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Among the 54 draft players in the NBA class of 1992, "Shark" O'Neal and "Iron Man" Mourning have always been the most dazzling presences. Even under the brilliance of these two, there are still several players who can finally leave their own mark on the historical stage of the NBA through their own efforts, hard work and persistence, such as "Mr. Key" Robert Holly, such as "Madman" Latriel Spréville. Similarly, P.J. Brown, who has been called the "strongest coolie" in NBA history, is one of them.
NBA "strongest coolie ever" P.J. Brown
P.J. Brown (born October 14, 1969) is a 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) tall and plays as a power forward/center forward. Selected by the Nets with the second overall pick in 1992, he officially entered the NBA in 1993 and played for six teams in a 15-year NBA career. P.J. Brown has been named to the NBA's All-Defensive Team three times, winning the James Walter Kennedy Civic Award in 1997 and the NBA Sportsmanship Award in 2004. At the end of the 2006–07 season, P.J. Brown announced his retirement for the first time.
In the 2007-08 regular season, the Boston Celtics under the "Big Three" won 38-16 ahead of the All-Star Game in February. The eye-catching record can not hide the lack of depth in the fifth position, the lack of experience in the interior defense of the old problem, this is the head coach Rivers and general manager Angie has been the heart disease, the Celtics during the regular season may be able to run rampant, once encountered in the playoffs of the flesh and blood, this problem may become the Celtics's "Achilles heel", so after the All-Star Weekend, free market Taobao reinforcement has become the team's top priority, at this time, P.J. Brown, a veteran who has retired for nearly a year and is 38 years old, has entered the Celtics' sights. In February 2008, Angie and Rivers led the main members of the Celtics to personally invite P.J. Brown, and finally with the support of his family, P.J. Brown announced his comeback and joined the Celtics, and the 2007-08 NBA championship won the last piece of the puzzle.
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P.J. Brown, known as the "strongest coolie" in history, at the age of 38, can still make the Celtics diligently pursue him, which stems from his 15 years of conscientious persistence and simple "defensive sapper" nature, this article will analyze the offensive and defensive data of P.J. Brown's career and the information hidden behind the data, to find the real value of P.J. Brown's "small people also have big deeds".
P.J. Brown's Career Regular Season Offensive Stats (TeamAce System)
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After the 1992 draft, P.J. Brown chose to leave Greece due to the Nets' refusal to provide a guarantee contract, and after being recalled by the Nets in 1993, who lacked internal strength, P.J. Brown officially landed in the NBA. As a young man, he quickly got into form, playing 79 games in his rookie season, starting 54 of them, and until his first retirement in the 06-07 season, P.J. Brown was the main striker of his team.
P.J. Brown's offensive performance in the regular season:
During the Nets period (93-94 to 95-96 season), P.J. Brown's performance on the offensive end was on the rise: the rookie season averaged 24.7 minutes per game, with 5.1 shots to contribute 5.7 points and 1.2 assists, the true shooting rate was 48%; the 95-96 season averaged 36.3 minutes per game, with 9.9 shots can contribute 11.3 points and 2.0 assists, the true shooting rate is 50%; the Heat (96-97 to 99-00 season), During the Charlotte Hornets (00-01 to 01-02) and the New Orleans Hornets (now the Pelicans, 02-03 to 05-06), the maturing P.J. Brown has a more consistent output on the offensive end. In the 98-99 season, P.J. Brown played the best offensive performance of his career, averaging 32.2 minutes per game and contributing 11.4 points and 1.3 assists with 9.5 shots, shooting 52.7% from the field.
P.J. Brown played 1,089 regular-season games in his career, averaging 31.1 minutes per game, contributing 9.1 points and 1.5 assists with 7.7 shots, shooting 51.6 percent from the field, and he also had a rare free throw percentage among interior players: 79.4 percent.
P.J. Brown's Career Playoff Offense Stats (TeamAce System)
P.J. Brown's playoff offensive performance:
With the exception of the two playoffs in the 93-94 and 07-08 seasons, P.J. Brown's contributions to the offensive end of the remaining nine playoffs were relatively stable, averaging a maximum of 10.1 shots per game (03-04), averaging a maximum of 10.2 points per game (98-99, 01-02, 02-03), averaging a maximum assist per game (03-04 season), and a true shooting rate of 55.5% (02-03).
