Wes Matthews is playing like shit

That's silly. The use of a statistic is relative, so every statistic is useless from some perspective. From the perspective of knowing the margin of scoring while a particular player was on the floor, +/- is absolutely perfect, and I think that's worth knowing.

 

Hit the nail on the head. I cringe everytime he puts the ball on the floor. He's a catch and shoot guy. A really streaky one at that. I've always thought of him as an ideal 6th man.

 

He's an 8th man at best. A sixth man should at least be able to create his own offense, and if not, be an elite shooter like a Dale Ellis.

Hated his signing from Day One, and he's done nothing to move me from that opinion. Too much of a contract for a guy that had one year under his belt. If he continues to struggle, may as well move Nic into the line-up and try him out at SG.

 

More +/- fun:
Here's the home stats for the Blazers this season:

Code:

Player 1 	Team 	+ 	- 	+/- 	Min 	+/- /Min 	G
[B]W. Matthews[/B] 	Trail Blazers 	1,054 	-843 	211 	465:29 		14
L. Aldridge 	Trail Blazers 	1,093 	-894 	199 	496:23 		14
G. Wallace 	Trail Blazers 	1,067 	-882 	185 	485:37 		14
R. Felton 	Trail Blazers 	881 	-757 	124 	405:40 		13
M. Camby 	Trail Blazers 	732 	-623 	109 	346:02 		14
J. Crawford 	Trail Blazers 	805 	-707 	98 	375:19 		14
K. Thomas 	Trail Blazers 	491 	-437 	54 	226:43 		14
N. Batum 	Trail Blazers 	672 	-631 	41 	307:14 		13
A. Johnson 	Trail Blazers 	7 	-9 	-2 	5:04 		1
E. Williams 	Trail Blazers 	82 	-90 	-8 	39:21 		7
L. Babbitt 	Trail Blazers 	49 	-59 	-10 	26:42 		7
C. Smith 	Trail Blazers 	250 	-262 	-12 	122:42 		12
C. Johnson 	Trail Blazers 	63 	-89 	-26 	31:44 		8
N. Smith 	Trail Blazers 	99 	-127 	-28 	50:55 		9

And here's the away:

Code:

Player 1 	Team 	+ 	- 	+/- 	Min 	+/- /Min 	G
K. Thomas 	Trail Blazers 	380 	-356 	24 	209:00 		12
N. Smith 	Trail Blazers 	94 	-88 	6 	46:53 		7
E. Williams 	Trail Blazers 	38 	-38 	0 	18:53 		4
R. Felton 	Trail Blazers 	792 	-794 	-2 	413:35 		12
L. Babbitt 	Trail Blazers 	7 	-13 	-6 	6:23 		2
C. Johnson 	Trail Blazers 	27 	-33 	-6 	14:22 		3
L. Aldridge 	Trail Blazers 	883 	-897 	-14 	460:24 		12
J. Crawford 	Trail Blazers 	571 	-588 	-17 	296:50 		12
G. Wallace 	Trail Blazers 	692 	-711 	-19 	381:55 		11
M. Camby 	Trail Blazers 	390 	-422 	-32 	210:23 		9
C. Smith 	Trail Blazers 	288 	-324 	-36 	155:36 		12
N. Batum 	Trail Blazers 	568 	-616 	-48 	302:31 		11
[B]W. Matthews[/B] 	Trail Blazers 	700 	-760 	-60 	388:09 		12

And we thought Gerald Wallace was the bipolar one.

 

He's up in effienciency points while playing fewer minutes.

http://www.hoopsstats.com/basketbal...d-trail-blazers/team/profile/12/25/13-6-1-eff

 

If he continues to shoot the ball by pushing it, he's going to continue to suck. Maybe Felton and Him can get together with that shooting coach.

 

I'm still not happy with him either. 31 minutes, 2-6 FGM-A, 0-2 on 3pointers, with 4 points against New Orleans? Seriously?

 

This season among NBA shooting guards he is 7th in steals and 10th in offensive rebounds. Among all players he is 24th in FT%.

 

Changing the link I used in Post #25 from "last 10 games" to "last 3 games" shows that Matthews has stayed the same in proportion to his 2-minute increase in playing time. Crawford has improved a little per minute, while everyone else has gotten worse, relative to their minutes.

http://www.hoopsstats.com/basketbal...d-trail-blazers/team/profile/12/25/13-4-1-eff