11-02-2021, 10:34 PM
(11-02-2021, 10:27 PM)mvossman Wrote: This is a good lesson in why you should not put a lot of stock into small sample +/-, whether its one game or a few games. Luka has been off shooting so far, but he has still been the best player for the Mavs on the court this season, and any stat that suggest we would be better off with WCS on the court instead of Luka needs to be treated with extreme skepticism.
That is not how you interpret those numbers. Those are incorrect conclusions. The numbers are not saying what you just said.
In his respective role, WCS has been very successful this season with helping the team outscore the opponent. In his respective role, Luka has been very unsuccessful this season in helping the team outscore the opponent. That does not mean you can switch their roles and get the same result.
It is a fact that DAL is getting outscored significantly in seven games when Luka plays. That doesn't mean Luka should be benched and someone else would do better. Again, those would be lazy and false conclusions that the numbers are not saying. But it does mean that the team's best player in his current role is not resulting in outscoring the opponent. This almost never happened with Dirk, and it happens with Luka at an alarming rate so far in his early career.