P.J. Brown played in 106 playoff games in his career, averaging 27.2 minutes per game, contributing 7.1 points and 1.0 assists on 6.2 shots, shooting 49.4 percent from the field and 75.1 percent from the free throws.
P.J. Brown's career shot percentage (TeamAce system)
P.J. Brown's main shots:
P.J. Brown's main approach to offense, in addition to dunks, is to shoot from mid-range and make up for rebounds. As can be seen from the chart above, the middle distance shot is P.J. Brown's most important scoring method, accounting for 66% of the total number of shots (12% of the short range two points, 26% of the middle distance two points, and 28% of the long distance two points), and the remaining 34% are basket shots. Taking the 07-08 season as an example (see figure below), P.J. Brown's shooting choice is more intuitive. In particular, it should be emphasized that the low-post pile back attack frame has never been the main choice for P.J. Brown's basket attack, and the second attack after rushing to the offensive board or the direct basket in the air is the two ways that occupy most of P.J. Brown's basket shots, which is the main reason why P.J. Brown's basket shooting rate is too low.
P.J. Brown's 07-08 regular season and playoff shooting heatmap
P.J. Brown's offensive performance summary:
So what allowed him to survive 15 seasons in the mighty NBA? The following image is the answer.
P.J. Brown's Career Offense and Defense WS Values Comparison (TeamAce System)
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As a well-known defensive sapper and interior gate at the time, P.J. Brown's defensive WS value throughout his career was much higher than the offensive WS value, and the above figure clearly shows the value of P.J. Brown: defense. Iron-blooded defense, this is P.J. Brown's ability to stand in the fiercely competitive NBA for more than a decade.
P.J. Brown's performance on the defensive end is the focus of this article, and will focus on his regular season defensive performance, playoff defensive performance, career defensive efficiency value and career rebounding rate.
P.J. Brown Career Regular Season Defensive Stats (TeamAce System)
P.J. Brown's regular season defensive performance:
P.J. Brown was named to the NBA's Defensive Team three times in his career, relying on his outstanding rim-guarding ability, tough steals and blocking ability.
During the Nets period (93-94 to 95-96 season), P.J. Brown, who first entered the NBA, was able to contribute more than 6 rebounds per game on the defensive end. Nearly 1 steal and 1.4 blocks; during the Heat, P.J. Brown stood by Arenzo Mourning's side in obscurity but was the last line of defense in the town's penalty area, and in the case of the 99-00 Season Mourning season reimbursement, P.J. Brown still strongly guarded the inside line and escorted the Heat all the way to the playoffs; in the six years of the Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans Hornets, P.J. Brown was the locker room leader of two teams, and averaged 9.7 points per game. 8.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 0.9 steals and 0.9 blocks became the team's king of efficiency.
P.J. Brown averaged 7.7 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 1 block per game on the defensive end of his career regular season.
P.J. Brown's Career Offensive and Defensive Efficiency (TeamAce System)
P.J. Brown's regular season defensive efficiency:
Defense has always been the foundation of P.J. Brown's life. In his 15-year NBA career, he had a regular season defensive efficiency of 102, including four seasons with regular season defensive efficiency below 100: 96-97, 98-99, 00-01, and 07-08. Defensive efficiency in the final season of his career was the highest in the career regular season: 97!
P.J. Brown Career Playoff Defensive Stats (TeamAce System)
P.J. Brown's playoff defensive performance:
PJ Brown made the playoffs 11 times in his career, and with the exception of his rookie season (93-94) and the final two seasons of his career (06-07 and 07-08), he was more stable and prominent on the defensive end of the remaining 8 playoffs, averaging 10 rebounds per game in the playoffs (00-01, including 4.1 frontcourt boards), averaging a maximum steal per game (97-98), and averaging a maximum of 1.6 blocks per game (03-04).
