MAVS 108, PELS 92

[mavsluvr]

I have no problem with what Kidd said about +/-. In fact, I think he's right about +/- lying to you at times! A poster recently (too bad I can't remember who) said, accurately imo, that +/- is a noisy stat. 

lol, I see what you did there

BUT...having said all that... which I said just now before saying the part that I'm about to say...

I'm pretty sure JKidd looks at lineup data. And I'm pretty sure he takes a look at the data provided to him by the analytics department, which I would think includes some form of lineup data. Don't you think? 

I consider lineup data of the sort compiled by analytics departments a completely separate category of info than raw individual +/-, especially one-game individual +/-. Believe that multiple-player lineup data over a large enough sample can be quite useful in sorting out useful combinations of players, and as far as I know, all 30 teams use it (although, from what I understand, they have their own proprietary adjustments, and rarely make decisions based on raw data.)   

But Kidd doesn't have to tell us that. I'm completely comfortable with the coaching profession's practice of prioritizing messaging to the team over needs of the reporter when talking to the press.

Agreed, but I don't even think that necessarily came into it. If Kidd is judging how Luka and Bullock, for example, played in this game, I believe him when he says he watches what they are doing, and doesn't even care about the +/- numbers. Why? Because plus-minus numbers don't tell him a thing about how a guy played, and watching him does. No?

Excellent way to set up a discussion! I would expect no less from the board's resident Diplomat!