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^That's why efficiency is the best way to evaluate a player's performance. It's the rate of production, rather than the production. An efficient player on a bad team will still be efficient on a good team, while a productive player on a bad team won't necessarily be productive on a good team. Most people will look at something like a a scoring average, see player x is putting up 20+ per game, and make conclusions about his value or ability, when in reality that 20 means nothing by itself.