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[QUOTE="Jake, post: 4223030, member: 86"]
Absolutely…..stats are product of ability, strategy and circumstance to a degree.  They give a sense of perspective, but they are not the end all be all.

The eye test - which you mocked - has significant value.  I see Buddy not even trying to close out on shooters or leaking out quickly.  Not rotating properly. Sy has intrinsically better ability to cut of lanes and keep people in front of him.  As a coach I know Sy will be a positive piece to a defense, not a guy I have to hide or compensate for like Buddy.

No offense, but I think people who quote stats as absolutes miss the bigger picture of what’s happening on the floor.

It’s like looking back at stats from this year and saying “Joe is a better shooter than Buddy”….which someone will do.  They don’t take into context what the other team was trying to do.

Everyone put their best defender on Buddy and chose to give open looks to Joe if they had to.  It’s not going to be the same next year, when the 6’4” defender is up Joe’s rectum at half court and Sy is getting open looks from 3.
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