Avery Bradley’s Offense
Now we’ll compare Bradley’s offensive ratings and offensive box plus/minus marks throughout the time he played mostly as a point guard versus the seasons he was switched over to the shooting guard position.
Avery Bradley as a point guard:
- 2010-2011: 68 ORtg, -9.6 OBPM
- 2011-2012: 100 ORtg, -1.6 OBPM
- 2012-2013: 90 ORtg, -2.8 OBPM
- 2013-2014: 100 ORtg, -1.1 OBPM
Avery Bradley as a shooting guard:
- 2016-2017: 105 ORtg, -0.2 OBPM
- 2017-2018: 92 ORtg, -2.8 OBPM
- 2018-2019: 98 ORtg, -1.7 OBPM
It’s clear that Bradley has never been a great offensive player, but he was atrocious on the fun side of the ball during his time as a point guard.
That’s what happens when you ask a 3-and-D type player to run an offense. Imagine if a shorter version of Danny Green had been given the keys to the Raptors offense last season. Would Toronto have taken home the title? Probably not.
Bradley doesn’t have the skill set to set up his teammates. He has a career average of 1.8 assists per game against 1.4 turnovers per contest. Those are ugly numbers for a point guard.
His advanced stats as a shooting guard don’t jump off the page, but he’s been much better offensively as a 2. During 2016-2017 he averaged 16 PPG to go along with a .390 3-point shooting percentage. In 2017-2018 he was also solid. He averaged 14 PPG and a 37 3P %.
Bradley has shown during his time in the association that he’s a terrible offensive point guard and an accomplished 3-and-D type shooting guard.