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Re: Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #23 

Post#61 » by AEnigma » Thu Sep 1, 2022 1:43 am

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LukaTheGOAT wrote:Nahhh, all I did was explain the potential blindspot of the metric and how it makes sense that AuPM/G would be the one metric KG would rate higher in, if any.

Or alternatively Garnett would rate higher in AuPM because it is more dependent on net ratings (where Garnett tops Paul even in the postseason) and to the extent it does use box scores it more deliberately skews to defensive box statistics to try to make up for how most all-in-ones undersell defence.

I'd like to see the proof that it uses more/better defensive box-metrics in comparison to say a RAPTOR (something with player tracking data); we don't have the exactly methodology for AuPM inputs. Based on the older AuPM, that would be a firm no

You might be the first person I have seen who likes RAPTOR’s approach to defence.

Furthermore, my interpretation is more than fair. From Ben Taylor the creator of the metric.

"The all-in-one stat featured in this series, Augmented Plus Minus (AuPM ), estimates value based on likely indicators by relying on a bit of regular season information.1 If you believe postseason basketball is wildly different than the regular season, than this stat is arguably too reliant regular season data."

I do believe the PS is a whole new game compared to the RS, so...

But you do realise that Garnett’s prime playoff net rating(s) tops Paul’s, right.
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Post#62 » by AEnigma » Thu Sep 1, 2022 2:18 am

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AEnigma wrote:Too bad you did not read the thread, because then you would see how we all unanimously agreed that we just hate the Houston Rockets as a franchise and will never give any of their players the credit they so rightly and obviously deserve.

i caught up. moses might be a rocket but is from before my time so i don't really hold any allegiance to him in that way. the harden stuff is funny, from a supposedly more objective board like this one. you would think it would not just be the usual harden hate/narrative, but it seems to seep through even here. i've still yet to see him ever win a poll.

Hate is when people do not vote for your guy.
Also funny that you want to complain about “narratives”.

westbrook over harden, on a board like this?

I generally agree, but it has gone down from what it was. I think what helps Westbrook in perception is 1) arguably showing better “impact” than Durant, and 2) comfortably outplaying peak Chris Paul head to head and having a pretty strong comparative “impact” case over Paul in the playoffs (so if your approach is saying Chris Paul is amazing, Westbrook may get boosted too).

tmac, with his 0 playoff series wins and completely uncorroborated massive outlier season that still ended in a 3-1 blown 1st round lead (if regular season floor-raising is the case, then not sure how harden is losing that)?

Yeah I kind-of agree here. Last time around, I think there was a ton of concern about avoiding “recency bias” with how low Kawhi, Giannis, and Harden all were. McGrady has his arguments — his attributes really are incredible, and the Magic were truly bad — but it does feel difficult to advantage McGrady in anything other than hypotheticals and I guess raw on/off.

a huge outlier season from ewing?

If Harden had degenerative knees and started seeing visible declines in his physical abilities after 2018, I wonder whether you would take the same approach.

By the way, you have given Harden a lot of credit for not losing as a favourite for several years… what about being responsible for an upset on par with Ewing versus the Celtics? Ewing wins three straight averaging an efficient 36/13/5, including a road win in the league’s toughest road environment, and puts up Moses Malone -esque scoring numbers all season while actually being good on defence… crickets. Why do you hate Ewing? If a Rocket did that, would you ever shut up about it? And then past his peak he was the closest guy to beating the 1992 Bulls, 1993 Bulls, and 1994 Rockets, all without any teammate remotely close to Chris Paul or Julius Erving. Where is his respect???

it's like people are searching for non-harden seasons to pick,

Or maybe people are just not giving him bonus points for playing in Houston.

when basically any of his 18/19/20 stretch would probably measure up to any one of those, including the outliers,

Probably! But it also does not clearly exceed any of them depending on what your standards are (again McGrady’s is iffier… but he has his arguments too).

and usually comes with better team results to boot.

All attributable to him per usual.

as for moses. just seems weird. couldn't shoot, couldn't pass, couldn't play defense. seems easy to gameplan for. apparently he just drunkenly stumbled into philadelphia and walked out with a championship trophy somehow. must have been Dr. J's sub-50 TS% in the playoffs. or toney's 52.5 TS%. you would think with philly's top 3 scorers dropping about 5 TS% in the playoffs (cumulatively) that the 76ers would have at least struggled a little on the way to the title if moses wasn't really that impactful. but i guess it can't live up to chris paul's legendary fight to get to game 6 of the 2nd round.

Oh so back to not even half-considering any actual criticisms huh.
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Re: Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #23 

Post#63 » by MyUniBroDavis » Thu Sep 1, 2022 3:33 am

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LukaTheGOAT wrote:
AEnigma wrote:Or alternatively Garnett would rate higher in AuPM because it is more dependent on net ratings (where Garnett tops Paul even in the postseason) and to the extent it does use box scores it more deliberately skews to defensive box statistics to try to make up for how most all-in-ones undersell defence.

I'd like to see the proof that it uses more/better defensive box-metrics in comparison to say a RAPTOR (something with player tracking data); we don't have the exactly methodology for AuPM inputs. Based on the older AuPM, that would be a firm no

You might be the first person I have seen who likes RAPTOR’s approach to defence.

Furthermore, my interpretation is more than fair. From Ben Taylor the creator of the metric.

"The all-in-one stat featured in this series, Augmented Plus Minus (AuPM ), estimates value based on likely indicators by relying on a bit of regular season information.1 If you believe postseason basketball is wildly different than the regular season, than this stat is arguably too reliant regular season data."

I do believe the PS is a whole new game compared to the RS, so...

But you do realise that Garnett’s prime playoff net rating(s) tops Paul’s, right.


Alternatively, maybe you don’t like raptor or aupm lol
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Post#64 » by AEnigma » Thu Sep 1, 2022 3:38 am

MyUniBroDavis wrote:Alternatively, maybe you don’t like raptor or aupm lol

I mean yeah I think RAPTOR gives wack results that correlate poorly with pretty much every other metric (EPM, PIPM, AuPM, LEBRON, DARKO, etc.) that tries to approximate or otherwise draw from “impact” lol.

