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#41: Great point. Jackson's stats have been inflated from what they normally would have been because he was starting for Bibby. It would have been a better comparison to have used his stats from last year. Of cource as you mention stats don't tell the whole story. Just remember that Eddie did what a lot of all stars have failed to do this year, he shut down Yao. That just doesn't show up on Eddie's stat sheet. Basketball is a team game and the Mavs are more team oriented than most if not all NBA teams. Take away a key part of that team and it doesn't function quite the same. One thing that I think Eddie does and does quite well is elevate the play of his teammates. You could look at the team stats with Eddie and without Eddie for examples. But as I have said in another thread, Statstics are the the tool of geniuses and the master of fools. We should use stats wisely for a tool instead of foolishly letting them rule our thinking.