Wilt Chamberlain took 586 shots for Los Angeles Lakers during the 1972-1973 regular season and made 426 of them for a field-goal percentage of .727. No. That isn’t a misprint. Chamberlain shot almost 73 percent over 82 games. Laker fans, fond of pointing out that many of the Celtics titles and records were set before the modern era of basketball began (no shot clock, narrower lanes, no three second penalty, and a dearth of big men), don’t have to worry about being “hoisted on their own petard,” as no serious NBA historian would describe professional basketball played after 1970 as anything but part of the modern era (skimpy gym shorts, aside).
Needless to say, Wilt’s efforts not only represent an NBA record, but a record of Lou Gehrig proportions. But like the Iron Horse's consecutive-game mark, Wilt’s record will be broken some day. Perhaps this year. Perhaps by a Celtic.
Kendrick Perkins shot an eye-opening 80% in the preseason. Sure, he missed three games. Sure, he only took 15 shots. But I view these as mere triflings. With KG, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and Rajon Rondo driving the lane and drawing Perk’s defenders away from the big man, the Beast could easily string together a series of 2-2, 3-3, and 4-4 games in the month of November. Throw in a couple misses per week, and the product of Ozen High could easily enter December shooting 70 for 75 from the field. This would give #43 a field goal percentage of 93%.
The 2007-2008 season could truly be an epic one for the GREEN, and not just for the Fab Three.
3 comments:
We are glad you are recognizing the beastliness that is Our Sensei Perk. He is going to beast so hard this year, '07-'08 might be known as the Year of the Beast!
It is very good to see others realizing how good Perk can be. He is going to be the key to this season and will have a break out season. I love Perk!!!!
I love Da Beast. He outplayed Bynum in a big matchup.
Next I'd like to see him become a more consistently effective passer.
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