It’s not just Dwight Howard who is taking advantage of his time in Asia (and more specifically in Taiwan) to recover his health and regain his “go-to-guy” status. Indeed, cut by the Blazers during the summer, Eric Bledsoe has meanwhile had to go into exile China after the off-season, to engage with the Shanghai Sharks.
Author of five correct first outings, nothing more, but all crowned with a victory, “Mini LeBron” finally released the very big game, during his sixth match in the Chinese championship.
Author of 51 points, 18 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in 42 minutes, all at 19/38 on shots and 11/22 from 3-pts, without losing a single ball, Eric Bledsoe has blackened the sheet well of stats, against the Jiangsu Dragons! The icing on the cake: he won a sixth success in as many confrontations, with his new team…
Thanks to this result, the Sharks now have a record of 9 wins and 6 losses, to rank 8th in their championship. While their 33-year-old leader has averaged 20.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals, 48% on shots and 39% at 3-pts since his arrival in Shanghai…
What encourage some NBA leaders to give him a chance in the United States, once the season in China is over and despite the obvious weakness of this league?
| Eric Bledsoe | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2010-11 | LAKE | 81 | 23 | 42.4 | 27.6 | 74.4 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| 2011-12 | LAKE | 40 | 12 | 38.9 | 20.0 | 63.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| 2012-13 | LAKE | 76 | 20 | 44.5 | 39.7 | 79.1 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 8.5 |
| 2013-14 | PHX | 43 | 33 | 47.7 | 35.7 | 77.2 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 17.7 |
| 2014-15 | PHX | 81 | 35 | 44.7 | 32.4 | 80.0 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 17.0 |
| 2015-16 | PHX | 31 | 34 | 45.3 | 37.2 | 80.2 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 20.4 |
| 2016-17 | PHX | 66 | 33 | 43.4 | 33.5 | 84.7 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 21.1 |
| 2017-18 * | All Teams | 74 | 31 | 47.3 | 34.7 | 79.5 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 17.7 |
| 2017-18 * | MIL | 71 | 32 | 47.6 | 34.9 | 79.5 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 17.8 |
| 2017-18 * | PHX | 3 | 28 | 40.0 | 30.8 | 78.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 15.7 |
| 2018-19 | MIL | 78 | 29 | 48.4 | 32.9 | 75.0 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 15.9 |
| 2019-20 | MIL | 61 | 27 | 47.5 | 34.4 | 79.0 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 14.9 |
| 2020-21 | NOP | 71 | 30 | 42.1 | 34.1 | 68.7 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 12.2 |
| 2021-22 | LAKE | 54 | 25 | 42.1 | 31.3 | 76.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 9.9 |
| Total | 756 | 28 | 45.2 | 33.6 | 78.4 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 13.7 | |
