Player Card: Reggie Evans

Offense: There's really not much to say here.........really. Over his career Reggie Evans has only been able to score 4.3 ppg, with a career high of 5.9 ppg! Now you can argue the fact that he only plays an average of 19.6 minutes a game is whats holding him back, but then you see his FG% (.468), and the even worse FT% (.525) and get scared when he even touches the ball. Now, maybe I can understand why Evans was un-drafted and flew under the radar for a year or so before being picked up by Seattle. But he isn't completely useless on the offensive end, actually he's pretty good at something....heck, he was the best in the league at something for 2 years in a row. One thing you can't knock about Evans' game is his energy, and toughness on the glass. And he grabs offensive rebounds like no other in the league! In both the 04-05 and the 05-06 seasons he led the league in offensive rebounds per 48 minutes with a ridiculous 6.45. A number that far surpassed the likes of Tim Duncan, Ben Wallace, Kevin Garnett, and his then team-mate Marcus Camby. He did better than all those players while playing only 23.8 minutes a game, compared to their average of 37.9! When he was on the court he would grab a 1/3 of all the rebounds on the offensive end. And there hasn't been one season he wasn't in the NBA's top ten in that category, so I think it's safe to say they Raps can expect that from him next season...there goes the rebounding issues.
Grade: C

Defense: Now, Ive noticed that everyone is being hard on this guys defense, but everyone including CB4 himself admits to dreading playing against him. The whole NBA knows that if you go near him you will walk away with an sore knee and a broken heart because he really will BODY you. He went as far as to grab Chris Kaman's balls once! You can argue that he is easy to drive by, he's not tall enough to put a hand up in most PFs faces and that he's not a great shot-blocker...but try posting up on him and see if you don't end up on the ground at the half-court line. Not that this means all that much but his "strength" ratings were the highest in NBA LIVE 04,05,06 and 07 so people do take note of what he bring to a team. His best Defensive attribute however is his rebounding. While he was only best in the league at it once in his career (as opposed to his offensive rebounding), he is anything but a slouch in the category. Only Ben Wallace ever recorded more rebounds per minute over his career...ONLY Ben Wallace. Nobody else. Here's a guy who is impossible to post up against, and he isn't even going to let you get your own rebounds...or anyone else's for that matter! What more can you ask for out of a back-up PF???
Grade: B+

Best: Rebounding (HANDS DOWN). He has been if not the best, the second or third most efficient rebounder over the course of his career. In 23.8 minutes he grabbed a total of 9.3 rebounds, then grabbed 8.7 two seasons later in 23.3 minutes, and was the only non-starter to finish Top Ten in rebounding in the NBA in both seasons. Think of this, Chris Bosh averaged 8.7 rebounds per game a year ago, and he played at least 12 or 14 more minutes than Reggie...and that's no knock on CB4, Evans is just that good. All the raps need to do is find him 20 minutes a game or so - and be happy with the 7 or 8 boards he'll grab them.

Worst: Simply put; just don't give him the ball on offence......please don't.

Thanks for reading!

-RaptorsGuy