82. "I'm saying any time TS% is used as an iron-clad metric = lacks context" In response to In response to 81
and any time players are compared or ranked via TS% it's misleading and/or incomplete.
ANY TIME
it's insightful, but not definitive. I believe saying "Kobe's '12-13 TS% is > than Melo's '12-13 TS% therefore Kobe is a better shooter than Melo this year" (or any similar statement) lacks the context to hold any meaning of real value. it's the first question which should lead to more questions, i.e. who are the teammates, what's the style of play, what's the usage, etc. and so on.
so I'm not devaluing the stat as much as I'm saying it might not say as much as lots of the stat heads seem to think it says <--- this is my gripe.
maybe you and the other new school stat heads recognize these sorts of stats are merely an imperfect tool to help support our understanding of the game, but it doesn't come across in posting here imo.