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+/- works in hockey because scoring is at a premium, and it emphasizes play on both ends of the ice. It’s possible to hold a team scoreless and quite possible to stop a team’s best player from scoring. There’s just not a parallel in basketball. There aren’t situational subs in hockey like there are in basketball. For example, there are guards who are excellent ball handlers and free throw shooters. They may get an inordinate amount of pt when his team is up. He likely finishes with a higher +/- because his team hits a bunch of last minute free throws as the other team jacks 3’s. The positive +/- would not mean as much in that case. In the case of hockey, Inguess it does help to understand that players do not get a positive point for scoring on a power play or a negative pony for giving up a point on the penalty kill.
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