05-12-2023, 06:37 AM
(05-12-2023, 05:11 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: It’s funny that I’m the one who simply dismissed his stat when that is exactly what he did to mine.
Everyone sees what they wanna see.
Agree with the last sentence. Agree that you are triggered. Agree that Powell would be a reasonable backup center. But, this conversation isn't about Powell. It is about Wood.
There is a difference between dismissed and refuted. You are trying to attribute team success to Wood's starting. Anytime someone offers something that might explain your number differently, you simply repeat some version of your number.
The competition was crap. Response: 9-4
The good teams we played were missing players. Response: Winning %
The only reason Powell was even brought up was that his minutes in the nine wins were actually more valuable to the wins than Wood's minutes. If your daughter had a goal of selling $10 worth of Girl Scout cookies and I bought $6 worth and Wood bought $4 worth, who helped her accomplish her goal more. The answer is Dan the Cookie Man, even if Wood bought the last $4 worth that got her to her goal. No one here claimed Powell is the answer or even a good starting center. The fact that you turn so quickly to an anti-Powell argument instead of a new pro-Wood argument (other than some version of 9-4) is pretty telling. The reason is 9-4 doesn't come close to proving causation.