All Star Break +- Report, plus How's Our Bench?
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:39 pm
Davis +14.5
Ellis +6.6
Jackson +6.6
Biedrins +6.0
Harrington +5.4
Barnes -3.3
Pietrus -5.4
Azubuike -10.9
It's all about what I would expect. I would say that Barnes is actually an average 6th man, though. While he has a negative +- relative to his teammates, the team still wins (barely) the minutes he is on the floor.
The only real surprise to me this season has been Beans. I would expect him to be higher, not so much because he is a better player than Ellis or Jackson, but because we don't have anyone else we are willing to play who does what he does.
"How's Our Bench?"
Some starters vs bench numbers were posted here:
http://www.82games.com/benchstats.htm
Looking at it shows that the Warriors are one of the few teams that are significant winners when their starters are on, but losers when their bench is on. Using this measurement, we have the 4th worst bench in the league.
Dallas, Phoenix, and Washington are worse. I have to wonder if the Wiz would have been worse if they hadn't lost Gil for the the entire season so far, and lost Caron and Jamison for parts of the season.
However you slice it, the Suns bench is pretty miserable.
Ellis +6.6
Jackson +6.6
Biedrins +6.0
Harrington +5.4
Barnes -3.3
Pietrus -5.4
Azubuike -10.9
It's all about what I would expect. I would say that Barnes is actually an average 6th man, though. While he has a negative +- relative to his teammates, the team still wins (barely) the minutes he is on the floor.
The only real surprise to me this season has been Beans. I would expect him to be higher, not so much because he is a better player than Ellis or Jackson, but because we don't have anyone else we are willing to play who does what he does.
"How's Our Bench?"
Some starters vs bench numbers were posted here:
http://www.82games.com/benchstats.htm
Looking at it shows that the Warriors are one of the few teams that are significant winners when their starters are on, but losers when their bench is on. Using this measurement, we have the 4th worst bench in the league.
Dallas, Phoenix, and Washington are worse. I have to wonder if the Wiz would have been worse if they hadn't lost Gil for the the entire season so far, and lost Caron and Jamison for parts of the season.
However you slice it, the Suns bench is pretty miserable.