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

[DanSchwartzgan]

Wood's last 10 games...

32.6 mins
20.8 pts
8.6 rbds
1.7 asts
0.7 stls
2.2 blks
53.6 FG%
40.6 3P%
75.0 FT%
66.0 TS%


On Offensive Rating: 120.6
Off Offensive Rating: 110.5
On/Off Offensive Rating: +10.1

On Defensive Rating: 112.4
Off Defensive Rating: 113.3
On/Off Defensive Rating: +0.9


On-Court Net Rating: +8.2
Off-Court Net Rating: -2.8
On/Off Net Rating: +11.0

Interesting piece of data that I don't have time to dig into today.  B-Ref and NBA.com apparently have very different methodologies for calculating O-Rating, D-Rating and Net.  B-Ref uses a formula developed by Dean Oliver that is supposed to focus on the obvious miscues made by the player in question.  I believe NBA.com is more about the actual points scored/allowed per 100 possession while said player is in the game.  

In 10 games as a starter, NBA.com has Wood as 118.4/118.7 for a net of -0.2 (bench 25 games was 114.9/109.6 for a net of 5.3)

In 10 games as a starter B-Reference has Wood as 122/112 for a net of +8 (bench 25 games was 111/113 for a net of -2)

It makes sense that NBA.com would show a different story.  Wood is +4 in total +/- in the 10 games as a starter the way NBA.com calculates +/-.  The team has a winning margin of 5 points in those games.  What I don't know is what to think about Dean Oliver's methodology and why it is so different than the actual game results.

To be fair, Wood's numbers as a starter and the team's numbers during those starts are really skewed by the Chicago blowout that Luka missed.  The more recent 9 starts in a row paint a more positive picture, but nowhere near as positive as the B-Reference numbers paint.