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[QUOTE="Ghost, post: 1673383, member: 581"]
The stats are difficult to analyze (for me) when comparing a starter to a player utilized the way Howard is (I would guess - but I may be missing something...).

Let's take G, Mal, Cooney and every time they make a mistake each half, pull their stats for the rest of the half.  And then see what their respective numbers show.

For example, last game, second half begins, Howard comes in, has 1.5 possessions, he loses possession of the ball and fouls. His stats go to hell.  Someone else does the same thing - they play 18 more minutes.  Howard's numbers are almost always going to be shot because of the utilization.

You can argue that maybe Howard's stats would actually get worse (fair), or better (equally fair), but that's the eye test.  Otherwise, he's almost always outside the ebb and flow.  I get that his 100 possessions are equal to everyone's elses 100 possessions by true numbers, but I think they're harder to evaluate because of how he's utilized.  He's essentially starting each half/game coming off a damaging stat (turnover, missed shot, etc...) for the purposes they're being used to judge him here.

It's like using a pinch hitters batting average and saying that's what he would hit for the season.  Sure everyone's average is based off the same formula, but pinch hitting ain't quite the same as stepping into the box 4 times a game.
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