Does the dunk-o-meter mean anything

[mviale]

Trend barely played but almost had as many dunks as our starters.  Could this kid have talent?

[TallTitan34]

I think we may be looking at different dunk meters.  I see Blackledge with 2. 

I'm guessing they came against the likes of Eastern Michagan and Detroit. 

[RawdogDX]

I think we may be looking at different dunk meters.  I see Blackledge with 2. 

I'm guessing they came against the likes of Eastern Michagan and Detroit. 

Yeah he had that one game that had people freaking out about him.

I'm surprised Hayword has dunked.  I don't know if i've ever seen him jump high enough to, rebounding included.

[spiral97]

Ahh.. fun with stats..
2 dunks is barely significant compared to the starter numbers:

Player	Dunks	%
James	13	27.66%
Barro	12	25.53%
McNeal	8	17.02%
Matthews	6	12.77%
Hayward	4	8.51%
Blackledge	2	4.26%
Burke	2	4.26%
Team	47	100.00%

However looking at it this way:

Player	Dunks	Minutes	Min/Dunk
Blackledge	2	122	61.00
Barro	12	801	66.75
James	13	959	73.77
McNeal	8	848	106.00
Hayward	4	436	109.00
Burke	2	257	128.50
Matthews	6	904	150.67
Team	47	4327	92.06

shows Blackledge leading the team.

Bottom line, the dunk-o-meter is just a for-fun stat.  Conclusions can't really be made off of it without taking many other things into account (even minutes aren't enough).  I believe Blackledge does have talent - I do not believe he has shown it though (not even in dunks).