stanlove1111
03-14-2015, 02:02 PM
I hope lovers of stats watch what is going on with Westbrook and it helps them understand basketball a little better.
Westbrook is the same basketball player now as he was 3 months ago. The difference is now his goals have changed so he puts up better stats. This would happen to any player who all of a sudden made it their goal to take a bigger piece of the pie..
This is why when looking at Wilt for example stats it has to be put into the context that Wilt was actively trying to out up huge individual stats. When comparing someone like Wilt's stats with say Jabbar or Russell its no fair to just compare stats because one is playing within a team concept with no goals of trying to put up massage individual numbers and the other is trying to put up huge numbers..
All that a player should be judged on is how much his game means when the goal is how much your team scores vs how much the other team scores...
To the stats obsessed know nothing, no problem..Anytime you need some help understanding the game I will be glad to help you.
Westbrook is the same basketball player now as he was 3 months ago. The difference is now his goals have changed so he puts up better stats. This would happen to any player who all of a sudden made it their goal to take a bigger piece of the pie..
This is why when looking at Wilt for example stats it has to be put into the context that Wilt was actively trying to out up huge individual stats. When comparing someone like Wilt's stats with say Jabbar or Russell its no fair to just compare stats because one is playing within a team concept with no goals of trying to put up massage individual numbers and the other is trying to put up huge numbers..
All that a player should be judged on is how much his game means when the goal is how much your team scores vs how much the other team scores...
To the stats obsessed know nothing, no problem..Anytime you need some help understanding the game I will be glad to help you.