Plus/minus debate rages around league

 
BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, mbaldwin@opubco.com | Published: December 6, 2009   

There’s a statistic that indicated Kevin Durant last year might have been better suited for the D-League than the NBA All-Star Game.

Denver coach George Karl thinks so much of it, he uses it to structure game plans.

photo - If you go by plus/minus, Kevin Durant had a horrible 2008-09 season. Photo BY HUGH SCOTT, THE OKLAHOMAN
If you go by plus/minus, Kevin Durant had a horrible 2008-09 season. Photo BY HUGH SCOTT, THE OKLAHOMAN

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Lakers coach Phil Jackson, the Zen Master himself, tells his staff to toss it in the shredder. He’d rather substitute on sight and feel.

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