Mo Williams, All Star?!?

As David Berri notes, statistically speaking, Mo Williams is essentially the same player he was last year in Milwaukee. Last year, nice player, above average, but by no means an All Star. This year, same guy, roughly the same performance, but he's an All Star. What gives?

His team is winning more games not because he's a much better player, but because he's on a different team, surrounded by better players (including especially LeBron James!). I'm all for winning being the ultimate goal in basketball, but team winning is not the best measure of individual player performance.

To wit, the team I ran with won every game we played last week in the Y. Does that mean I was a better player than everybody on every team we beat? Hell no! Anyone who saw me play could confirm that!