This feature actually began as a reply to Mike, one of our faithful and astute PenguinPoop commenters. As I began to fashion my response the juices began to flow, and I figured I’d make it into a full-blown article.
So Mike, this one’s for you.
You mentioned that numbers lie, which reminded me of an old adage popularized by Mark Twain. “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.”
I’m not saying advanced stats don’t have value when evaluating a player’s performance. Obviously, they reflect certain aspects of a player’s game.