Bonn1997 wrote:mrKnickShot wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:gunsnewing wrote:mrKnickShot wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:holfresh wrote:The Novak stint changed the tenor of the game ...Dude can't guard anyone..
You know the team was +6 with him in the game and -12 with him out?
welcome to the thread Bonn
yes - Novak was great today (based on the BS +/-)
You serious?
Thats what happens when you don't watch the game and watch the boxscore
I watched about 80% of the game (and even posted here during it).
Didn't you even state how +/- is a bad barometer?
You are too funny (in the not funny way)
A barometer is good or bad depending on what it's attempting to measure - it can't be good or bad in a vacuum. (That would be attorney - like black and white thinking!) If the claim is simply "the team got killed when Novak was in" then +/- is the exact stat you would look at (just as a matter of logic) to see what the score was when the player was in.
As explained above, I would never use it above WS, WP or any other validated measure when assessing a player's specific contributions though.
So if Novak was in the game and a non factor while the knicks stinky guards actually knocked down a few shots and made a good run
then
Novak was in the game again and the stinkys missed shots and Novak killed them by him missing wide opens and playing no defense - does not always show up.
reading box scores, I can see how you drum these up - watching momentum change - not a good picture
Should we be playing Novak 40 minutes a game since he is so great in the advanced stats?
Maybe
3/3/2013 4:04 PM
I can't believe this guy hasn't been banned yet.