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Brooklyn Nets: Bojan Bogdanovic Outplaying Sean Kilpatrick Offensively

By Tyler Dencker

Mar 15, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Bojan Bogdanovic (44) celebrates his basket with guard Sean Kilpatrick (6) during the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers at Barclays Center. Brooklyn Nets won 131-114. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 15, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Bojan Bogdanovic (44) celebrates his basket with guard Sean Kilpatrick (6) during the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia 76ers at Barclays Center. Brooklyn Nets won 131-114. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 4, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Bojan Bogdanovic (44) looks to pass against Charlotte Hornets center Cody Zeller (40) in the fourth quarter at Barclays Center. Hornets win 99-95. Mandatory Credit: Nicole Sweet-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 4, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Bojan Bogdanovic (44) looks to pass against Charlotte Hornets center Cody Zeller (40) in the fourth quarter at Barclays Center. Hornets win 99-95. Mandatory Credit: Nicole Sweet-USA TODAY Sports /

Statistical Comparison

As some of you may have seen, I ran a basic poll on Twitter the other day with both players’ statistics from this season. To get a fair result, I named one “Player A,” and the other “Player B.” This way, there would be no bias in the choice.

Note: The statistics on the poll were before the Nets played the Knicks last Wednesday night.

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Player A is Kilpatrick. Player B is Bogdanovic.

As you can see, Bogdanovic/Player B received 75 percent of the votes. Kilpatrick/Player A received 25 percent of the votes.

This result is a perfect example of why Kilpatrick could be getting more credit than he deserves – or maybe it’s that Bogdanovic isn’t getting enough.

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Nonetheless, the gap between the two players is closer than people probably think.

Of course, this poll can’t possibly include all statistics, so there is more to examine. To take a deeper look, let’s look at some of their other stats.

Based on these stat categories (all stats are per game):

  • Kilpatrick leads: Steals, assists, defensive/total rebounds
  • Bogdanovic leads: Points, fouls, turnovers, offensive rebounds, free throw percentage, two-point shot percentage, three-point shot percentage, field goal percentage
  • Tied: Blocks, minutes

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Again, there are still so many more statistics to compare, including defensive stats, and player efficiency rating.

Bogdanovic actually has a better PER than Kilpatrick (13.2 vs. Kilpatrick’s 12.8), but Bogdanovic also severely struggles on defense. With that being said, a case can still be made for Kilpatrick. But based on these offensive statistics, it seems that Bogdanovic has the edge so far this season, and the results of the poll agree with me.