(12-25-2022, 02:55 PM)mvossman Wrote: 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.
Yep. It looks like the alternatives were awful, and it was just empty numbers in a going-nowhere 20-46 season. For the season, DET was -180 in the 62 games Wood played.
Back to this season, I was very encouraged by Wood's performance against HOU because it felt like for much of the game he played with effort and intensity on defense. His stats didn't look great, but I think his value will only come when he adds defense, rather than merely giving effort on offense. That was a game where, even though he wasn't scoring much, it felt like he really contributed at times. In that, I see light on the horizon.