How do they define ‘close’ ? And I’ll bet they don’t factor in getting fouled and getting FTs.
Regardless, point is he’s better than Davis at everything. And I’m not biased. I didn’t like either if them.
Sigh...
Simpson was and is not better than Davis at everything. Far from it.
Simpson was en excellent defender. But Davis was and is better. Davis is an elite defender. Your "opinion" on their relative defensive skills, or actually anything basketball related is completely valueless if you cannot see that.
Simpson WAS the better FT shooter, by a large margin.
Simpson was NOT the better shooter overall. It is true Simpson was a better 3 point shooter, a stellar 28% to Davis' 21%... Note that Simpson was at 21% 3 pt fg as a freshman. But overall, Simpson was literally the worst FG shooter in the country, at under 31%!!!! And an eFG% of 31%. And a 2 pt fg% of... 31%. Davis was a poor shooter, but his overall FG % was 37%, his 2 pt fg% was 41% and his eFG% was 39%. Davis was "helped" by taking very few 3 point shots - just 36 in 31 games. Simpson took twice as many 3 pointers.
Davis was the better rebounder, also.
And all this comparison was Davis as a freshman vs Simpson as a sophomore.
And yet, you can decide after just ONE game what Davis will be like as a sophomore. Right...
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