The Portland Trail Blazers have officially announced the signing of Chris Johnson to a 10-day contract this morning. Johnson will wear No. 17.Kevin Peltontranslates some D-League statisticsover atBasketball Prospectusand finds that Johnson, a 25-year old big man for the Dakota Wizards, is the league's No. 1 shot blocking specialist. However, he writes that Johnson's stats lump him in with a group of "skinny, one-dimensional shot blockers" and that could be a problem. "Except in rare cases, just blocking shots isn't enough to stick in the NBA," Pelton writes. "You've got to be able to do something else well, whether it's finish or rebound or whatever. None of these guys meet that test." "Paywall" strikes again -- you need a BP subscription to see the rest of the post. Here's the part that applies to Johnson... Best Shot Blockers Player Tm Win% TS% Usg Reb% Pass Blk% ---------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Johnson dak .387 .479 .192 14.1 0.01 5.9 Sean Williams tex .485 .559 .156 16.1 0.01 5.7 Drew Naymick bak .326 .521 .087 12.1 0.01 5.4 Raymond Sykes sfs .309 .483 .170 10.1 0.00 4.8 Matt Rogers tex .334 .492 .183 12.1 0.00 4.6 Meanwhile, over atNBA Fanhouse,Bethlehem ShoalsandEric Freemanvote肖恩是最糟糕的球员在NBA. -- Ben Golliver | benjamin.golliver@gmail.com |Twitter