According to Wayne Winston, The Blazers have been good lately because ...

of Andre Miller and Jerryd Bayless.

http://waynewinston.com/wordpress/?p=326

Roy and Webster rank pretty high on his list too.

 

56 NBA Players > Yi

 

Wayne Winston is a professor at Indiana university and has been the Mavericks advanced statistics guru for awhile now, he's sort of the go to guy for adjusted +/-

 

LaMarcus should be ashamed.

 

So if you are real consistent you'd be low on this rating, right?

 

I think it is pretty dependent on +/-....No efficiency statistics are flawless.

 

Nope (unless you mean consistently bad)

 

Luol Deng at number 5. I don't get what's going on with Chicago. Would they like to unload his salary? I read somewhere he's best when he plays the 4. If he came here, he could play the 5!

 

Haven't you heard? They expanded the all-star rosters to 28 per side this year. Yi and Bargnani are battling it out for the last spot in the East.

Meanwhile in the West, Deron Williams gets snubbed again.

BNM

 

Just as I suspected all along:

Blake > Kobe Bryant

Yi > Steve Nash

 

This is exactly why people with a functioning brain shout BULLSHIT whenever anyone tries to use +/- with a limited sample size as a measure of individual performance.

It's the most misused, misunderstood stat in the history of sports.

But hey, it gives clueless posters in internet discussion boards fuel for their ridiculous arguments - and gives everyone else a chance to laugh at their stupidity. So, it's not totally useless.

BNM

 

Just as I suspected KS > BNM...from your +/- numbers of course...

 

Dammit, I NEED a better supporting cast. Come on guys, turn it up a notch. I can't win by myself. You need to start pulling your weight around here.

BNM

 

Great leadership skills, right here, BNM. Pointing fingers and all.

Anyway, why do you care if you win an argument with KS? That's not exactly something you can out on your resume and point to as a great achievement, is it?

 

Jordan used to berated his teammates when they weren't pulling their weight. He always expected the best from himself and those around him - and he never settled for less. That's what made him great.

The true greats HATE losing - ALL losing. Losing an argument to KS is like Jordan getting outscored by Rex Chapman or LaBradford Smith. Sure, play the game long enough and it's bound to happen. That doesn't mean you have to like it, or even tolerate it.

BNM

 

I do not see a Scotty Pippen walking through this Forum door.

Which leads me to think, that maybe, you are not Jordan.

Sorry, but if Jordan was bragging about beating the PSU bench warmers - no-one would look at him and admire him. KS is no Rex Chapman, my friend.

 

Dude, it is just after the holidays. Nothing short of a bulldozer is going to pull my weight!