PJ Brown averaged 6.6 rebounds, 0.6 steals and 0.8 blocks per game on the defensive end of his career playoffs.
P.J. Brown Career Playoff Offensive and Defensive Efficiency (TeamAce System)
P.J. Brown's Playoff Defensive Efficiency:
P.J. Brown, as the team's interior defensive gate, has had a playoff defensive efficiency of 101 (higher than the regular season 102) in his 15-year NBA career, including three seasons with playoff defensive efficiency below 100: 96-97, 99-00, and 03-04. Defensive efficiency is at the highest value of 94 in the 99-00 season! P.J. Brown spent his last season before retiring from the bulls (06-07) when he was 37 years old and formed the Bulls' interior "iron wall" with "Big Ben" Wallace, and swept the defending champion Heat led by "Shark" O'Neal and "Flash" Wade 4-0 in the first round of the playoffs! In that year's playoffs, P.J. Brown's defensive efficiency was 102. Even in the final playoffs of his career (07-08), the 38-year-old P.J. Brown still had a defensive efficiency of 104!
P.J. Brown Career Rebounding Rate Analysis:
Rebounding rate is the ratio of the number of rebounds that a player grabs during the time a player plays in a basketball game to the total number of shots not scored by both teams. This ratio is not only an objective reflection of a player's rebounding ability, but also an important basis for evaluating a player's enthusiasm for play.
P.J. Brown's Career Usage and Rebounding Percentage Comparison (TeamAce System)
P.J. Brown had a career rebounding rate of 14.3 percent and a season-high rebounding rate of 19.4 percent (07-08), including an offensive rebounding rate of 10.2%, a season-high offensive rebounding rate of 17.6% (07-08 season), a defensive rebounding rate of 18.4%, a season-high defensive rebounding rate of 22.8% (01-02 season), and a second-highest 21.0% (07-08 season).
The above statistics may not be intuitive, the following is based on this season's NBA rebounding rate rankings as a reference, a simple comparison can know how strong P.J. Brown is!
1. Rebounding rate comparison: In the 2019-2020 season, Favors ranked sixth with 19.6%, and Capela ranked seventh with 19.1%. For comparison, P.J. Brown's 19.4% rebounding rate in the 07-08 season can be ranked ahead of Capela! Even if P.J. Brown's 14.3 percent career rebounding percentage is compared to this season, it can rank 37th in the league this season: Plumlee is 37th with 14.3 percent.
2. Offensive rebounding rate comparison: In the 2019-2020 season, Kanter ranked first with 16.4%. For comparison, P.J. Brown far surpassed Kanter in 17.6 percent offensive rebounding in the 07-08 season, when he was 38 years old! Even P.J. Brown's 10.2 percent career offensive rebounding rate has ranked 22nd in the league this season: Bolter is 21st with 10.3 percent and Holmes is 22nd with 10.2 percent.
3. Defensive rebounding rate comparison: In the 2019-2020 season, Gion ranked 20th with 22.7%. For comparison, P.J. Brown's 22.8 percent defensive rebounding rate in the 01-02 season could rank in the top 20 of the league before Gion.
P.J. Brown's defensive performance summary:
Bravery and iron blood are his defensive labels. He will always do all the hard, dirty, and tiring work in the game in obscurity, which is the origin of his evaluation of "the strongest coolie".
In the 2007–08 Finals, P.J. Brown clipped Kobe Bryant
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In summary, the real value hidden behind P.J. Brown's relatively ordinary offensive and defensive data is the image of the team 'protector' he has established with ordinary but never mediocre, simple and unpretentious but conscientious every game, which is the golden age of the center in the 1990s, and the iron-blooded bones that have been almost extinct in the league today. Looking back at P.J. Brown's career, especially the experience of returning to win the championship at the age of 38, is not only a perfect interpretation of "defense wins the championship", but also a perfect annotation to the phrase "small people have big deeds"!
P.J. Brown: "Little people have big things too"
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The most important thing in life is not the position you are in, but the direction you are facing; the most difficult thing in life is not only success, but also the simple persistence.
This is the "strongest coolie" in the history of the NBA - P.J. Brown gave you my precious wealth.