The greatest year to year points percentage turnaround in history belongs to Don Maclean in his 1998 season. In the previous year which was his 6th he had joined New Jersey after stints in Washington, Denver and Phili. After only playing 9 games and averaging 0.33ppg in 1997 for New Jersey, Don moved on to the Seattle Supersonics where he managed 17 games.In those 17 games his minutes also increased by around 17mpg. He was able to turn that 0.33ppg into a respectable 10.88ppg which was a massive 3165% increase. Over his career he had 3 seasons averaging around 11ppg and his 2nd season he managed 18ppg so it looked like Don was back on track after a disastrous 1997.
Unfortunately for Don the next year it dropped back down to 2.63ppg and his career was over.
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Coach Onski
This article was originally written on the 27/12/2007 on www.onski.blogspot.com
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