To some, Taj Gibson of the Chicago Bulls might be having a breakout year, but in reality, he’s been taking incremental steps his entire career. Now he’s a genuine budding star in the NBA.
He is a budding star because while he’s not an offensive superstar, he’s emerging as one of the better two-way players in the league. In fact, he is already one of the league’s best two-way power forwards.
82games.com tracks player efficiency rating (PER) and opponent’s player efficiency rating (OPER). The average for both is 15.0.
There are only 24 players overall—and just three power forwards—with a PER and an OPER at least one point better than average. They are LaMarcus Aldridge (23.6 and 14.6), Nene (17.3 and 13.9) and Gibson (16.4 and 13.5).
Gibson is demonstrably one of the three best two-way power forwards if we’re viewing just statistics, but we can extend the list slightly to include David West of the Indiana Pacers and Serge Ibaka of the Oklahoma City Thunder if we want include the eye test. (Players such as Kevin Love and Blake Griff ...
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Article written by Kelly Scaletta