THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

[F Gump]

Wood is in the midst of his 4th straight season of 20+ pts/36, 10.5+ rbds/36, 1.5+ asts/36, 1.0+blks/36, 50+ FG%, 37+ 3P%. He has produced for 4 straight seasons now at a level that very, very few NBA players have. 

In fact, Wood and Lauri are the ONLY players in the NBA scoring 17+ pts, 8+ rbds, and shooting 38+% on threes on 2+ 3PA/gm and Lauri is doing it with 6.5 more mins/gm.

Just reciting offensive numbers doesn't really tell us the story. A player has to contribute on TWO ends of the court to have significant value. One-way players are a dead end in building an elite team.

Or, to look at it another way, there's no question all those prior stats didn't particularly impress other teams either, since each team he's been on has let him go easily and cheaply (never mind the flashy numbers), and the market to get him has been modest at best (never mind the flashy numbers).