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if team is still playin why continue this treadmill? blow it up and start over

 

We are due for a paradigm shift, from what best for Lebron, to what's best for AD soon. Well actually..ASAP IMO.

 

I was hoping we resigned DinwiddieOMG a hair pulling 0-9 from 3 in a close game

 

I’d love to get Kuz back. 6’9-6’10 wing who can score, defend and rebound.

 

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/worst-defensive-rating-nba-players-2024

 

I’m gonna chalk that up to him playing in DC

 

I notice 2 things on that list of the top 25 “worst” defensive ratings so far. Look how high Dennis is on it, and AR is nowhere to be found with both of them typically taking on the toughest opposing guard match ups.

 

Defensive rating doesn't seem to be a very reliable defensive stat. As you mentioned, it seems team-dependent. With that said, I still dont think Kuzma is a good defender.

 

Get to the back of the line. No one wants to go there to backup TP

 

using what? if you think our trade bait is bad, check out portis and connaughton's numbers. i guess middleton's having an ok year, but i can't imagine that's what milwaukee (or the nets) would want. and the bucks have no picks to move, like literally stepien-ed out.

 

i honestly have no idea where schroder got his defensive rep around here. there's basically no metric that has him positive there, career long. he's as bad as dlo or worse on that end, consistently.

 

Middleton has been out all season, offseason surgery on both ankles. That's why the Bucks have been off to a slow start. I saw an article last night saying that he's been ramping up for a couple of weeks, and should be back next week or so.

 

lol, sorry--haven't watched the bucks at all and misread the stats. he had an ok year last year. that's very concerning for them.

 

We are blessed (knock on wood )with Lebron and AD being healthy lately. That's why I'm still optimistic.

 

He seems "faster" than most guards in attempting to stay in front of the other fast guards and he is seemingly a tough little sob.

 

i think he is both tough and fast, but he is also small, not particularly strong, and has a pretty low hoop iq. these latter facts cancel out the former strengths, and it has been the case at every stop, in every system. he looks the part of a defender, but doesn't play it.

meanwhile, kyle lowry's fat a**--at age 38--is pulling a marc gasol special and continuing to be a defensive force at the pg spot.

mike conley is also still good here; highlighting that hoop iq is probably as or more important than athleticism on defense. especially at the pg. you're going to get screened off the ball almost every play, so bulldog containment is nothing compared to screen navigation, switchability, playing angles, etc.

 

So only one player in the league Drammond can do that without any fines ?
He did basically same

 

Who will win Defensive Player of the Year?
Since the start of last season, no player has logged more career games (71) with multiple blocks than Victor Wembanyama, who has swatted at least three shots in 11 of 14 appearances this season for a young Spurs team that is learning how to outlast opponents in close games. Wembanyama has posted more blocks (51) than Anthony Davis and Draymond Green combined (46) to go with 18 steals, despite sitting out three games due to injury. -- Michael Wright

1. Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs: 43 points (67% of first-place votes)

T2. Anthony Davis, Los Angeles Lakers: 16 points (8% of first-place votes)

T2. Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors: 16 points

4. Dyson Daniels, Atlanta Hawks: 12 points (8% of first-place votes)

T5. OG Anunoby, New York Knicks: 5 points (8% of first-place votes)

T5. Franz Wagner, Orlando Magic: 5 points (8% of first-place votes)

T7. Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers: 3 points

T7. Jalen Suggs, Orlando Magic: 3 points

T9. Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies: 2 points

T9. Lu Dort, Oklahoma City Thunder: 2 points

11. Chet Holmgren, Oklahoma City Thunder: 1 point
So now only blocks considered as defense, Okay

 

AD won't get the award when we're #26 in defense, right or wrong.

who's who of the league's worst teams...and us.



we're 4th in offense, though, so...yay?

we finished last year 15th in offense, 17th in defense, for reference.

so again, as it pertains to this thread, i'd like to look for defensive players on the trade market.

hell, dennis smith jr. is sitting at home right now and was a good pg defender last year.

 

San Antonio is 10 at Western standing and will be tanking.So Wembanyama isn't DPOY also.
This is funny