Yep, except they don't make me want to punch an old drunk Bahstaner in the face.

I know what you mean.

Actually, those were from after the Clippers game and don't count the Seattle game. 82games.com only updates every few days or so.

Oh schnauzer! The numbers are approaching ludicrous level.

There is one other player in the entire league that has similar +/- offensive and defensive stats as AJ.

Amir:
111.6 on offense
97.4 on defense

Mystery Player:
112.4 on offense
97.8 on defense

As FreshPrince pointed out, Amir's #'s should change for the better once yesterday' lockdown is factored in.

Any guesses on who the mystery player is? Here's a hint. He made approximately $20 Million more in salary than Amir this year. That's a quarter Mill more per game... about $6K per minute... $100 per second... etc.

I'd guess Kevin Garnett.

Did the salary give it away?

Well, it helped...LOL.

But with the reasonable assumption that you were talking about an elite-level MVP type, KG seemed like the best guess to match those gaudy +/- numbers, which is more or less the main case for his MVP candidacy.

I thought Amir did a decent job on KG, he forced a miss which Boston O boarded, and the foul where he blocked KG's shot L handed was fairly weak.

Obviously when he went for the steal and got dunked on that wasn't so good... But KG did the same thing and gave up a dunk guarding Ra.

It appeared to me that KG mostly scored on the other Big when Amir was in the game.

Sheed has got to stay out of foul trouble so you can put Amir on 'the other big' if we play Boston again and don't get our asses kicked by Cle or Orl.

Well, I sure didn't think Amir was up to the task of guarding KG, but it's a lot to ask from a guy who still barely has any meaningful NBA experience. But Amir did a lot better early on in the 4th quarter when KG wasn't on the floor, and that (which could be a pretty significant contribution) seems like the best we can hope for from AJ in a conference finals matchup with Boston.