AuPM is good for what it is; not caring to overly rely on those metrics is not the same as outright hating them. As I am sure you know. ;-) That is an odd reading here though, considering if anything I was defending it.
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Post#65 » by f4p » Thu Sep 1, 2022 6:11 am

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tmac, with his 0 playoff series wins and completely uncorroborated massive outlier season that still ended in a 3-1 blown 1st round lead (if regular season floor-raising is the case, then not sure how harden is losing that)?

Yeah I kind-of agree here. Last time around, I think there was a ton of concern about avoiding “recency bias” with how low Kawhi, Giannis, and Harden all were. McGrady has his arguments — his attributes really are incredible, and the Magic were truly bad — but it does feel difficult to advantage McGrady in anything other than hypotheticals and I guess raw on/off.


and it's not like tmac was terrible in the playoffs. if anything, his best playoff performance is putting up 30/7/7 on the mavs while shutting down dirk. but still, lost game 7 by 40. and as a rockets fan, if i never see him shoot another 22 footer, it will be too soon.

a huge outlier season from ewing?

If Harden had degenerative knees and started seeing visible declines in his physical abilities after 2018, I wonder whether you would take the same approach.

By the way, you have given Harden a lot of credit for not losing as a favourite for several years… what about being responsible for an upset on par with Ewing versus the Celtics? Ewing wins three straight averaging an efficient 36/13/5, including a road win in the league’s toughest road environment, and puts up Moses Malone -esque scoring numbers all season while actually being good on defence… crickets. Why do you hate Ewing? If a Rocket did that, would you ever shut up about it? And then past his peak he was the closest guy to beating the 1992 Bulls, 1993 Bulls, and 1994 Rockets, all without any teammate remotely close to Chris Paul or Julius Erving. Where is his respect???


are you thinking of someone else? i've barely talked about ewing ever on this board (except asking about the 94 finals and then this "an outlier ewing season?" comment). except maybe in some hakeem discussions. i like ewing. guys like him and reggie who throw a franchise on their back and put asses in seats and wins on the board while making deep playoff runs for a decade plus deserve respect. and ewing had to do it in the pressure cooker of new york, where their reach often exceeds their grasp. he gets a bad rap. he played as a solo star and did everything he could. somewhat similar to harden, he had to go against a dynasty and kept running into them year after year. and somewhat similar to harden, at least in his later years, i don't think people realize what having physical limitations means. ewing with his knees, harden just by virtue of being a 6'5, moderately athletic shooting guard who can't just shoot over people like durant or bull through like lebron and giannis, and doesn't even have a laser-guided shot like steph. they both probably maxed out and yet seemingly get no credit and only have failures held against them. by the time the mid-90's rolled around, ewing was a lumbering big man who did what he could to anchor amazing defenses but it didn't come when he had the offense with it and you get things like the '94 finals, where hakeem just dismantled him.

as impressive as 1990 is, it still seems like an outlier even from previous seasons, when he was presumably old enough to not have such an outlier.

as for beating boston, i don't think i even realized they had an 0-2 comeback on boston until like a year ago when jvg and mark jackson were joking about the 157 point whipping they took from boston that series. then i looked it up and realized they won and what a great series it was for their team and ewing. winning when you are not supposed to is one of the things i look for most. which is probably, even with being a rockets fan, why i praise hakeem so much. no one won when they weren't supposed to more than him. harden is more like the ultimate win when you should and lose when you should guy. which is also why 2018 was such a big deal. if he and cp3 beat the warriors, that's the ultimate win when you shouldn't situation. it validates him. and cp3. and d'antoni. and morey. it was such a crusher to have it stolen by a freak injury. i'm not sure where i'm going with this at this point, but yes ewing deserves credit for beating boston and having a great season. but it still feels very outlier-ish. his playoff numbers don't really look as great as some of harden's best. i would say they don't account for defense as well as you would want, but the knicks also were 13th on defense so this wasn't some ATG defensive season.

and while this is a peak series, we have still somewhat factored in other seasons. harden got as close as you can to winning against an all-time dynasty and had it stolen by an injury. maybe it's not fair with his knees, but ewing only had to beat our 1994 team and probably only had to muster something like a 46 TS% for the series, which would still be awful, and he would be a champion. but he put up 39 TS%. can you imagine the beating harden would take if he put up a 39 TS% series? he's never gone below 51.9 TS% (excluding milwaukee injury) and you'd think he was the worst shooter in playoff history the way people talk about him.



as for moses. just seems weird. couldn't shoot, couldn't pass, couldn't play defense. seems easy to gameplan for. apparently he just drunkenly stumbled into philadelphia and walked out with a championship trophy somehow. must have been Dr. J's sub-50 TS% in the playoffs. or toney's 52.5 TS%. you would think with philly's top 3 scorers dropping about 5 TS% in the playoffs (cumulatively) that the 76ers would have at least struggled a little on the way to the title if moses wasn't really that impactful. but i guess it can't live up to chris paul's legendary fight to get to game 6 of the 2nd round.

Oh so back to not even half-considering any actual criticisms huh.


clearly i was exaggerating. but the criticisms were at least part of due diligence in the early teens. now we're in the low 20's and still getting "well, i don't know, could he create?" stuff from a stand-out on a 12-1 playoff run. again, his best 3 scorers dropped about 5 TS%. if they go 12-6, ok then maybe moses was just the cherry on top of a great team. but i find it hard to believe the sixers are doing much of anything with a 49.6 TS% erving if moses isn't around, and yet they almost sweep the playoffs with him. it just makes it harder to believe he's not by far the driving force. it feels like the aesthetics of his game are being considered more important than what actually happened.
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Post#66 » by 70sFan » Thu Sep 1, 2022 8:26 am

I mean, for people who dislike 1983 Moses choice due to stacked rosters - why don't you look at the impact he had on 1982 Rockets team? He carried the WOAT-level supporting cast to the playoffs with insanely productive RS. The Rockets went from +1.4 to -7.7 offensively after he left them and despite getting Caldwell Jones (strong defender), they got worse defensively as well (from +1.4 to +3.6).

