We are almost a quarter of the way through the season and it is time to check in and see how Jimmer is doing.

As a reminder, here are the goals that we set for Jimmer:

1. MPP – 2.25
2. MPA – 6.25
3. MPS – 30.0
4. FG% – 45.0%
5. 3P% – 35.0%
6. FT% – 85.0%
7. A/TO – 1.75

And here is how Jimmer is doing in those categories:

1. MPP – 3.07
2. MPA – 10.97
3. MPS – 36.56
4. FG% – 33.3%
5. 3P% – 27.8%
6. FT% – 92.3%
7. A/TO – 1.30

As you can see, he is struggling.  Not just according to JimmerStats, but according to any system that measures a basketball players’ stats.  The only category that he is surpassing our goal in is his FT% (12/13 on the season).

Looking at it more closely, we can see how many times Jimmer has reached or surpassed his goals in a game:

1. MPP – 2/15 (13.3%)
2. MPA – 1/15 (6.7%)
3. MPS – 7/15 (46.7%)
4. FG% – 3/15 (20.0%)
5. 3P% – 3/14 (21.4%)
6. FT% – 6/7 (85.7%)
7. A/TO – 6/15 (40.0%)

It would be one thing if he was coming close in the categories but he is pretty far off.  Did we overestimate how Jimmer’s game would translate the NBA?  Perhaps, but we don’t think that is necessarily the case.  Jimmer can reach these goals if he can snap out of the funk that he is currently in.

Below I have included a comparison of the 14 games that Steph Curry played in November of his rookie year to the first 15 games of Jimmer’s career:

Steph’s overall numbers are certainly better and he outplays Jimmer in every category except FT%.  The stat that we found interesting was how Steph struggled to score the ball as Jimmer has.  Steph averaged a point every 2.97 minutes while Jimmer is not far behind at 3.07.  This could be because Steph was spending more of his time distributing (assisting twice as often as Jimmer has) but it also tells us that we need to be patient.  Curry made huge strides as his rookie year went on and although he is far ahead of Jimmer 15 games in, Jimmer can still make those same strides.

Once he gets out his current shooting funk and proves that he deserves more minutes, we suspect that Jimmer will begin to reach and surpass our goals much more frequently.