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Thank you. One of the reasons I continue to draw breath is anticipation of the day when the advanced stats people really look at Garnett and he finally gets his
by shanusmagnus 12y ago
Thank you. One of the reasons I continue to draw breath is anticipation of the day when the advanced stats people really look at Garnett and he finally gets his due. Some fans may believe he has already received his due, but they are mistaken.
- gfunk911 12y agoI don't know if the advanced stats themselves give Garnett his full due, but I feel like the members of the analytics community give Garnett his due, no question. He was truly amazing, likely the best player in the league for a stretch. On the MIN team that won 58 games, the rest of the team in descending minutes order was Latrell Sprewell Sam Cassell Trenton Hassell Fred Hoiberg Mark Madsen Gary Trent THEY WON FIFTY EIGHT GAMES!!!!
- shanusmagnus 12y agoWhat I love is the beautifully pure metric offered by the 2008 trade, where they gave up KG and basically nothing, received a de-factor All Star (Jefferson) + some other stuff in return, and imploded to a degree that is rarely seen in the league. It's funny for a 20-10-5 guy to be chronically under-rated form a stats POV, but I think he was. I always tell people he was like having some kind of die-roll modifier: opposing teams took -3 on all rolls, and members of his team got +3. 20-10-5 doesn't begin to show everything he did.