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Greg Ostertag
UTA · Big · 1998-99 · Kansas · Year 4 · age 25 · born Mar 6, 1973
5.7 PPG7.2 RPG0.5 APG0.9 TPG28.0 MPG
- Height
- 7'2"
Weight280Greg Ostertag, 1998-99 with UTA: 5.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 28.0 minutes a game. Against the 256 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Blocks / 75 (99th percentile), Stocks / 75 (97th) and Offensive rebound % (87th); his lowest are Steals / 75 (1st percentile) and Assist % (2nd). This is his best season by Box Plus/Minus; all 11 are in the table below.
Bars rank him against all 256 qualified players in 1998-99; the second number is his rank among the 64 qualified bigs. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.
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Role
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
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| Minutes / game | 53 | 52 | 28.0 |
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| Minutes share | 62 | 59 | 55.1% |
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| Availability | 52 | 41 | 96.0% |
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Offense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
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| Shooting |
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| True shooting % | 57 | 38 | .523 |
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| Effective FG% | 56 | 38 | .476 |
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| Points per shot | 83 | 68 | 1.31 |
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| 3-point attempts / g | 12 | 34 | 0.0 |
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| 3PA rate (of FGA) | 5 | 16 | 0.0% |
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| 2-point % | 67 | 41 | 47.6% |
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| Free throw % | 14 | 29 | 62.0% |
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| FT attempts / g | 49 | 39 | 2.5 |
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| FT rate (of FGA) | 94 | 87 | 58.2% |
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| % points from 3 | 14 | 38 | 0.0% |
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| Creation & playmaking |
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| Points / 75 | 3 | 4 | 8.3 |
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| Assist % | 2 | 7 | 2.7% |
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| Assists / 75 | 2 | 9 | 0.7 |
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| Assist / turnover | 6 | 17 | 0.51 |
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| Usage % | 3 | 5 | 11.0% |
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| Turnover % | 35 | 30 | 14.7% |
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| Turnovers / 75 | 90 | 84 | 1.4 |
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| Offensive rebound % | 87 | 63 | 9.3% |
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Defense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
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| Rebounding |
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| Rebounds / 75 | 86 | 54 | 10.6 |
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| Def. rebound % | 86 | 55 | 17.7% |
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| Activity & outcomes |
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| Steals / 75 | 1 | 4 | 0.4 |
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| Blocks / 75 | 99 | 96 | 4.0 |
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| Stocks / 75 | 97 | 87 | 4.4 |
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| Steal % | 1 | 3 | 0.5% |
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| Block % | 99 | 96 | 7.4% |
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| Physical ingredients |
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| Height | 98 | 93 | 7'2" |
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| Strength (weight) | 98 | 94 | 280 |
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Value
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs bigs | Value |
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| Overall value |
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| PER | 32 | 18 | 12.8 |
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| Win Shares / 48 | 75 | 57 | .136 |
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| Box Plus/Minus | 64 | 67 | +0.8 |
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| Offensive BPM | 25 | 25 | −1.5 |
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| Defensive BPM | 95 | 92 | +2.2 |
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| VORP | 64 | 64 | 0.9 |
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| Game Score / g | 43 | 34 | 6.5 |
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Season by season
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | TS% | BPM | BPM %ile | Honours |
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| 1995-96 | UTA | 22 | 57 | 11.6 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.1 | .505 | −2.1 | 24 | |
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| 1996-97 | UTA | 23 | 77 | 23.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 0.4 | .561 | −0.3 | 52 | |
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| 1997-98 | UTA | 24 | 63 | 20.4 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 0.4 | .494 | −1.1 | 39 | |
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| 1998-99★ | UTA | 25 | 48 | 28.0 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 0.5 | .523 | +0.8 | 64 | |
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| 1999-00 | UTA | 26 | 81 | 19.8 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 0.2 | .525 | −0.3 | 47 | |
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| 2000-01 | UTA | 27 | 81 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 0.3 | .522 | −0.8 | 48 | |
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| 2001-02 | UTA | 28 | 74 | 15.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 0.7 | .474 | −1.1 | 38 | |
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| 2002-03 | UTA | 29 | 81 | 23.8 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 0.7 | .531 | −1.5 | 32 | |
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| 2003-04 | UTA | 30 | 78 | 27.6 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 1.6 | .506 | +0.5 | 63 | |
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| 2004-05 | SAC | 31 | 56 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 0.7 | .432 | −2.2 | 24 | |
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| 2005-06 | UTA | 32 | 60 | 13.5 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 1.0 | .503 | −1.4 | 36 | |
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BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players. ★ is his best season by Box Plus/Minus, among seasons that clear the games floor.