Mr. S£im Citrus said:
If this is true, then perhaps you can explain why it is that Peterson has statistically done better across the board when he gets more starts than he does when he comes off the bench? We're not evaluating intagibles here; statistics say he does better starting.
Ack. I've been sick of talking Raptors all week, but just when I thought I was out...
I'm surprised to hear that, could you post the link? Are the stats only the basic points, rebounds, assists, %. Does they account for minutes, +/-?
pts/48 is very misleading, I hope that's not a source of "proof".
Anyways, the thing with Mo Pete is he is entirely reliant on who's around him. When he started in place of Vince, he was either garbage (mainly FG%) or put up lots of garbage points. He is a dependable starter, and up until last year with defensive improvements, he would regularly get torched by superior starting players.
If he comes in and plays 10 minutes or 40 minutes, all that matters is whose around him. The main point of my post was you saying he's "utterly ineffective" when he doesn't start, which is not true.
He plays the same all the time, the only time his game changes is if it's garbage time, how weak the opponent's inside players are, and how poor their perimiter D is. Whether or not he starts dos not usually matter, except for the fact that better players draw more attention. And again, that has nothing to do with starting, just who else is starting.
