Shouldn't W/L also factor into this equation? 20ppg/3rpg/1apg on a .400 team is pretty much worthless, IMO.
This makes absolutely ZERO sense (but, at least you're consistent).
First, Wesley Matthews isn't playing in a 0.400 team. The team was 10-11 when you made that post. That's 0.476, not 0.400. They are now 11-11. Since you seem to have trouble with simple math, that's 0.500.
Second, Mattews was starter, as a rookie, on a 53-win Utah team last season. Again for your benefit, that's 0.646.
Matthews has clearly improved over his rookie performance, yet his team is winning fewer games. By your logic, that makes him a worse player this year than last. Is that true? Fuck no it isn't. What's different is he had better teammates and a better coach last year in Utah than he does this year in Portland. Basetball is a team, sport and better TEAMS win more games.
When putting down players you don't like, you constantly and deliberately overlook the fact that basketball is a team sport. You've done it in Matthews case, you did it in Andre Miller's case and you've done it in Kevin Love's case.
Did Kobe Bryant suddenly start sucking when the Lakers traded Shaq and they dropped from 56 wins and a trip to the finals to 34 wins and missing the play-offs? No, it would be stupid to claim he did. His advanced stats remained remarkably consistent. What changed was his teammates. They weren't nearly as good. In addition to losing Shaq, he also lost Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Rick Fox and Derek Fisher. Did Kobe suddenly become good again when the Lakers traded their left over garbage for Pau Gasol? No, once again, it wasn't Kobe that changed, it was the quality of his teammates.
"Blaming" Wesley Matthews for the Blazer one game under 0.500 record (at the time of your post) is assinine and exhibits an extreme case of tunnel vision. Basketball is a team sport. Evaluating an individual player's worth, based on team won:loss record, without considering the quality of his teammates is just plain stupid. Did Pau Gasol instantly become 2.6x as good when he was traded from a Memphis team that would win 22 games to a Lakers team that would win 57? Did Kevin Garnett instantly become 2.2x as good at the age of 31 when he was traded from the 30-win Timberwolves who couldn't make the play-offs to the 66-win Celtics who won an NBA title? No, that's ludicrous. Gasol and Garnett didn't change, they just got MUCH better teammates.
So, stop stupidly pretending individuals play in a vacuum. They don't, they are part of a team. Pretending their worth is determined largely by team record, without considering their teammates is the weakest argument I've ever seen you make PapaG, and that's saying a lot.
BNM
Not sure it's worth a wtf/babble, but whatever.
