MKG

[SleepingHero]

Kam says that on/off suggests MKG can at least be a part of positive offensive lineups.

Right.  However, my assertion was and always has been that MKG is a bad offensive player. Singular. Individually. And MKG IS a bad offensive player. Kamm then brought up yet again those On/Off numbers to say that "well no MKG can be apart of positive offensive lineups! He's not a bad team offensive player!" 


To which I reply, why does it matter that lineups with him do well on offense, if he himself has no effect on the offense? If MKG stood on one end of the floor, and never touched the ball on the offensive end, and yet the Mavs still score well even without him, then his On/Off etc. will all show him as a positive offensive team player, but does that mean MKG did anything to deserve that reputation? No. MKG did almost nothing to effect that outcome! And the stat that Kamm is citing isn't able to tell us exactly how MKG can/has effected the offense so we can't draw anything from it about how valuable MKG, as an individual, is on the offensive side on the floor. 

So far, what we've seen of MKG on the court is that he either stands in the corner and does much of nothing or he has set screens that haven't amounted to anything. And it's not a surprise that this has happened because looking at his career, we have seen that MKG has no discernible offensive skill that allows him to excel on that side of the floor. He's inconsistent, with a broken shot and below average handles. But he does hustle for everything, and generates opportunities that way, which isn't a negative thing. 

I feel like I'm a broken record at this point because I feel bad chiding MKG like this. I am on team MKG and want him to succeed here. I'm hopeful that he can actually become a complete (emphasis on complete) player here. And I really hope he proves me wrong for drawing conclusions on this minute sample size. But based on everything we've seen at Charlotte, and how the game is trending to a more pace-space era, it's valid to question how well he can succeed.

Either way, I've still liked and enjoyed what I've seen of MKG on his time on the floor due to his tenacious D. But it's a fair point to illuminate the potential struggles the Mavs will face come playoff time where teams can plan against specific lineups, and the limitations MKG on the offensive side will undoubtedly affect how the Mavs are played. And it's even more fair to point out the bizarre notion that MKG is a good "anything" offensive player.

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That says something about his ability to not be a liability to team offense. 

Sorry catching up on the thread and posted my reply before I got to read this.

But what do you mean by this statement here?