dakomish23 wrote:TimRobbins wrote:nedleeds wrote:You presented plus / minus? Possibly one of the junkiest stats ever, if me and you play with Scottie Pippen, Mike and Hakeem we'd have decent +/-.
I presented the exact % that NBA players shoot when KP is defending in the paint. Full stop. He's the 3rd best. When he leaves the game (early in the first). Luka plays the rest of the first. The on off numbers likely reflect the normal beating Luka puts on second units. Dallas also has a decent bench with some actual NBA guards in Brunson and Wright.
Porzingis is absolutely tradeable. If he was dangled for matching expiring salary he'd be gone in an hour.
I don't see how your % numbers of KP "defending the paint" are different that the +/- numbers. Exact same criticism applies. I any case, we already have one game in which KP didn't play and the Mavs were better. I suspect we'll have many more.
Nobody would trade an expiring for KP at this point.
Are you referring to the game against MEM?
I gave up arguing. His argument is Dallas blew out Memphis without Ja Morant so *no* team in the league would trade expiring salary for KP. My EFG% numbers are different because they are literally KP himself defending a shot. He's top 3 in the league. The stat is a human being trying to shoot against him and only him, not his teammates, not Luka's mom, not Timmy. It's him being a disruptive defensive force. +/- is a total mess, it's just the score when 9 other people are on the court as you.
The Hawks
Blazers
Miami
Houston
Charlotte
OKC
Cleveland
New York Knicks
if they could cobble matching expiring would all trade for him and his albatross max in under 5 minutes.