eminence wrote:ardee wrote:eminence wrote:
Ahh, box-score stats. Sure I guess Javale gets those.
I don't get it. When the ball bounces off the back board do you not want him to be there to get it? When the guy he's guarding throws up a weak floater do you want him to just stand there and let it go in?
He is not Joel Embiid but he's easily an average center at least. His on-off was +10 in GSW a couple years ago, when he's in a smaller, more specific role surrounded by capable teammates the guy does decent.
Sure, you want him to do those things, those are positive things, every NBA player does them or else they wouldn't be in the NBA. When I hear 'productive player' I think of a player who does notably more positive than negative on the court. Which McGee does not. And 1 sub 10mpg season when he spent over 80% of his minutes with Steph Curry isn't convincing me otherwise.
Not the point. Sometimes people on this board make it sound like box score production is a negative to be held against a player.
It is still a pretty reliable way to find out if a player is good or not. Of course you need more nuance to find out just how good but it's no coincidence that literally every great player ever is a statsheet stuffer.