Folks seem to fixate on plus-minus numbers to guage how certain players performed in a given game. I think raw +/- stats are useless because there are too many factors ignored. "Real Plus-Minus" attempts to take into account other players on the floor for both teams and other factors. From ESPN, there are 513 players ranked in Real +/-. LeBron is 1, Steph is 2, etc. For the Cavs it's:
Love - 31; Allen - 75; Wade - 163; Nance - 183; Sexton - 218; Osman - 257; Prince - 265; Delly - 269; Hartenstein - 290; Garland - 334; Windler - 429; Okoro - 434; and Stevens - 494.
I think part of the perception problem for Sexton is that he's usually taken out mid-1st quarter and then subbed back in with 4 bench guys to finish the 1st quarter and start the 2nd. If the bench guys are not playing well nobody is a threat to score much less get his own shot besides Sexton. People want him to come off the bench but our problem isn't him starting. For instance, last night when he left the game with 5-1/2 minutes to go in the first quarter we were ahead 21-14. He had just made 2 free throws and then assisted a basket by Allen. He came back in with 3 minutes and change left and from then into the second quarter he played with backups. Inexplicably, he played the entire second quarter. We lost that quarter by 14 points. Sexton took one shot and made it. Garland took 10 shots in 9 minutes and made 4 of them. Yesterday the problem wasn't Sexton starting or Sexton dominating the ball.