I know, some people will say that it's not only his pressence. That's probably true, but there weren't any other massive differences in roster between these two seasons.

It seems that people dislike Moses style so much that they can't go beyond results. Anchoring one of the best postseason teams ever? He had a stacked team. Having elite +/- numbers in Philly? Doesn't matter, he's not a good defender or creator. Carrying all-time bad team to the playoffs with insane MVP season? But he lost in the first round.

Moses remains misunderstood player. It's the case since my first day here.
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Post#67 » by MyUniBroDavis » Thu Sep 1, 2022 8:37 am

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MyUniBroDavis wrote:Alternatively, maybe you don’t like raptor or aupm lol

I mean yeah I think RAPTOR gives wack results that correlate poorly with pretty much every other metric (EPM, PIPM, AuPM, LEBRON, DARKO, etc.) that tries to approximate or otherwise draw from “impact” lol.

AuPM is good for what it is; not caring to overly rely on those metrics is not the same as outright hating them. As I am sure you know. ;-) That is an odd reading here though, considering if anything I was defending it.


I misread but I was mainly joking cuz I don’t like either of them lol, although definately think RAPTOR is far worse though
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Post#68 » by AEnigma » Thu Sep 1, 2022 1:31 pm

f4p wrote:as impressive as 1990 is, it still seems like an outlier even from previous seasons, when he was presumably old enough to not have such an outlier.

Does it really though? He upped his volume while maintaining his elite efficiency from the prior year — much like Harden did. He had been on a steady trend upward.

i would say they don't account for defense as well as you would want, but the knicks also were 13th on defense so this wasn't some ATG defensive season.

No, not all-time great. And we can even say he became a smarter defender later under Riley (combination of coaching and natural improvement in experience and recognition). With that acknowledged… was that ranking entirely on him? Would his 1990 self have been incapable of anchoring those Riley defences? Do you feel differently if Oakley plays the entire season and they instead finish something like eighth or ninth? Personnel and coaching matter — Gobert and Giannis missed out on the DPoY contention they deserved this year almost solely because they too could not lift their teams that high.

and while this is a peak series, we have still somewhat factored in other seasons. harden got as close as you can to winning against an all-time dynasty and had it stolen by an injury. maybe it's not fair with his knees, but ewing only had to beat our 1994 team and probably only had to muster something like a 46 TS% for the series, which would still be awful, and he would be a champion. but he put up 39 TS%. can you imagine the beating harden would take if he put up a 39 TS% series? he's never gone below 51.9 TS% (excluding milwaukee injury) and you'd think he was the worst shooter in playoff history the way people talk about him.

If in two years Harden does decline and put up an atrocious series against the best defender/defence in the league, will that make you reassess his peak? Not sure 1993 Ewing looks quite that rough as a scorer against Hakeem, let alone 1990 Ewing.

Also worth mentioning that no one did as good a job on peak Hakeem defensively as Ewing did in 1994 either, even if his own efficiency was awful.

clearly i was exaggerating. but the criticisms were at least part of due diligence in the early teens. now we're in the low 20's and still getting "well, i don't know, could he create?" stuff from a stand-out on a 12-1 playoff run. again, his best 3 scorers dropped about 5 TS%. if they go 12-6, ok then maybe moses was just the cherry on top of a great team. but i find it hard to believe the sixers are doing much of anything with a 49.6 TS% erving if moses isn't around, and yet they almost sweep the playoffs with him. it just makes it harder to believe he's not by far the driving force. it feels like the aesthetics of his game are being considered more important than what actually happened.

Funny that you say that, because I feel like the valuation of that 1983 team is very much a case of aesthetics over what actually happened.
https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=2221330&start=40#p100995820

On that point about appearances over more granular analysis…

70sFan wrote:I mean, for people who dislike 1983 Moses choice due to stacked rosters - why don't you look at the impact he had on 1982 Rockets team? He carried the WOAT-level supporting cast to the playoffs with insanely productive RS.
Carrying all-time bad team to the playoffs with insane MVP season? But he lost in the first round.

Why do you feel that is clearly distinguished from 2003 McGrady or 2017 Westbrook or 2020 Harden (wow look what happened when he left!). Is leading a deep lottery team to a -0.8 SRS more impressive than what Nash did spearheading a -3 SRS team to +7 in 2005 (and onward), or even what Paul did for the Hornets in 2008/09? Durant in 2014 with Westbrook out, or in 2019 with Steph missing time? Embiid without Simmons? Or for guys less presently in the discussion, what Pippen did in 1995 without Grant and mostly without Jordan, or what Penny did in 1996 with Shaq missing over a third of the season?

The Rockets went from +1.4 to -7.7 offensively after he left them and despite getting Caldwell Jones (strong defender), they got worse defensively as well (from +1.4 to +3.6).

I know, some people will say that it's not only his pressence. That's probably true, but there weren't any other massive differences in roster between these two seasons.

They also lost Robert Reid, their best wing defender and second-best player. They lost their sixth and seventh men (Dunleavy was decent, Willoughby not as much). Hayes, Henderson, and Murphy were all aging and declining; the later two would retire or otherwise exit the league after 1983, and Hayes would stick around as a deep bench piece for one year past that. Caldwell too had been on the decline, visibly and in impact and in his box score numbers… And of course at a certain point a team is just not going to care to push for wins that much. Take a top five player as well as his best teammate (even if that teammate is underwhelming) off a -0.8 SRS retirement squad, forgive me for not being stunned that they bottomed out.

It seems that people dislike Moses style so much that they can't go beyond results.

Alternatively, people like his superficial results so much they never bother to assess his career comparatively.

Anchoring one of the best postseason teams ever? He had a stacked team.

Maybe you should read the comment I linked above too.

Having elite +/- numbers in Philly? Doesn't matter, he's not a good defender or creator.

His 1985 season had some pretty giant on/off numbers, but no one is calling that his peak. His 1983 season’s on/off is solid but I would not say it particularly exceeds the other guys I mentioned (Harden never had that type of on/off but the rest did), and the fact the rest of the team also had around career high on/off splits seems to speak more to a loss of depth anyway (hello Los Angeles Clippers). And of course that is not a real comparative case with the players or centres for whom we did not have on/off data.

