Kudos to you, Kyle Korver.
In the Chicago Bulls' first preseason game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Kover made the strongest impression of any of Chicago's new acquisitions, pouring in 22 points on 7-for-12 shooting. He led the team in minutes played, and after the game Derrick Rose heaped praise on the sharpshooter.
I'm guessing that was before Chicago's star saw the plus-minus numbers.
Korver was a miserable minus-11 in that category, third-worst behind C.J. Watson (minus-15) and Brian Scalabrine (minus-14). Granted, the plus-minus numbers are going to be bad when your team loses by nine, but such a negative number shows something is wrong.
Which, of course, is that Korver can't play defense.
The plus-minus statistic shows the team's net points when that player is on the court. So when Korver played, the Bulls were outscored by 11.
Kurt Thomas, on the other hand, had no points and one rebound in 14 minutes of action and the Bulls were two points better when he was on the floor.
To be fair, the plus-minus numbers are going to be a bit out of whack in the preseason, because coaches are more concerned ...
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Chicago Bulls 2010 Preseason: The “Plus-Minus” of Kyle Korver
October 6th, 2010 by Brian Chappatta Leave a reply »
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