EFF
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