The importance of Lillard

[Rastapopoulos]

Apparently, he was the player in the NBA for whose team there was the biggest offensive drop-off when he left the floor.

You might call this "The Nolan Effect".

 

[Mediocre Man]

Maynor played more than double the minutes Nolan did, so I wouldn't call it that

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Maynor played more than double the minutes Nolan did, so I wouldn't call it that

Fair enough. Although, of course, we didn't get Maynor until half-way through the season. Plus Maynor played a lot of minutes WITH Lillard.

 

[Boise Blazer]

Good to see stats that back up the eye test that screamed this

 

[magnifier661]

The good thing is knowing we have competent players coming off the bench. It shouldn't drop that badly. That has more to do with the lack of talent; than the value of Lillard IMO.