What stat are you talking about? If its stats in general then your being way too vague. If I told you so and so was a 80% FT shooter, would you counter with well thats not a true measure of his ability?
That comment was in regard to "PER". Interestingly, Rick Barry has claimed that free throw shooting percentage is the only "trustworthy" statistic in basketball.
"Before delving into what happened in this game, I have to mention a scorekeeping issue that really bothers me--and a problem that Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson and Rick Barry have talked about for years. Robertson, at one time the career leader in assists, has repeatedly said that assists are doled out much more generously by scorekeepers than they were when he played. Barry told me that the only statistic he trusts is free throw percentage because every other number can be manipulated in some way either by the player (for instance, missing a shot to pad offensive rebounding totals) or by the subjective judgment of the scorekeeper, who has the final word in deciding whether or not a tap is an offensive rebound, who should get credit for a steal--and what constitutes an assist." - May 20, 2008
