Interesting article on Melo in this week’s SI. Unfortunately the analytics mentioned are unreasonable. The article suggests that by the numbers Melo has not helped theKnicks much. Take a look at how the Knicks play with players in or out.
| Anthony | Brewer | Chandler | Felton | Kidd | Novak | J._Smith | Thomas | Prigioni | Copeland | |
| Anthony and other in | 10.67 | 4.65 | 13.47 | 12.67 | 12.63 | 13.82 | 10.75 | 4.65 | 10.08 | 18.08 |
| Anthony out and other in | dnp | -1.83 | 1.14 | -3.02 | 1.04 | -1.59 | -4.63 | -1.24 | -4.23 | -3.80 |
| Anthony in and other out | dnp | 14.52 | -0.11 | 7.22 | 8.06 | 9.07 | 10.51 | 11.27 | 10.80 | 10.19 |
| Anthony out and other out | -3.05 | -3.72 | -7.09 | -3.06 | -7.13 | -7.36 | 2.11 | -3.56 | -1.73 | -2.59 |
So with Melo and Chandler in Knicks play 13.47 ppg better than average but with Melo out and Tyson in Knicks only play 1 ppg better than average. Look at these numbers and tell me how Melo has not been very valuable this year!!!!!!!
Melo has been more valuable this year than in past years because the Knicks have few volume scorers except for himself, JR Smith and Felton. They have a few efficient scorers, but they all have very limited offensive skill sets (Chandler and Novak for example). Now that Amare is back, he can become the #1 scorer off the bench or move to the starting lineup when Melo is out. Melo being out should be less significant going forward.
Comment by Statmandu — January 25, 2013 @ 9:49 pm