Wayne Winston On The Celtics

[soap07]

Via True Hoop:

1. Who are the key Celtics this season?
Kevin Garnett is not the KG of the past. His adjusted plus/minus is minus-6 and his offense rating is minus 10. Rasheed Wallace (minus-1 adjusted +/-) has not played as well as he played in past.

Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo have been great with Ray totally carrying the offense (plus-15 offense rating).


Nothing too incendiary - although, I do think overstating Ray's contributions a bit.




Interesting on what he said about the Magic/VC though...



2. How has the Vince Carter for Hedo Turkoglu swap worked for Orlando?
Last year Hedo Turkoglu had a plus-2 rating, but was plus-12 against Cavaliers.

Carter has a plus-9 rating but what matters is how he plays against Cavs, Celtics and Hawks. So far Vince has averaged +12 rating against these guys so things look good.

The Magic have by far the deepest team in league. The 11th and 12th men are Marcin Gortat and Brandon Bass!

Jason Williams has a plus-10 rating has been great at point with Jameer Nelson only minus-2. I think Dwight Howard hides Williams' defensive problems. The problem for the Magic is that Rashard Lewis (minus-11) and Mickael Pietrus (minus-9) have played poorly. On the other hand J.J. Redick, Matt Barnes and David Anderson have been excellent. I think they can show more different good lineup combinations than anybody. If Stan Van Gundy pushes the right buttons I think they will win the East. So far Magic, at plus-7.5 points, have best overall team rating in NBA.



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[nickagneta]

I hate +/- stats and despise adjusted +/- stats. As an individual gauge of play, I find them terribly misleading.

[Drucci]

I hate +/- stats and despise adjusted +/- stats. As an individual gauge of play, I find them terribly misleading.

Yeah, this whole article makes no sense. I mean... the author is reffering to +/- stats to prove every point he claims. He should watch the games instead of basing on computer calculations.