With that said, we will still consider the metric at the individual player level. Something we have done at length here at Knicks Central. Whilst it can be used to assess players individual performance, it is better served as a team lineup metric. Commonly referred to as the on/off metric, it determines how many points the team scored more or less than their opponent when they were on the floor vs the bench. The plus minus statistic tracks a teams point differential when a player is on the floor, compared to when they are not. Now, let’s jump in with a quick primer on basketball plus minus, before we share the numbers. The plus minus metric can help us do that. We hope to determine, which players and lineups, when on the floor, contributed to the Knicks success. In this post, we will assess how the Knicks plus minus and provide some insights from last season. The metric has its flaws, which we will discuss, but it is simple to understand and can be a valuable metric amongst the leagues top talent. With this in mind, we wanted to review the New York Knicks plus minus from the 2021-22 season, and see how it compared with the rest of the NBA. It aims to help determine if a player, when they are on the court, helps their team win. They have their hands on the ball often and not enough good things happen when it does.One of the more basic NBA advanced statistics, is the plus minus (+/-) stat. It's not a huge secret that the struggles of those guys has been factor #1 in the struggles of the team overall. Lastly, not surprising, but Clarke and Boston show up at the bottom of the list as well. Now that doesn't entirely rest on his shoulders as he had four teammates with him when he's on the floor. I have felt that Toppin has been very effective when he's been given good minutes but the reality is he has the worst percentage of games in the negative of any player. And then I was surprised about Jacob Toppin. But the reality is that he has had a positive plus-minus in half the games this season, the best percentage on the team. I think Sarr gets a lot of grief from this fanbase, the most outside of Boston. I actually found these numbers a tad bit surprising. TOTAL GAMES POSITIVE PLUS-MINUS (min: 10 minutes played)
Now let's look at the overall number of games each of the regular rotation has been in the positive on plus-minus. One notable name missing there: Brandon Boston. So of the 11, Sarr has had 2, Jackson 2, Toppin 2, Allen 1, Askew 1, Mintz 1, Clarke 1, Ware 1. POSITIVE PLUS-MINUS IN LOSSES (min: 10 minutes played) For guys who have played at least 10 minutes in the game, we have seen 11 instances where a UK player had a positive plus-minus: It's easy to have a healthy plus-minus against Morehead State. Meaning even in defeat, which of our guys have still been effective. The first is how many times in our 8 losses have any of our players still had a positive plus-minus. There were two stats I wanted to look at, especially considering we are a losing team right now. But have the plus-minus stats really suggested what we think they do? Hell, Allen couldn't hardly see the floor for the first 8 games of the year. But the minutes didn't really reflect that and haven't seemed to reflect that for much of the season. Anybody with two eyes and a brain could see that Dontaie Allen and Lance Ware, along with Jacob Toppin in stretches, were far more effective than Brandon Boston and Olivier Sarr. A lot was made about the plus-minus stats from Saturday's game against Auburn, and rightfully so.
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