Moses remains misunderstood player. It's the case since my first day here.

None of what you wrote spoke to any true “misunderstanding” on the part of his detractors.
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Post#69 » by LA Bird » Thu Sep 1, 2022 1:38 pm

Here are the results for round 23

Winner: 11 Nowitzki

There were 11 voters in this round: Dutchball97, AEnigma, Samurai, DraymondGold, iggymcfrack, trelos6, SickMother, CharityStripe34, Proxy, falcolombardi, f4p

A total of 36 seasons received at least 1 vote: 05 Nash, 06 Nash, 06 Nowitzki, 07 Nash, 07 Nowitzki, 08 Paul, 09 Paul, 10 Nowitzki, 11 Nowitzki, 11 Paul, 13 Durant, 14 Durant, 14 Paul, 15 Paul, 16 Durant, 16 Paul, 17 Durant, 17 Paul, 17 Westbrook, 18 Davis, 18 Durant, 18 Harden, 19 Harden, 20 Davis, 20 Harden, 49 Mikan, 50 Mikan, 51 Mikan, 58 Pettit, 59 Pettit, 62 Pettit, 68 Hawkins, 79 Malone, 82 Malone, 83 Malone, 90 Ewing

Top 10 seasons: 11 Nowitzki, 06 Nowitzki, 17 Durant, 83 Malone, 14 Durant, 50 Mikan, 51 Mikan, 20 Davis, 07 Nash, 16 Durant

H2H record (1 season per player)
11 Nowitzki: 0.714 (35-14)
17 Durant: 0.575 (23-17)
83 Malone: 0.463 (19-22)
50 Mikan: 0.394 (13-20)
20 Davis: 0.382 (13-21)
07 Nash: 0.371 (13-22)
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Post#70 » by LukaTheGOAT » Thu Sep 1, 2022 10:20 pm

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AEnigma wrote:Or alternatively Garnett would rate higher in AuPM because it is more dependent on net ratings (where Garnett tops Paul even in the postseason) and to the extent it does use box scores it more deliberately skews to defensive box statistics to try to make up for how most all-in-ones undersell defence.

I'd like to see the proof that it uses more/better defensive box-metrics in comparison to say a RAPTOR (something with player tracking data); we don't have the exactly methodology for AuPM inputs. Based on the older AuPM, that would be a firm no

You might be the first person I have seen who likes RAPTOR’s approach to defence.

Furthermore, my interpretation is more than fair. From Ben Taylor the creator of the metric.

"The all-in-one stat featured in this series, Augmented Plus Minus (AuPM ), estimates value based on likely indicators by relying on a bit of regular season information.1 If you believe postseason basketball is wildly different than the regular season, than this stat is arguably too reliant regular season data."

I do believe the PS is a whole new game compared to the RS, so...

But you do realise that Garnett’s prime playoff net rating(s) tops Paul’s, right.


I don't see the point on harping on Garnett's net ratings. Yes, it's a nice number, and certainly something to consider, but net rating that isn't adjusted in some format might be the least reliable measure of a player's impact.

Every number has outliers, including on/off.

For instance, Ray Allen's 3-year PS peak on/off is 28.4. Vlade Divac is also a 28.4. Heck KG's Peak 3 year On/Off happened from 11-13, not during his prime years. Team context matters. The fact that these plus-minus stats incorporate some box-score at least helps to stabilize them.
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Post#71 » by AEnigma » Thu Sep 1, 2022 10:41 pm

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AEnigma wrote:You do realise that Garnett’s prime playoff net rating(s) tops Paul’s, right.

I don't see the point on harping on Garnett's net ratings.

Because you are trying to pull a trick where you excuse Garnett’s advantage as a regular season one when it could just as easily be explained by the fact that his postseason impact is still massive.

Yes, it's a nice number, and certainly something to consider, but net rating that isn't adjusted in some format might be the least reliable measure of a player's impact.

When comparing superstars, based on what? Why do you think “adjusting” impact with box scores would not disadvantage defensive stars?

Every number has outliers, including on/off.

For instance, Ray Allen's 3-year PS peak on/off is 28.4.

Yep, that is part of why sample sizes are nice and team context should be considered.

Vlade Divac is also a 28.4.

Vlade is and was an under-appreciated player but there too sample size matters.

KG's Peak 3 year On/Off happened from 11-13, not during his prime years. Team context matters.

Now you are just being obtuse, his entire career playoff on/off is just shy of Paul’s three-year peak.

The fact that these plus-minus stats incorporate some box-score at least helps to stabilize them.

In some sense sure, but then we end up prioritising box production over all other production. As seen here.
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Post#72 » by falcolombardi » Thu Sep 1, 2022 10:48 pm

Plus-minus and boxscore dont "balance" each other as they measure completely different thinghs. This came up in nash vs harden comparisions and i just think is the wrong way to look at it

If curry was doubled/tripled off ball 100% of the game and as a consequence he creates easy shots for his teammates every possesion his boxscore would suck as he never touches the ball but his impact/value would be actually much bigger than it already is

Plus-minus measures how good your teams are. Just in a morr targeted and less "noisy" way than ring/success counting or team ratings do

Is up to us to apply context and put that information in our evaluation of players

Boxscore doesnt measure how good a player lineups are, it measures what a player does on the court. To a degree they are more a indicator of role and skillset that "impact"
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Post#73 » by LukaTheGOAT » Fri Sep 2, 2022 3:34 am

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AEnigma wrote:You do realise that Garnett’s prime playoff net rating(s) tops Paul’s, right.

I don't see the point on harping on Garnett's net ratings.

Because you are trying to pull a trick where you excuse Garnett’s advantage as a regular season one when it could just as easily be explained by the fact that his postseason impact is still massive.

Yes, it's a nice number, and certainly something to consider, but net rating that isn't adjusted in some format might be the least reliable measure of a player's impact.

When comparing superstars, based on what? Why do you think “adjusting” impact with box scores would not disadvantage defensive stars?

