Black Mamba
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But whether he's positive or not depends entirely on the other players on the court. The largest sample size is the Calderon/Ellis/Marion/Dirk/Dalembert lineup, which is +16.
It would be more accurate to say that Calderon and Ellis should only both be on the court at the same time when Dirk is also in the lineup. It's the Calderon/Ellis/Wince/Marion pairing which is really killing them. Hopefully with Wright back they will stop playing Marion so much at PF.
No, that lineup is +4.
Dirk's top 2 lineups with Ellis is +4 and +1. Without him it's +22 and +4.
Yeah, I agree the rest of Dallas isn't anything special. My point is that the difference between Dallas last year and this year is mostly Dirk being elite. It has little to do with Ellis. He isn't helping the team. His defense and rebounding is so bad it negates whatever he does on the other end which has now started to regress to his mean (which is bad).
By the end of the year, you will be probably asking to trade Ellis over summer.