<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Aug 4 2008, 10:29 PM) 
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Denny Crane @ Aug 5 2008, 01:21 AM) 
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The stats do measure his boneheaded plays.
Bad passes are boneheaded plays.  His assists/48 minutes wouldn't be so great if he didn't make good decisions.</div>
Wrong, pace has a huge influence on that.  Also should look at Assist to turnover ratio
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>His opponents' PER would be terrible if he made boneheaded plays and let them score on him.</div>
Most of his bonehead plays on defense result in other players scoring because of the chain reaction they create on defense.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>His +/- wouldn't be positive if the cumulative result of all these anecdotal boneheaded plays were costly at all (and you think they would be).</div>
No, he is a talented player that is able to do well despite his boneheaded plays.  If he didn't make the boneheaded plays, he'd already have a large contract this summer.
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By that logic, maybe if he sneezed funny on the bench, the chain reaction would lose the game for his team.
Sheesh.
Every player makes boneheaded plays.  Kobe pulls up for 3 pointers 11 seconds into the clock.
See how great anecdotal evidence is?