Every number has outliers, including on/off.

For instance, Ray Allen's 3-year PS peak on/off is 28.4.

Yep, that is part of why sample sizes are nice and team context should be considered.

Vlade Divac is also a 28.4.

Vlade is and was an under-appreciated player but there too sample size matters.

KG's Peak 3 year On/Off happened from 11-13, not during his prime years. Team context matters.

Now you are just being obtuse, his entire career playoff on/off is just shy of Paul’s three-year peak.

The fact that these plus-minus stats incorporate some box-score at least helps to stabilize them.

In some sense sure, but then we end up prioritising box production over all other production. As seen here.


It's no trick. You just can't accept the fact that others have a different opinion. You outright said that the impact numbers don't say CP3 is better than KG in the PS, and then you brush them off when I provide evidence. You tried to say DraymondGold had been posting stats that said otherwise, and I clearly disproved that with my post. I see no reason to argue over this. You were wrong. How you interpret them are your opinion.

I clearly showed how in every other one-in all impact stat outside of AuPM/g that CP3 grades out higher. I then gave my interpretation with even a quote of admission by Ben Taylor that his stat biases toward the RS. I even said that YOU don't have to interpret as such, but that is what I take away from why AuPM/g differs.

You even made the false statement that AuPM/G incorporates better defensive numbers, when 1)we don't even know the formula of the current AuPM/G
and 2)Based off the old AuPM that has decent amount of similarities to the new one in terms of results, did not have any have near the amount of defensive stats included in it as a RAPTOR (which you said YOU personally don't like).

Btw the old AuPM formula: AuPM = 0.5543 + Net * 0.1543 + 0.1695 * On + 0.2632 * BPM – 0.0162 * SumAbove + 0.04242 * (Blocks_per48 + DREB_per48) – 0.0013*(Net * SumAbove)

Wow, so many defensive stats, how unbelievable. No other stat I mentioned could compare. :lol: Unless, you know something about the current AuPM...

One thing I can confirm is that Ben uses Backpicks BPM in his current AuPM, just another in a long line of PS stats that claim CP3 is superior peak for peak.

You now change the argument that his entire career playoff on/off is just shy of Paul's 3-year peak. Okay, once again, that is noteworthy. Yet you brush off the fact that AuPM (the stat you have been fighting for this whole time that is closer to on/off than anything else I presented) says Paul has the 2nd most postseason runs over +4 in AuPM per game since 1997 with 7, with Curry next up with 6. Keep in mind a +4 is around the area of what you would expect for a top 5 guy, so that is significant added value and has been able to do this type of thing repeatedly. But once again, it doesn't seem to matter to you.

What is there even to argue here? You made a statement about how the same impact metrics DraymondGold had been posting, would point to KG being better than CP3, and you were proven wrong. And I interpreted some info differently from you, and are having issues with it.
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Re: Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #23 

Post#74 » by AEnigma » Fri Sep 2, 2022 4:41 am

:roll:
Always love when the projection comes out.

LukaTheGOAT wrote:
AEnigma wrote:
LukaTheGOAT wrote:I don't see the point on harping on Garnett's net ratings.

Because you are trying to pull a trick where you excuse Garnett’s advantage as a regular season one when it could just as easily be explained by the fact that his postseason impact is still massive.

Yes, it's a nice number, and certainly something to consider, but net rating that isn't adjusted in some format might be the least reliable measure of a player's impact.

When comparing superstars, based on what? Why do you think “adjusting” impact with box scores would not disadvantage defensive stars?

Every number has outliers, including on/off.

For instance, Ray Allen's 3-year PS peak on/off is 28.4.

Yep, that is part of why sample sizes are nice and team context should be considered.

Vlade Divac is also a 28.4.

Vlade is and was an under-appreciated player but there too sample size matters.

KG's Peak 3 year On/Off happened from 11-13, not during his prime years. Team context matters.

Now you are just being obtuse, his entire career playoff on/off is just shy of Paul’s three-year peak.

The fact that these plus-minus stats incorporate some box-score at least helps to stabilize them.

In some sense sure, but then we end up prioritising box production over all other production. As seen here.

It's no trick. You just can't accept the fact that others have a different opinion.

I can accept the different opinion. The problem is trying to hide alternate and more facially reasonable interpretations.

You outright said that the impact numbers don't say CP3 is better than KG in the PS, and then you brush them off when I provide evidence.

The one that was closest to team “impact” was the one you tried to brush off. :lol:

You tried to say DraymondGold had been posting stats that said otherwise,

No, I thought you were legitimately asking a good faith question, which admittedly was my mistake. Garnett was in over ten spots ago. I suggested if you wanted to look at some of the numbers to explain why, one of his posts probably had them, but I also thought I made it pretty clear that you were not really framing “impact” in any coherent way. Later on I even said I do not think Garnett’s case was tied to his box score totals or to every “metric” you may pull up — and this was all before you started getting specific with any numbers.

and I clearly disproved that with my post.

Please quote where I said anything along the lines of, “PIPM is real impact and says Garnett is better.”

I see no reason to argue over this. You were wrong. How you interpret them are your opinion.

Lmfao, no, you were wrong and want to hide behind box score differences literally no one ever disputed.

I clearly showed how in every other one-in all impact stat outside of AuPM/g that CP3 grades out higher.

Yep, that Chris Paul sure has better looking boxscores than Garnett.

I then gave my interpretation with even a quote of admission by Ben Taylor that his stat biases toward the RS. I even said that YOU don't have to interpret as such, but that is what I take away from why AuPM/g differs.

And I said — without explicitly denying your interpretation — that the more obvious explanation is that Garnett’s postseason net impact is higher even without adding in his regular season advantage. Which you continue to reject because it is inconvenient for your entire narrative.

You even made the false statement that AuPM/G incorporates better defensive numbers,

Okay, prove it false.

when 1)we don't even know the formula of the current AuPM/G
and 2)Based off the old AuPM that has decent amount of similarities to the new one in terms of results, did not have any have near the amount of defensive stats included in it as a RAPTOR (which you said YOU personally don't like).

