The Official Gary Clark Appreciation Thread

[sedziobs]

Gary has four consecutive double doubles. He had exactly 10 & 10 against USF four games ago.

 

[Bearcat513]

LOL! Short and too the point. I can imagine someone talking to a bartender at 2:00 am saying this.

Drunk fan: You know what?

Bartender: What?

Drunk fan: I love Gary

Bartender: Okay. You are the last one here and we are putting up chairs. Do you want me to order Uber?

I've said it since the off-season and I've seen many others say the same but I will honestly get teary-eyed watching Gary walk onto the court on his senior day.

 

[GarradJ21]

He's playing on a different level. We always knew how important he was to us and how he was a fantastic glue guy. Sometimes we just felt like he could be even more aggressive and he's playing like we always had imagined. I hope he gets drafted so bad

 

[GarradJ21]

Back to him being drafted; I think if we can make it to an elite 8 or better he and Jake both could be drafted. Imagine the exposure they will get and mostly likely will have to be going up against a top 3 team to do it.

 

[justinhub2003]

Does that take into consideration mpg? Is it an efficiency thing? Gary is averaging 27 minutes. If he were getting 35 mpg...he would be killing it. We are probably talking like 11-12 boards and 15-17 points.

One of the other reasons we may not have gotten first teamers last year in AAC is because our top minute guy was ranked 25th in conference. Give our guys the minutes the top guys were getting and it becomes a different story. Not to mention POY race is largely based on scoring and we spread it around pretty good.

His effiency would go way down.

I think it was a bcj article thst showed Gary at 28 minutes is just effective as him at 35.

 

[justinhub2003]

If Gary can pull down 12 rebounds a game for the next 11 games he will finish the season averaging a double double. It’s no easy feat though.

He is 17 rebounds off the mark from averaging 10 now

 

[waterhead]

His effiency would go way down.

I think it was a bcj article thst showed Gary at 28 minutes is just effective as him at 35.

I assume what you mean here is that Gary would put up the same numbers roughly when playing 28 or 35 (or at least has in the past)?

 

[Jon Rycek]

His effiency would go way down.

I think it was a bcj article thst showed Gary at 28 minutes is just effective as him at 35.

How can you even project that?

 

[justinhub2003]

How can you even project that?

Gary has kinda proven over his career that 28-30 minutes is his sweet spot. He isn't Jacob Evans and will get fatigued. Cronin has said over and over again that Gary and Kyle were the ones struggling with faster paced games.

Him playing 28 minutes is perfect. He is so effective, doesn't pick up fatigue fouls and never looks tired.



But if you want stats to back it up.

Gary played 33+ minutes 7 times this year, his average ORTG is 114
Gary played 32 and under 13 times this year, his average ORTG is 144

Thats a difference from being good to Elite

 

[justinhub2003]

Also, Gary is doing more with less this year, his Usage rating is at an all time high so that helps a ton.

Also, its again one of those things were the more rest we can give Gary the better for his longevity. The guy has

 

[cincrulz11]

Gary and Kyle are the 2 you can clearly see get tired out there.


Kyle is really a max 30 minute type of guy with a sweet spot of 22-25. as mick says he wears himself out cause he's so hyper.

 

[justinhub2003]

So I decided to see where Gary ranks in various stats across the AAC; he is almost in ever stat category:

FT%: 9th
Off rebounds: 1st
Def Rebunds: 2nd
Total Rebounds: 1st (Has a 25 rebound cushion over 2nd place)
Steals: 7th
Blocks: 7th
Points: 14th
PPG: 15th
RPG: 1st
PER: 1st ( a 4 point cushion over 2nd place)
True shooting %: 6th
Off Reb%: 2nd
Def Reb %: 2nd
Rebound %: 1st
Steal %: 5th
Block %: 6th
TO%: 4th
Points Produced: 12th
Offensive Rating: 1st
Defensive Rating: 1st
Offensive Win Shares: 3rd
Defensive Win Shares: 1st
Win Share: 1st
Win shares per 40: 1st
Offensive Box Plus/Minus: 2nd
Defensive Box Plus/Minus: 1st
Box Plus/Minus: 1st (4 point lead over Jacob Evans)


And he is doing it on the best team in the conference; He is the player of the year in my book.

 

[cincycpaw]

Gary is pretty good.

I love how that kid plays ball.

 

[cincrulz11]

Gary has kinda proven over his career that 28-30 minutes is his sweet spot. He isn't Jacob Evans and will get fatigued. Cronin has said over and over again that Gary and Kyle were the ones struggling with faster paced games.

Him playing 28 minutes is perfect. He is so effective, doesn't pick up fatigue fouls and never looks tired.



But if you want stats to back it up.

Gary played 33+ minutes 7 times this year, his average ORTG is 114
Gary played 32 and under 13 times this year, his average ORTG is 144

Thats a difference from being good to Elite

he also isn't playing 33+ minutes against the bad teams (only one was usf and his ORtg that game was 144) so the numbers are gonna be different from that alone.

 

[waterhead]

Gary has kinda proven over his career that 28-30 minutes is his sweet spot. He isn't Jacob Evans and will get fatigued. Cronin has said over and over again that Gary and Kyle were the ones struggling with faster paced games.

Him playing 28 minutes is perfect. He is so effective, doesn't pick up fatigue fouls and never looks tired.



But if you want stats to back it up.

Gary played 33+ minutes 7 times this year, his average ORTG is 114
Gary played 32 and under 13 times this year, his average ORTG is 144

Thats a difference from being good to Elite

While I do imagine Gary has a sweet spot for minutes. I can also imagine when GAry is playing 33+ we are in more dog fights and the whole team is struggling. When he plays under 32...we are probably coasting in a lot of those games and the offense is playing well (or he's in foul trouble).

When we are playing well as a team it is easier for each player to be more effective. I also wonder if a tired Gary is better than a fresh bench guy. I mean Gary does so many things for us.

 

[waterhead]

So I decided to see where Gary ranks in various stats across the AAC; he is almost in ever stat category:




And he is doing it on the best team in the conference; He is the player of the year in my book.

It would definitely appear that way...lol! Thanks for the stats!

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

Anytime your on a list with Oscar and Jack Twyman that kind of speaks for itself.

 

[Jon Rycek]

Gary played like 12 min to start the game vs temple. Don't think he gets too tired

 

[A_O]

Not sure if this has already been posted but here's Gary Clark's interview on the AAC Players' Lounge:

Gary Clark on the Players' Lounge

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

Gary played like 12 min to start the game vs temple. Don't think he gets too tired

Jon I don't know if you attend the games but I can tell you I have seen both Gary and Kyle signal the bench that they need a rest. It actually happened in the Temple game in the first half. He definitely leaves it all on the court.