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Mateen Cleaves

DET · Guard · 2000-01 · Michigan State · Year 1 · age 23 · born Sep 7, 1977

5.4 PPG1.7 RPG2.7 APG1.8 TPG16.2 MPG

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Height
6'2"
Weight
205

Mateen Cleaves, 2000-01 with DET: 5.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 16.2 minutes a game. Against the 277 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Assist % (89th percentile), Assists / 75 (86th) and Steals / 75 (66th); his lowest are Turnover % (1st percentile) and Blocks / 75 (2nd). This is his best season by Box Plus/Minus; all 6 are in the table below.

Bars rank him against all 277 qualified players in 2000-01; the second number is his rank among the 117 qualified guards. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.

Small sample

Role

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Minutes / game4116.2
Minutes share252531.9%
Availability666695.1%

Offense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Shooting
True shooting %1113.458
Effective FG%87.406
Points per shot16211.05
3-point %402029.4%
3-point attempts / g3230.2
3PA rate (of FGA)3654.2%
2-point %141740.5%
Free throw %281370.8%
FT attempts / g35411.8
FT rate (of FGA)668134.2%
% points from 34073.6%
Creation & playmaking
Points / 75322911.9
Assist %897528.1%
Assists / 7586675.9
Assist / turnover58211.49
Usage %606419.8%
Turnover %1123.2%
Turnovers / 75113.9
Offensive rebound %19411.9%

Defense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Rebounding
Rebounds / 7520413.7
Def. rebound %20417.9%
Activity & outcomes
Steals / 7566481.4
Blocks / 75250.0
Stocks / 7522291.4
Steal %68491.9%
Block %480.1%
Physical ingredients
Height12286'2"
Strength (weight)3169205

Value

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Overall value
PER569.0
Win Shares / 4834−.006
Box Plus/Minus22−5.2
Offensive BPM21−4.5
Defensive BPM3134−0.7
VORP21-1.0
Game Score / g333.0

Season by season

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPGPPGRPGAPGTS%BPMBPM %ileHonours
2000-01★DET237816.25.41.72.7.458−5.22
2001-02SAC24324.82.20.20.8.486−7.21
2002-03SAC25124.61.30.70.8.323−16.21
2003-04DET26422.83.81.84.8.314−5.21
2004-05SEA27144.60.90.40.5.412−4.15
2005-06DET28278.52.70.51.6.448−5.01

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.