So you do think RAPTOR measures defence well / better than any other metric?

A metric can incorporate any random number of things it wants, but that does not mean they are incorporated usefully.

You now change the argument that his entire career playoff on/off is just shy of Paul's 3-year peak.

It is not an argument, it is a fact — one of which I doubt you were ever unaware.

Okay, once again, that is noteworthy. Yet you brush off the fact that AuPM (the stat you have been fighting for this whole time that is closer to on/off than anything else I presented) says Paul has the 2nd most postseason runs over +4 in AuPM per game since 1997 with 7, with Curry next up with 6. Keep in mind a +4 is around the area of what you would expect for a top 5 guy, so that is significant added value and has been able to do this type of thing repeatedly. But once again, it doesn't seem to matter to you.

Okay, so save that factoid for the next Top 100 project? That is a fine argument if the stance is simply that Paul has been a consistent impact player in the postseason, but that too was never disputed. This is a peaks project, you know that, and you began this topic by specifically referring to their peaks.

What is there even to argue here?

That being better in metrics that favour box score production do not mean much against those whose impact does not show up as much in the box score.

You made a statement about how the same impact metrics DraymondGold had been posting, would point to KG being better than CP3, and you were proven wrong.

Nope, but thanks for lying about stuff that is on record for everyone to read. Or are you arguing that AuPM is not an “impact metric” now?

And I interpreted some info differently from you, and are having issues with it.

I have an issue when people feign ignorance as part of a bit to carry out some personal player grudge, but if you think box score metrics are everything, that is your prerogative. Sorry that no one cares about you pouting over Garnett slotting in at #12 weeks after it happened.
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Re: Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #23 

Post#75 » by LukaTheGOAT » Fri Sep 2, 2022 5:18 am

AEnigma wrote::roll:
Always love when the projection comes out.

LukaTheGOAT wrote:
AEnigma wrote:Because you are trying to pull a trick where you excuse Garnett’s advantage as a regular season one when it could just as easily be explained by the fact that his postseason impact is still massive.


When comparing superstars, based on what? Why do you think “adjusting” impact with box scores would not disadvantage defensive stars?


Yep, that is part of why sample sizes are nice and team context should be considered.


Vlade is and was an under-appreciated player but there too sample size matters.


Now you are just being obtuse, his entire career playoff on/off is just shy of Paul’s three-year peak.


In some sense sure, but then we end up prioritising box production over all other production. As seen here.

It's no trick. You just can't accept the fact that others have a different opinion.

I can accept the different opinion. The problem is trying to hide alternate and more facially reasonable interpretations.

You outright said that the impact numbers don't say CP3 is better than KG in the PS, and then you brush them off when I provide evidence.

The one that was closest to team “impact” was the one you tried to brush off. :lol:

You tried to say DraymondGold had been posting stats that said otherwise,

No, I thought you were legitimately asking a good faith question, which admittedly was my mistake. Garnett was in over ten spots ago. I suggested if you wanted to look at some of the numbers to explain why, one of his posts probably had them, but I also thought I made it pretty clear that you were not really framing “impact” in any coherent way. Later on I even said I do not think Garnett’s case was tied to his box score totals or to every “metric” you may pull up — and this was all before you started getting specific with any numbers.

and I clearly disproved that with my post.

Please quote where I said anything along the lines of, “PIPM is real impact and says Garnett is better.”

I see no reason to argue over this. You were wrong. How you interpret them are your opinion.

Lmfao, no, you were wrong and want to hide behind box score differences literally no one ever disputed.

I clearly showed how in every other one-in all impact stat outside of AuPM/g that CP3 grades out higher.

Yep, that Chris Paul sure has better looking boxscores than Garnett.

I then gave my interpretation with even a quote of admission by Ben Taylor that his stat biases toward the RS. I even said that YOU don't have to interpret as such, but that is what I take away from why AuPM/g differs.

And I said — without explicitly denying your interpretation — that the more obvious explanation is that Garnett’s postseason net impact is higher even without adding in his regular season advantage. Which you continue to reject because it is inconvenient for your entire narrative.

You even made the false statement that AuPM/G incorporates better defensive numbers,

Okay, prove it false.

when 1)we don't even know the formula of the current AuPM/G
and 2)Based off the old AuPM that has decent amount of similarities to the new one in terms of results, did not have any have near the amount of defensive stats included in it as a RAPTOR (which you said YOU personally don't like).

So you do think RAPTOR measures defence well / better than any other metric?

A metric can incorporate any random number of things it wants, but that does not mean they are incorporated usefully.

You now change the argument that his entire career playoff on/off is just shy of Paul's 3-year peak.

It is not an argument, it is a fact — one of which I doubt you were ever unaware.

Okay, once again, that is noteworthy. Yet you brush off the fact that AuPM (the stat you have been fighting for this whole time that is closer to on/off than anything else I presented) says Paul has the 2nd most postseason runs over +4 in AuPM per game since 1997 with 7, with Curry next up with 6. Keep in mind a +4 is around the area of what you would expect for a top 5 guy, so that is significant added value and has been able to do this type of thing repeatedly. But once again, it doesn't seem to matter to you.

Okay, so save that factoid for the next Top 100 project? That is a fine argument if the stance is simply that Paul has been a consistent impact player in the postseason, but that too was never disputed. This is a peaks project, you know that, and you began this topic by specifically referring to their peaks.

What is there even to argue here?

That being better in metrics that favour box score production do not mean much against those whose impact does not show up as much in the box score.

You made a statement about how the same impact metrics DraymondGold had been posting, would point to KG being better than CP3, and you were proven wrong.

Nope, but thanks for lying about stuff that is on record for everyone to read. Or are you arguing that AuPM is not an “impact metric” now?

And I interpreted some info differently from you, and are having issues with it.

I have an issue when people feign ignorance as part of a bit to carry out some personal player grudge, but if you think box score metrics are everything, that is your prerogative. Sorry that no one cares about you pouting over Garnett slotting in at #12 weeks after it happened.


