EPTExample: Fisher, Vujacic, Bynum (last year and before Bnyum got hurt) were very very consistent. You knew exactly what you would get out of them on any given night and they produced X amount of stuff per game. This postseason that's been all out of whack.
Odom has always been inconsistent - but it's not in the same way as J R Smith. When Smith is off, he'll shoot 20% and contribute NOTHING. When Odom is off, he might still get 10 rebounds and be a presence. He might not be getting 20/15 with 3 blocks, but he'll at least contribute something.
So... Odom is like a +1 streaky player in that even when he's playing badly, he's at least contributing.. J R Smith contributes close to nothing when he's not "on". If the Lakers can't solve a lot of their issues, I really would doubt their ability to win a title. Example, I think Lakers vs Cavs would be a 50/50 tossup (Clevland has a big shot at winning it), although I think the Lakers have a better shot against Orlando. But in general, with the way the Lakers have been playing in the playoffs, even if they DO win, I would say 8 times out of 10 they wouldn't win with what they have been doing so far.
Vujacic: Incorrect. Oddly April is his best month, garbage time?
By Month G MIN FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% STL BLK TO PF OFF DEF TOT AST PTS
October 2 15.0 2.0-5.5 36.364 1.0-2.0 .500 0.0-0.5 .000 1.00 0.00 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 5.0
November 13 15.5 1.9-5.2 37.313 0.8-2.5 .333 0.9-1.0 92.308 1.15 0.00 0.6 2.2 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.4 5.6
December 15 15.0 1.8-4.2 42.857 1.1-2.6 .436 0.9-1.1 82.353 0.87 0.20 0.5 1.9 0.1 1.2 1.3 1.5 5.7
January 14 20.4 2.4-6.4 36.667 1.4-4.3 .333 1.1-1.1 100.000 0.93 0.07 0.3 1.7 0.2 1.8 2.0 1.7 7.2
February 13 14.2 1.4-4.4 31.579 0.7-2.5 .273 0.6-0.6 100.000 0.77 0.08 0.5 2.0 0.2 1.4 1.6 1.6 4.1
March 15 15.1 1.8-4.8 37.500 0.7-2.2 .333 0.3-0.3 100.000 1.00 0.07 0.4 1.9 0.5 1.5 2.0 1.1 4.7
April 8 17.6 2.6-5.1 51.220 1.4-2.6 .524 2.0-2.1 94.118 1.13 0.13 0.4 2.0 0.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 8.6
Derek fisher: Stats drop in april
By Month G MIN FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% STL BLK TO PF OFF DEF TOT AST PTS
October 2 23.5 3.5-9.5 36.842 1.5-3.0 .500 2.0-2.0 100.000 0.50 0.00 1.0 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 10.5
November 13 27.6 3.7-9.9 37.209 1.5-3.6 .426 1.0-1.1 92.857 0.85 0.15 0.9 2.4 0.5 1.9 2.5 2.8 9.9
December 15 31.7 4.1-8.2 49.593 1.6-3.6 .444 2.7-3.1 87.234 1.33 0.07 0.9 2.6 0.3 2.3 2.6 4.0 12.5
January 16 36.1 3.9-9.4 41.060 1.8-4.1 .431 0.9-1.1 82.353 1.63 0.06 1.6 2.3 0.4 2.3 2.7 4.7 10.4
February 13 30.2 3.5-7.8 45.098 1.7-4.5 .379 1.5-1.8 79.167 1.38 0.00 0.6 2.7 0.2 1.5 1.7 2.6 10.2
March 15 27.9 3.5-7.5 46.429 1.3-3.2 .417 0.9-1.1 87.500 0.40 0.07 0.5 1.8 0.1 1.9 2.1 2.4 9.2
April 8 21.5 2.0-6.5 30.769 0.4-3.0 .125 0.6-1.0 62.500 1.63 0.13 0.5 2.1 0.1 1.8 1.9 1.8 5.0
Bynum: Offense (fg%, shots) good in april. Rebounding down to 5.5 from season average of 8
October 2 26.0 4.0-8.5 47.059 0.0-0.0 .000 2.0-3.0 66.667 0.50 3.00 1.0 4.5 2.0 4.0 6.0 0.5 10.0
November 13 29.7 4.9-9.1 54.237 0.0-0.0 .000 2.9-4.0 73.077 0.77 2.08 1.4 3.0 3.8 5.8 9.5 2.2 12.8
December 15 27.9 5.1-9.3 54.286 0.0-0.0 .000 2.1-3.3 62.000 0.33 1.47 2.1 3.0 2.3 5.4 7.7 1.3 12.2
January 16 30.1 6.6-11.3 58.889 0.0-0.0 .000 4.0-5.4 73.563 0.13 1.94 1.6 2.9 2.4 5.3 7.8 1.1 17.3
April 4 26.8 6.8-11.8 57.447 0.0-0.0 .000 3.8-5.0 75.000 0.00 1.00 2.0 4.3 2.5 3.0 5.5 1.0 17.3
And there was something article on refereeing much earlier in which they believed more officials would create more confusion than it would help.
# Make-up calls: "This is the reason why we don't do that -- I can't tell you how many times I make a call that I think is correct -- and then go into locker room and it's wrong or vice versa. We don't really know. We do what is in our heart and what our mind tells us, but we don't know for sure until we see it in the locker room. So every play is a new play, and your focus has to be on the next play."
Maybe I'm thinking of the nfl, but if referees did make up calls it would crush their performance rating. What someone thought of as make-up calls is probably statistical averaging.
