Comments on: Wayne Winston: Derrick Rose has impact

By: Tony C.

Tony C. — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:22:27 +0000

I should also point out that Matt could have entitled the post:

“Winnie Supports Pooh”

By: chitown4life

chitown4life — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:28:00 +0000

I have said this from the start of the season when rose said why can’t I be the MVP.He has played himself right into that positin as it stands today now he is finally getting all the respect for what he does on the court league wide.D rose if the votes stopped today should win the MVP with the record they have and the players they missed during the tme of the record Rose has been the mainstay of the team him and Deng and T gibs and yes the big play of big sexy this year must give Kurt thomas some due credits, but D Rose has been the one, who mainly has been the key for them winning most of there games thus far. He has my vote for the MVP. Go BULLS… Peace

By: Tony C.

Tony C. — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:52:17 +0000

A stat such as “Impact Ratings” is an interesting concept, given the weighting on end-of-game importance. But it’s clearly limited, given, for example, that Turkoglu is rated as being vastly superior to Dwight Howard based on the metric.

Now c’mon, everyone knows that Howard is something of a liability on the free-throw line, but his defensive presence in the lane is, by a wide margin, more intimidating than that of any other player in basketball. And that, in and of itself, brings great value to crunch-time that these type of advanced stats simply do not take into account.

Having said that, Winston must be doing something right, as it is nice to see Rose and the likes of Jamaal Crawford getting props for their late-game value.

By: Gorditadog

Gorditadog — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:37:33 +0000

Wayne Winston is a very smart man.