I ain't reading all that just because you want to circumvent around the fact you were wrong.
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Re: Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #23 - 2010-11 Dirk Nowitzki 

Post#76 » by LukaTheGOAT » Fri Sep 2, 2022 5:19 am

falcolombardi wrote:Plus-minus and boxscore dont "balance" each other as they measure completely different thinghs. This came up in nash vs harden comparisions and i just think is the wrong way to look at it

If curry was doubled/tripled off ball 100% of the game and as a consequence he creates easy shots for his teammates every possesion his boxscore would suck as he never touches the ball but his impact/value would be actually much bigger than it already is

Plus-minus measures how good your teams are. Just in a morr targeted and less "noisy" way than ring/success counting or team ratings do

Is up to us to apply context and put that information in our evaluation of players

Boxscore doesnt measure how good a player lineups are, it measures what a player does on the court. To a degree they are more a indicator of role and skillset that "impact"


In small sample sizes, XRAPM variants tend to be more predictive. A study was conducted on this

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Re: Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #23 

Post#77 » by AEnigma » Fri Sep 2, 2022 5:21 am

LukaTheGOAT wrote:
AEnigma wrote::roll:
Always love when the projection comes out.

LukaTheGOAT wrote:It's no trick. You just can't accept the fact that others have a different opinion.

I can accept the different opinion. The problem is trying to hide alternate and more facially reasonable interpretations.

You outright said that the impact numbers don't say CP3 is better than KG in the PS, and then you brush them off when I provide evidence.

The one that was closest to team “impact” was the one you tried to brush off. :lol:

You tried to say DraymondGold had been posting stats that said otherwise,

No, I thought you were legitimately asking a good faith question, which admittedly was my mistake. Garnett was in over ten spots ago. I suggested if you wanted to look at some of the numbers to explain why, one of his posts probably had them, but I also thought I made it pretty clear that you were not really framing “impact” in any coherent way. Later on I even said I do not think Garnett’s case was tied to his box score totals or to every “metric” you may pull up — and this was all before you started getting specific with any numbers.

and I clearly disproved that with my post.

Please quote where I said anything along the lines of, “PIPM is real impact and says Garnett is better.”

I see no reason to argue over this. You were wrong. How you interpret them are your opinion.

Lmfao, no, you were wrong and want to hide behind box score differences literally no one ever disputed.

I clearly showed how in every other one-in all impact stat outside of AuPM/g that CP3 grades out higher.

Yep, that Chris Paul sure has better looking boxscores than Garnett.

I then gave my interpretation with even a quote of admission by Ben Taylor that his stat biases toward the RS. I even said that YOU don't have to interpret as such, but that is what I take away from why AuPM/g differs.

And I said — without explicitly denying your interpretation — that the more obvious explanation is that Garnett’s postseason net impact is higher even without adding in his regular season advantage. Which you continue to reject because it is inconvenient for your entire narrative.

You even made the false statement that AuPM/G incorporates better defensive numbers,

Okay, prove it false.

when 1)we don't even know the formula of the current AuPM/G
and 2)Based off the old AuPM that has decent amount of similarities to the new one in terms of results, did not have any have near the amount of defensive stats included in it as a RAPTOR (which you said YOU personally don't like).

So you do think RAPTOR measures defence well / better than any other metric?

A metric can incorporate any random number of things it wants, but that does not mean they are incorporated usefully.

You now change the argument that his entire career playoff on/off is just shy of Paul's 3-year peak.

It is not an argument, it is a fact — one of which I doubt you were ever unaware.

Okay, once again, that is noteworthy. Yet you brush off the fact that AuPM (the stat you have been fighting for this whole time that is closer to on/off than anything else I presented) says Paul has the 2nd most postseason runs over +4 in AuPM per game since 1997 with 7, with Curry next up with 6. Keep in mind a +4 is around the area of what you would expect for a top 5 guy, so that is significant added value and has been able to do this type of thing repeatedly. But once again, it doesn't seem to matter to you.

Okay, so save that factoid for the next Top 100 project? That is a fine argument if the stance is simply that Paul has been a consistent impact player in the postseason, but that too was never disputed. This is a peaks project, you know that, and you began this topic by specifically referring to their peaks.

What is there even to argue here?

That being better in metrics that favour box score production do not mean much against those whose impact does not show up as much in the box score.

You made a statement about how the same impact metrics DraymondGold had been posting, would point to KG being better than CP3, and you were proven wrong.

Nope, but thanks for lying about stuff that is on record for everyone to read. Or are you arguing that AuPM is not an “impact metric” now?

And I interpreted some info differently from you, and are having issues with it.

I have an issue when people feign ignorance as part of a bit to carry out some personal player grudge, but if you think box score metrics are everything, that is your prerogative. Sorry that no one cares about you pouting over Garnett slotting in at #12 weeks after it happened.


I ain't reading all that just because you want to circumvent around the fact you were wrong.

You are not reading because you already know you were projecting. :violin:
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Re: Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #23 

Post#78 » by LukaTheGOAT » Fri Sep 2, 2022 5:34 am

AEnigma wrote:
LukaTheGOAT wrote:
AEnigma wrote::roll:
Always love when the projection comes out.


I can accept the different opinion. The problem is trying to hide alternate and more facially reasonable interpretations.


The one that was closest to team “impact” was the one you tried to brush off. :lol:


No, I thought you were legitimately asking a good faith question, which admittedly was my mistake. Garnett was in over ten spots ago. I suggested if you wanted to look at some of the numbers to explain why, one of his posts probably had them, but I also thought I made it pretty clear that you were not really framing “impact” in any coherent way. Later on I even said I do not think Garnett’s case was tied to his box score totals or to every “metric” you may pull up — and this was all before you started getting specific with any numbers.


Please quote where I said anything along the lines of, “PIPM is real impact and says Garnett is better.”


Lmfao, no, you were wrong and want to hide behind box score differences literally no one ever disputed.


Yep, that Chris Paul sure has better looking boxscores than Garnett.


And I said — without explicitly denying your interpretation — that the more obvious explanation is that Garnett’s postseason net impact is higher even without adding in his regular season advantage. Which you continue to reject because it is inconvenient for your entire narrative.


