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Okay, bear in mind he was also on just about the worst team in the Western Conference last season.
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Right. Raja was a 28mpg contributor on one of the worst teams in the league last year and his +/- indicates that this really bad team of which he was a part did better when he was riding the pine. Never occurred to you that perhaps that's a red flag worth paying attention to?
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I still very fondly remember Raja being the best defensive player (by a really large margin) on the best Mavs team we've ever fielded in 02-03.
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Yet none of the stats even come close to supporting that memory.
- The Mavs actually allowed 1.5 points more per 48 minutes with Raja on the floor than off that year.
- By comparison, the Mavs were 5.9 points per 48 minutes better off defensively with Fin on the court than off.
- Whereas the Mavs gave up 93.8 points per 48 with Raja at SG, they allowed only 87.8 per 48 with Fin playing the 2.