[midnight21]

Anyone who's watched this team in the Haase era knows that the point guard spot and turnovers have typically been some of team's biggest problems.

In almost every offensive metric, Bynum is an upgrade on not only Silva, but O'Connell as well. Career numbers comparison:

Bynum: 27.4% assist rate, 14.8 % turnover rate; 78% FT the last two seasons; 33% career 3 PT
O'Connell: 23.2% assist rate, 21% turnover rate; 78% FT last year; 30.1% career 3 PT
Silva: 16.9% assist rate, 27.5% (!) turnover rate; 62% FT, 40.1% 3 PT (but only 25% last year)

The jury's out on his defense, and at 5-10, he's probably limited in the kind of impact he can make, but the numbers shows there probably isn't enough difference between Bynum and O'Connell/Silva on the defensive end to offset the upgrade on offense.

Bynum's arrival, alongside Carlyle, gives Stanford a potentially significant offensive upgrade at their weakest offensive position. I'm not particularly bullish on this team's ability to outplay the coaching (and thus will keep my expectations low), but having a steady veteran point guard who has big game experience is probably the best thing we could have hoped for.

[midnight21]

Anyone who's watched this team in the Haase era knows that the point guard spot and turnovers have typically been some of team's biggest problems.

In almost every offensive metric, Bynum is an upgrade on not only Silva, but O'Connell as well. Career numbers comparison:

Bynum: 27.4% assist rate, 14.8 % turnover rate; 78% FT the last two seasons; 33% career 3 PT
O'Connell: 23.2% assist rate, 21% turnover rate; 78% FT last year; 30.1% career 3 PT
Silva: 16.9% assist rate, 27.5% (!) turnover rate; 62% FT, 40.1% 3 PT (but only 25% last year)

The jury's out on his defense, and at 5-10, he's probably limited in the kind of impact he can make, but the numbers shows there probably isn't enough difference between Bynum and O'Connell/Silva on the defensive end to offset the upgrade on offense.

Bynum's arrival, alongside Carlyle, gives Stanford a potentially significant offensive upgrade at their weakest offensive position. I'm not particularly bullish on this team's ability to outplay the coaching (and thus will keep my expectations low), but having a steady veteran point guard who has big game experience is probably the best thing we could have hoped for.