The_Hater wrote:Did you see the game? Obviously not. Too many people think the +/- stat tells a lot more about a game than it actually does.
The main reason his +/- has slipped recently is because with TJ out, Sam has paired Delfino with whichever brutal PG plays with the 2nd unit because he's our best ball-handler on the wing. And everyone looks significantly worse with Dixon and DMart.
Part of the reason Delfino's +/- is so low is because he had to play with a worse PG, but Calderon was playing pretty heavy minutes and most of Delfino's minutes were still with Jose out there. He had TJ yesterday and was absolutely brutal and his +/- reflects that.
Along with missing a PG the major reason Delfino's +/- is so low is that he's been horribly inconsistent. He isn't the only Raptor guilty of that kind of play, but he's been one of the worst. He's been a solid addition the the Raptors this season but unless he's able to limit the amount of games he had like last night (and he's even had several worse showings this season) then he's never going to be more than an 8th-ish man.
