Jalen Bluntson wrote:Chanel Bomber wrote:Jalen Bluntson wrote:He hates to see people try to enjoy watching players grow. He has stats to prove it.

empirical data!
I enjoy watching all players grow. It's still too early in the season to make any proclamation, but we may be seeing significant growth from two players this season.
We just disagree on what growth means. What you may have seen as growth from one player, I may have seen as regression.
Not really. We disagree what stats mean. You think they predict the future. I know they only represent the past.

I don't think they necessarily predict the future, but they provide you with valuable information to project into the future.
Obviously players are on a developmental path, which can go in a multitude of directions, so stats are not stable through time, but can be subject to variation.
I believe RJ's 3rd and 4th years were a regression from his 2nd season, during which he had shown significant improvement from his rookie year on defense and in scoring efficiency. And I think the statistics back my stance. But these statistics never said that he couldn't improve. In some sense, it's because he had the ability to improve that I was critical of his game (or rather the way he was used). He's not a lost cause like Frank or Knox.