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Some players want to be out there at the end of the game to take the last second jumper. Other guys want to be out there to swat the ever-loving crap out of that ball. There are a number of guys making a name for themselves by doing just that this season. But who is the true Blocks King? Usually that's just the guy with the most blocks, most blocks per game, or in some cases, both. So I figured out how many games left these guys have to play, what their current block rates are for home and the road, and did all the math.
And according to the math one guy stands out as much as his unibrow does.
Games | Last 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Player | Team | G | Left | Home | Mins | MPG | Blocks | BPG | BP36 | BLK% | H | R | +/- | Est. TOT | |||
1 | Anthony Davis | NOP | 60 | 8 | 3 | 2,173 | 36.2 | 177 | 2.95 | 2.93 | 6.2% | 4.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 201.2 | ||
2 | Rudy Gobert | UTA | 75 | 7 | 3 | 1,924 | 25.7 | 173 | 2.31 | 3.24 | 7.2% | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 188.6 | ||
3 | DeAndre Jordan | LAC | 76 | 6 | 3 | 2,619 | 34.5 | 168 | 2.21 | 2.31 | 5.3% | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 183.6 | ||
4 | Serge Ibaka | OKC | 64 | 7 | 4 | 2,116 | 33.1 | 155 | 2.42 | 2.64 | 5.8% | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 179.4 | ||
5 | Nerlens Noel | PHI | 72 | 6 | 3 | 2,240 | 31.1 | 139 | 1.93 | 2.23 | 5.0% | 1.8 | 2.8 | -1.0 | 152.8 | ||
Player | Team | G | Left | Home | Mins | MPG | Blocks | BPG | BP36 | BLK% | H | R | +/- | Est. TOT | |||
6 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 70 | 7 | 4 | 2,038 | 29.1 | 135 | 1.93 | 2.38 | 4.6% | 2.2 | 2.6 | -0.4 | 151.6 | ||
7 | Andre Drummond | DET | 75 | 7 | 4 | 2,269 | 30.3 | 133 | 1.77 | 2.11 | 4.6% | 1.8 | 2.0 | -0.2 | 146.2 | ||
8 | Pau Gasol | CHI | 71 | 7 | 3 | 2,445 | 34.4 | 135 | 1.90 | 1.99 | 4.0% | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 143.4 | ||
9 | Gorgui Dieng | MIN | 73 | 7 | 3 | 2,193 | 30.0 | 125 | 1.71 | 2.05 | 4.5% | 2.0 | 3.0 | -1.0 | 143.0 | ||
10 | Brook Lopez | BKN | 64 | 8 | 6 | 1,829 | 28.6 | 115 | 1.80 | 2.26 | 5.0% | 2.6 | 3.0 | -0.4 | 136.6 | ||
Player | Team | G | Left | Home | Mins | MPG | Blocks | BPG | BP36 | BLK% | H | R | +/- | Est. TOT | |||
11 | John Henson | MIL | 60 | 7 | 4 | 1,091 | 18.2 | 117 | 1.95 | 3.86 | 9.1% | 2.2 | 2.8 | -0.6 | 134.2 | ||
12 | Marc Gasol | MEM | 74 | 7 | 4 | 2,479 | 33.5 | 122 | 1.65 | 1.77 | 4.1% | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 130.0 | ||
13 | Derrick Favors | UTA | 69 | 7 | 3 | 2,165 | 31.4 | 118 | 1.71 | 1.96 | 4.4% | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 128.8 | ||
14 | Hassan Whiteside | MIA | 42 | 8 | 4 | 952 | 22.7 | 104 | 2.48 | 3.93 | 9.3% | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 124.8 | ||
15 | Roy Hibbert | IND | 69 | 7 | 4 | 1,760 | 25.5 | 115 | 1.67 | 2.35 | 5.1% | 1.0 | 1.4 | -0.4 | 123.2 | ||
Player | Team | G | Left | Home | Mins | MPG | Blocks | BPG | BP36 | BLK% | H | R | +/- | Est. TOT | |||
16 | Josh Smith | HOU | 76 | 7 | 3 | 2,118 | 27.9 | 108 | 1.42 | 1.84 | 4.0% | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 117.0 | ||
17 | DeMarcus Cousins | SAC | 57 | 8 | 4 | 1,936 | 34.0 | 99 | 1.74 | 1.84 | 4.1% | 1.8 | 2.4 | -0.6 | 115.8 | ||
18 | Andrew Bogut | GSW | 57 | 8 | 5 | 1,406 | 24.7 | 97 | 1.70 | 2.48 | 5.1% | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 110.0 | ||
19 | Alex Len | PHX | 69 | 7 | 2 | 1,518 | 22.0 | 105 | 1.52 | 2.49 | 5.3% | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 108.6 | ||
20 | Marcin Gortat | WAS | 75 | 7 | 2 | 2,249 | 30.0 | 100 | 1.33 | 1.60 | 3.6% | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 106.4 |
Of course, this isn't science. These guys aren't going to remain static in their blocks per game rates at home or on the road; furthermore, we don't know how many games these guys will play in as the season ends. Ibaka may not play in ANY games to finish this season, for example. A lotto team may shut down their bigman to make sure they spend the summer training can getting better, instead of spending it in rehab.
But as this simple projection shows, Davis, with his massive minutes, is going to finish the season ahead of everyone else. Also, wow, you notice the difference in his BPG at home vs. on the road? Nothing fishy there. . .
Next season Rudy will get all the minutes he needs, and he will take the crown.