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Originally Posted by WaiverWire

Here’s the article that does the deep dive into whether Luka might just be an amazing stats guy, but may never translate to something more. https://www.theringer.com/2024/5/8/2...a-city-thunder

Pretty much what I thought about it being total nonsense.

On/Off numbers aren't something you can look at independently and draw any conclusion from

Luka, this year at a +11.9 on/off... positive on both the offensive and defensive end. That's 96th percentile in the league.

+8.4 on offense and -3.5 on defense.

That accounts for an estimated 28 wins.

You can say a lot of things about Luka, the complaining, the lack of consistent defensive effort, etc... but you definitely can't say he doesn't add to winning basketball. The Mavs would be the worst team in the league if you swapped Luka out for an average PG