JF5 wrote:Bergmaniac wrote:j_n wrote:Not about to go into it but On/off numbers is a very flawed and misleading stat that mostly depends on the other 9 guys on the court.
You can play a perfect game, not miss a shot or a defensive assignment and finish with a minus 20 that could have been a minus 40 if you had an average night.
The stat has its limitations, but in this case it clearly shows that Fultz wasn't "the main reason for our best season start in history" or anything close than that since the team played way better when he was on the bench and was getting outscored by quite a bit when he played.
His individual stats were bad too, anyway.
There is a lot wrong with this analysis.
1. He's coming back from injury and playing at a minutes cap .
2. The bench itself varies as this team is stealth tanking in a way. Guys like Ross and Harris are playing infrequently.
3. This specific game against the Kings when he got in they were down in the middle of the 3rd. When he left the game in the 4th the Magic were up by 7+ points I believe.
There have been multiple games in his short time back when the team was down and when he went in they were either ended up closer by a few points, or had the lead, or blew the team out of the water when he exited.
The whole discussion was about Fultz's last season performance before the injury, not the recent ones.
