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Evan Fournier never found his consistency in 2019

By Seth Arora

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - JANUARY 09: Evan Fournier #10 of the Orlando Magic looks to shoot the ball against the Utah Jazz in the first half of a NBA game at Vivint Smart Home Arena on January 9, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - JANUARY 09: Evan Fournier #10 of the Orlando Magic looks to shoot the ball against the Utah Jazz in the first half of a NBA game at Vivint Smart Home Arena on January 9, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images) /
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Evan Fournier, Orlando Magic, New York Knicks
The Orlando Magic’s Evan Fournier, left, screams as he drvies past the New York Knicks’ John Jenkins (30) at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. The Magic won, 114-100. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images) /

The Data We Collected

We looked into the Game Scores from Basketball-Reference and standard deviation of those scores of the major minutes-earners at the shooting guard position throughout the league.

It is true that much of the NBA trends toward “positionless basketball”, but presenting all data for players that roughly occupy the same position as Fournier — i.e., wing players –would be intractable.

So, we stuck with each team’s primary 2-guards.

Some teams had funky shooting guard rotations (the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons stand out). For those squads, we simply included all players that fit the bill.

With all that table setting, how did Fournier come out? Is the inconsistency narrative overblown?

The answer is an emphatic no.

Player Name  Team  Games Played Games Started  Minutes Per Game  Game Score Average  Game Score Standard Deviation  Game Score Coefficient Notes
Jrue Holiday  NOP      67      67 35.9   17.503       5.686       0.325
Bradley Beal  WAS      82      82 36.9   19.068       7.417       0.389
Luka Dončić  DAL      72      72 32.2   15.818       6.962       0.440
Zach LaVine  CHI      63      62 34.5   15.775       6.998       0.444
Malcolm Brogdon  MIL      64      64 28.6   12.553       5.684       0.453
DeMar DeRozan  SAS      77      77 34.9   16.525       7.528       0.456
Buddy Hield  SAC      82      82 31.9   13.990       6.754       0.483
Devin Booker  PHX      64      64 35   17.981       8.738       0.486
Jimmy Butler  PHI      65      65 33.6   16.526       8.126       0.492 *started 10 of 10 MIN games & 55 of 55 PHI games
Lou Williams  LAC      75       1 26.6   14.489       7.383       0.510
Jeremy Lamb  CHA      79      55 28.5   11.829       6.150       0.520
Brandon Ingram  LAL      52      52 33.8   11.775       6.168       0.524
Josh Richardson  MIA      73      73 34.8   11.864       6.324       0.533
Donovan Mitchell  UTA      77      77 33.7   15.090       8.060       0.534
Victor Oladipo  IND      36      36 31.9   13.997       7.678       0.549
Dwyane Wade  MIA      72      2 26.2   10.367       5.719       0.552
Klay Thompson  GSW      78      78 34   14.395       8.348       0.580
CJ McCollum  POR      70      70 33.9   13.817       8.240       0.596
Joe Harris  BKN      76      76 30.2     9.851       6.032       0.612
Tim Hardaway, Jr.  DAL      65      46 31.6   10.871       6.944       0.639 *started all 46 NYK games & 17 of 19 DAL games
Bryn Forbes  SAS      82      81 28     8.045       5.252       0.653
Wes Matthews  IND      69      23 30.3     7.787       5.200       0.668 *started all 23 IND games & all 44 DAL games
Gary Harris  DEN      57      48 28.8     8.700       5.903       0.679
Marcus Smart  BOS      80      60 27.5     8.420       5.798       0.689
Evan Fournier  ORL      81      81 31.5     9.706       6.724       0.693
Eric Gordon  HOU      68      53 31.7     9.426       6.607       0.701
Danny Green  TOR      80      80 27.7     8.355       5.919       0.708
Terrence Ross  ORL      81        0 26.5    10.085       7.590       0.753
Will Barton  DEN      43      38 27.7     7.770       5.859       0.754
Rodney Hood  POR      72      45 26.3     7.558       5.765       0.763 *started all 45 CLE games & 4 of 27 POR games
Reggie Bullock  LAL      63      44 29.8     7.606       6.060       0.797 *started all 44 DET games & 16 of 19 LAL games
Kevin Huerter  ATL      75      59 27.3     7.065       5.650       0.800
Justin Holiday  MEM      82      38 31.8     7.595       6.223       0.819 *started all 38 CHI games & 39 of 44 MEM games
Damyeon Dotson  NYK      73      40 27.5     7.166       6.044       0.843
Landry Shamet  LAC      79      23 22.8     6.182       5.472       0.885 *started 23 of 25 LAC games & 4 of 54 PHI games
Alec Burks  SAC      64      24 21.5     6.569       5.925       0.902 *started 24 of 34 CLE games, 0 of 17 UTA, 0 of 13 SAC games
Josh Okogie  MIN      74      52 23.7     5.438       5.246       0.965
Luke Kennard  DET      63      10 22.8     6.586       6.403       0.972
Garrett Temple  LAC      75      49 27.2     5.452       5.388       0.988 *started 49 of 49 MEM games & 6 of 26 LAC games
Langston Galloway  DET      80        4 21.8     5.516       5.816       1.054
Terrance Ferguson  OKC      74      74 26.1     4.019       4.385       1.091
Avery Bradley  MEM      63      49 30.2     5.846       6.700       1.146 *started 49 of 49 LAC games & 14 of 14 MEM games
Bruce Brown  DET      74      56 19.6     3.103       3.562       1.148
Brandon Knight  CLE      39      26 18.9     4.097       4.832       1.179 *started 26 of 27 CLE games, 0 of 12 HOU games