On the Internet people have (http://www.thetwomangame.com/) questioned the Mavs trade for Rudy Fernandez. This is a great deal for the Mavs. Draft picks often do not pan out. Rudy is still young. There is a good chance the Mavs lose Stevenson and/or Barea to free agency. Here are our Adjusted +/- numbers on Rudy. Our weighted average gives a weight of 3 to last season, 2 to 09-10 and 1 to 08-09
| Season | Points | Offense | Defense | Impact |
| 08-09 | 6.8 | 3.5 | -3.3 | 7 |
| 09-10 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 29 |
| 10-11 | 6.6 | 5.9 | -0.7 | 13 |
| weighted avg. | 4.6 | 4.4 | -0.2 | 15 |
Rudy comes out nearly 5 points better than average which is terrific. His average Impact of 15% is much better than you would expect given his points rating.
In the 4th Quarter here is Rudy’s Adjusted +/-.
- 08-09 +8.5
- 09-10 +0.3
- 10-11 +7.5
Since the Mavs have access to our numbers, it does not surprise us that they went for Rudy.
[...] may say that Fernandez was a relatively neutral influence last season, and another –- according to long-time Mavericks stats consultant Wayne Winston, who claims that his advanced plus-minus system influenced Dallas’ decision making -– that [...]
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