How do you get off by referencing two special teams and saying “they weren’t derailed by injuries because they’ve got good players” when you’re referencing one team with the singular best player in the NBA and another team with 3 of the best players in the last decade or more? Show me how we “get good players” like that and I’m on board.

Do you really think Jason Terry averages 20 ppg as a starter on that team? I don’t.

Do you really think that asking questions and then answering them is a tactic that wins arguments? I don’t, it doesn’t make your question purposeful nor does it shed any light on why you feel the way you do.

This year he scores just as much as a starter as when he comes off the bench, and his percentages this year are worse than in previous years with Dallas. Maybe he’s taking more bad shots. Maybe he’s filling in for the scoring void left by Josh Howard. Who knows. But coming off the bench isn’t magically making him score more. He scores more because when he’s on the floor, he shoots more, and less effectively at that.

On Corey, here are two straightforward facts:

1. In the first 35 games of the season, Corey Maggette had injured hamstrings. Sometimes he played and sometimes he didn’t.

2. Since he came back from a 2 week absence to rest his hamstrings, he has not had injured hamstrings.

See how neither of those two statements have anything to do with his age, or his past medical history? Right now, he is healthy. Right now, he’s performing well. In December, he was not healthy. In December, he was not performing well. Referencing his age or that his body is broken down effect projected health, but it has no bearing on the factual aspects of whether or not he was healthy last Tuesday, or in the month of December, 2008.

You still haven’t provided any objective analysis on how well Corey Maggette performs with watson, buike, randolph and turiaf versus with jackson, monta, beans and crawford. You say you know what you’re talking about, I’d like to see your numbers or analysis to back it up. Please don’t just say “Some people are just better off the bench.” again. It gets boring hearing people repeat that mantra over and over again.

Maggs has his highest % numbers since his rookie year.

What percentage numbers are you talking about? Yes his FG% is up. His 3pt% is down well below his career average. His FT% is about the same. His eFG% is down from last year but still above his career average. His TRB% is just a bit below career average. His True Shooting % is also down a bit from last year but a bit above his career average. I’ve looked at all of these percentage stats and a few others and I still can’t see exactly what you see that leads you to believe that he is better off the bench.

His FG% is the only one that is up by any significant margin and my best guess would be that he is getting more transition opportunities than he has in the past when he was playing in a half court system. He could just be a better shooter this year (though his 3pt% doesn’t really support this idea) but whatever the reason I don’t see why you would chalk it up to coming off the bench.

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