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

[mvossman]

I am saying I love stats until they are used in a way that goes against what they are saying. Wood was one man on a roster of 15 men. 

In the last 4 seasons (including this one) Wood has had an on/off rating of about +5.0, meaning his teams were significantly better when he played than when he didn't. And on his Detroit team, that team was actually a winning team when he played (!!!), this is a team that was 20-46.

So no, the stats do NOT say Wood is a "losing" player at all.

While I agree that it is not reasonable to say he is a losing player when he has been on such terrible teams, but a +5 on/off is not something to write home about given how bad the alternatives were.