Okay, prove it false.


So you do think RAPTOR measures defence well / better than any other metric?

A metric can incorporate any random number of things it wants, but that does not mean they are incorporated usefully.


It is not an argument, it is a fact — one of which I doubt you were ever unaware.


Okay, so save that factoid for the next Top 100 project? That is a fine argument if the stance is simply that Paul has been a consistent impact player in the postseason, but that too was never disputed. This is a peaks project, you know that, and you began this topic by specifically referring to their peaks.


That being better in metrics that favour box score production do not mean much against those whose impact does not show up as much in the box score.


Nope, but thanks for lying about stuff that is on record for everyone to read. Or are you arguing that AuPM is not an “impact metric” now?


I have an issue when people feign ignorance as part of a bit to carry out some personal player grudge, but if you think box score metrics are everything, that is your prerogative. Sorry that no one cares about you pouting over Garnett slotting in at #12 weeks after it happened.


I ain't reading all that just because you want to circumvent around the fact you were wrong.

You are not reading because you already know you were projecting. :violin:


"meant to write the PS impact numbers are almost unanimously in Paul's favor in terms of Peak."-me

These three statements by you

"DraymondGold has been going over some of the “impact” numbers if that is your idea of “hardcore evidence."-You

"I knew what you meant. And again, I find that hard to believe, depending on what you are using as “impact numbers”."-You

"Or alternatively Garnett would rate higher in AuPM because it is more dependent on net ratings (where Garnett tops Paul even in the postseason) and to the extent it does use box scores it more deliberately skews to defensive box statistics to try to make up for how most all-in-ones undersell defence."-You

All are wrong (used plenty of the same metrics as DraymondGold) and that is what I was addressing. You refuse to admit this.
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Re: Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #23 

Post#79 » by AEnigma » Fri Sep 2, 2022 5:56 am

LukaTheGOAT wrote:
AEnigma wrote:
LukaTheGOAT wrote:
I ain't reading all that just because you want to circumvent around the fact you were wrong.

You are not reading because you already know you were projecting. :violin:


"meant to write the PS impact numbers are almost unanimously in Paul's favor in terms of Peak."-me

These three statements by you

“DraymondGold has been going over some of the “impact” numbers if that is your idea of “hardcore evidence."-You

Gee, not seeing a part where I say every metric he lists favours Garnett in the postseason.

”I knew what you meant. And again, I find that hard to believe, depending on what you are using as “impact numbers”."-You

Hmm, hold on a moment, it seems you must have accidentally forgotten a bit. Because obviously you would not just exclude yet another inconvenient element here, right?
depending on what you are using as “impact numbers”. Garnett had a ton of impact on his postseason teams, just not so much via the box score.

So exactly what part of that indicates PIPM/RAPTOR/BPM/“projected LEBRON” to you.

"Or alternatively Garnett would rate higher in AuPM because it is more dependent on net ratings (where Garnett tops Paul even in the postseason) and to the extent it does use box scores it more deliberately skews to defensive box statistics to try to make up for how most all-in-ones undersell defence."-You

All are wrong

Really? Please elaborate. Does Garnett not actually have a higher postseason on/off than Paul? Seems like you should have clarified that earlier if you feel that is the case.

(used plenty of the same metrics as DraymondGold)

“Plenty of the same” wow interesting word choice there. Any notable exclusions?

and that is what I was addressing.

The box score metrics I repeatedly said would not capture Garnett’s impact? Great job!

You refuse to admit this.

Oh fun more projection!

The funniest bit of this is that you could have just left it at Paul having an advantage in the box score metrics you cared about. But nope, you decided to handwave away Garnett having more actual team impact outside the box score. How sad. :cry:
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Re: Greatest Peaks Project (2022): #23 

Post#80 » by LukaTheGOAT » Fri Sep 2, 2022 5:42 pm

AEnigma wrote:
LukaTheGOAT wrote:
AEnigma wrote:You are not reading because you already know you were projecting. :violin:


"meant to write the PS impact numbers are almost unanimously in Paul's favor in terms of Peak."-me

These three statements by you

“DraymondGold has been going over some of the “impact” numbers if that is your idea of “hardcore evidence."-You

Gee, not seeing a part where I say every metric he lists favours Garnett in the postseason.

”I knew what you meant. And again, I find that hard to believe, depending on what you are using as “impact numbers”."-You

Hmm, hold on a moment, it seems you must have accidentally forgotten a bit. Because obviously you would not just exclude yet another inconvenient element here, right?
depending on what you are using as “impact numbers”. Garnett had a ton of impact on his postseason teams, just not so much via the box score.

So exactly what part of that indicates PIPM/RAPTOR/BPM/“projected LEBRON” to you.

"Or alternatively Garnett would rate higher in AuPM because it is more dependent on net ratings (where Garnett tops Paul even in the postseason) and to the extent it does use box scores it more deliberately skews to defensive box statistics to try to make up for how most all-in-ones undersell defence."-You

All are wrong

Really? Please elaborate. Does Garnett not actually have a higher postseason on/off than Paul? Seems like you should have clarified that earlier if you feel that is the case.

(used plenty of the same metrics as DraymondGold)

“Plenty of the same” wow interesting word choice there. Any notable exclusions?

and that is what I was addressing.

The box score metrics I repeatedly said would not capture Garnett’s impact? Great job!

You refuse to admit this.

Oh fun more projection!

The funniest bit of this is that you could have just left it at Paul having an advantage in the box score metrics you cared about. But nope, you decided to handwave away Garnett having more actual team impact outside the box score. How sad. :cry:


These statements are irrefutable. You only then admitted it depends on what you consider impact metrics after the fact. Backpicks BPM, RAPTOR, BPM, PIPM and AuPM are all stats DraymondGold used; these same stats you said KG would look better in but he doesn't except for AuPM. You were wrong unless you fail to grasp the logic of 4>1; if that was the case, I apologize for thinking higher of you. And 4 of those 5 stats I have listed, use plus-minus in some fashion hence they can be considered impact metrics (which you admitted they were when DraymondGold used them).


And you also lied about about AuPM.

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