Comments on: Layups: What if… Grant Hill, the Sequel

By: steve norris

steve norris — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:59:57 +0000

people we must not forget how good grant hill really was before his injury in detroit.

By: binary

binary — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:58:39 +0000

In the long run? You mean, because they are benefiting now. Who knows what would have happened if Hill weren't hurt? It could easily be that the value of Hill would have gone way up and they could have pulled in other talent that would have increased the success of the team. It could be that they pulled in other talent interested in playing with Hill.

One cannot judge the value of an unknown purely because the value of said unknown is just that. Unknown.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:07:24 +0000

I'm not a fan of these inane statistical gymnastics which are all a whole lot of nothing, but this is an interesting point. If those guys hadn't gotten hurt, they would never have been in a position to draft Howard.

But all in all, this is also a point which does not require statistics. Which is the very problem with nearly all of this dopey statistical games you see all over the place, they almost always fail to take the real world into account, not to mention good old-fashioned common sense.

The knucklehead Hollingers of the world spray-painting their graffiti all over the place, only it's never referred to as such.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:27:30 +0000

Yeah, I think it's safe to say that Orlando Magic fans can thank Grant Hill, ultimately, for bringing them Dwight Howard.