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Yeah, the benefit of the box-score related advanced stats is that you don't have the noise associated with the 9 other guys on the floor with you or the 10 other guys playing when you are on the bench.

I think the On/Off numbers do help fill in the blanks that just can't be adequately captured by box score stats. Defense is a big one. But so is something like floor spacing. Did Kyle Korver's mere presence on the floor create so much space for the rest of the offense to operate that it lifted team performance regardless if he actually took a shot or not? This is where the multi-year On/Off and Net Rating numbers can be of benefit.

Q12543 wrote:Yeah, the benefit of the box-score related advanced stats is that you don't have the noise associated with the 9 other guys on the floor with you or the 10 other guys playing when you are on the bench.

I think the On/Off numbers do help fill in the blanks that just can't be adequately captured by box score stats. Defense is a big one. But so is something like floor spacing. Did Kyle Korver's mere presence on the floor create so much space for the rest of the offense to operate that it lifted team performance regardless if he actually took a shot or not? This is where the multi-year On/Off and Net Rating numbers can be of benefit.

Sure. Both statistics have merit and should be used as part of the bigger picture when analyzing performance. I think we all agree there.

My beef is using it as the only stat, especially when so many other stats tell us an entirely different story about a player sometimes. I think most of us agree on that.