Comments on: The Best Players Ever to be Traded Midseason

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:14:26 +0000

As a Portland fan, I can pretty happily trumpet that I feel that Gerald Wallace would make this list.

By: BSK

BSK — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:44:32 +0000

Re: Melo

A lot of the conversation around him talks about him being the best pure scorer. What does that even mean? If the argument is that he is the best player at putting the ball in the basket, does anyone REALLY believe that? If the argument is that he's the best at being ONLY a scorer... I suppose that's possible. But is that really a good thing?

By: Stu B

Stu B — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:06:45 +0000

How could such a list not include Earl Monroe?

By: AYC

AYC — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:42:52 +0000

Hilarious... With zero hype or speculation, the Nets just traded for a much better player than the Knicks did.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:25:47 +0000

Williams is on pace for 9.9 WS/82 team games this year. Last year he had 10.3; the year before that, 8.4. So his 3-year weighted average would be 0.6*9.9 + 0.3*10.3 + 0.1*8.4 = 9.9, which ties him for 10th on the list.

By: Lig Lury

Lig Lury — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:58:31 +0000

Following the latest news:
Where would Deron Williams rate on this list?

By: Greyberger

Greyberger — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:58:09 +0000

Re #30, it's hard to say since it'll be a new CBA. Three max contracts is pushing it under the current one, they'll have to get creative to get Chris Paul in the mix. One thing's for sure, contracts like Stoudemire's and Anthony are definitely going to represent a larger percent of the cap (whatever form that cap takes). Although everybody should know by now what a crippling thing it is to have a dead-weight max contract, it sometimes seems like GMs can't help themselves. Orlando and Atlanta are playoff clubs, hopefully better managed than the bottom of the league. But I can't help but second-guess moves like trading for Arenas and his contract, or signing Joe Johnson to a new one that might end up being 40% of your total player salary.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:38:30 +0000

My friend and I joked earlier how the Knicks are now the most exciting 43-39 team ever. Though of course Chris Paul can tip the scales from pretender to contender.

I ask, though, could the Knicks even actually afford to sign both?

By: huevonkiller

huevonkiller — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:11:26 +0000

#27

Well all defensive stats can be affected by scheme that's not really the problem.

I'll take defensive rating with a larger grain of salt. Counterpart per for non-tweeners is quite useful.

Over a large sample size it can be just fine, think of it like adjusted plus-minus, which is even goofier in my opinion.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:47:47 +0000

That was a terrible analysis! Donyell Marshall is number 20, Eddie Jones is number 10, old-ass Gary Payton number 7! This is what you get when you try to reduce the game to numbers. Unintelligent observations. There are so many more variables that go into it that just "win shares." That stat is apparently trying to be the ultimate expression of a player's contribution to a team, yet is just another faulty equation. Say what you will about Melo, this list is still brimming with statistic anomalies.