http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=2011&year_max=2012&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=2&age_min=0&age_max=25&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=usg_pct&c1comp=gt&c1val=&c2stat=mp&c2comp=gt&c2val=2500&c3stat=ts_pct&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=ws_per_48&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=per

Not really much to say, other than we have two good soon-to-be-3rd year players, one of whom needs more minutes and the other who needs more touches. I was able to prune Gary Neal from the query but not Blake, who makes a good "control".

For those unfamiliar with BBRef, the column headers are sortable, and you can also modify the query, add in different categories, with Show/Hide Search Form.

Monroe clearly the 'best' so far, but his team sucks. Boogie & Wall look great in some areas, in others...

Would you like to get really crazy after the jump?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=2012&year_max=2012&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=80&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=mp&c1comp=gt&c1val=2000&c2stat=ts_pct&c2comp=gt&c2val=.56&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=lt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=usg_pct&order_by_asc=Y

A preposterous, ridiculous exercise in homerism & data-fitting, but still. A more selfish (and consistent) Hayward could "replace Al's offense". He def needs more of the offense run through him.

Did you know Millsap had more steals AND blocks than LeBron?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=2012&year_max=2012&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=80&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=0&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=mp&c1comp=gt&c1val=2000&c2stat=ts_pct&c2comp=gt&c2val=.54&c3stat=per&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=usg_pct&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=blk

Sigh...imagine those first three names lined up that way in a boxscore...

I'm now fully on the Sap>>>>>>Al bandwagon. Here's the trade, a variant of one proposed by Peter J Novak:

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=8hk63ns

Phoenix gets trade exceptions for all three guys. They don't need Marshall because of Dragic, they just wisely took him as BPA. Gortat & Al is actually unhorrible. Saves PHX a ton of dough, which Sarver always cares about.

We also send the GS pick and our top six protected pick to PHX. They give us $3 million, which goes straight to Raja Bell. Wes Johnson goes straight to the D-League so he doesn't infect Burks or Murphy. Frye is a nice quiet 4th big, happy to see the playoffs. We can always amnesty or Memo-ize Frye & WesJ as circumstances arise.

The offense now flows wide open. We re-sign Sap after saving a ton of dough this year. And now have our Five In The Hive. With Sap-Marv-Mo-Foye, that's a contender, folks.

None of this is anti-Al, esp anti-Al the person. I hope NOH shovels money at him next summer.

Guess I did have much to say after all.