A look at this season's top statistical defenders by Bradford Doolittle

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  • hawaikui
    Rookie
    • Nov 2008
    • 93

    #1

    A look at this season's top statistical defenders by Bradford Doolittle


    Bradford Doolittle rated players' defense based on dMULT. Do you think the metric tells the whole story of the players' defensive prowess? Or what would you look for when you rate these defenders? E.g. would you value anchors of team defense/ those who consistently hand out defensive swag?
  • Shinyhubcaps
    MVP
    • Oct 2007
    • 1786

    #2
    Re: A look at this season's top statistical defenders by Bradford Doolittle

    His rationale for using it sounds pretty good, and I think it's probably a good tool. However, I heard that some other metric-stat guy (John Hollinger, I believe) had Luc Richard Mbah a Moute as the best defender in the league, and he's not even in the top 17 of this one.

    So there probably needs to be some balance... in regards to anchoring your team defensively, this measure is actually a pretty good indicator.

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    • LeBron6_MVP
      Banned
      • Jan 2010
      • 211

      #3
      Re: A look at this season's top statistical defenders by Bradford Doolittle

      Durant number 3?!?! umm yeah, NO WAY!!!!

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      • hawaikui
        Rookie
        • Nov 2008
        • 93

        #4
        Re: A look at this season's top statistical defenders by Bradford Doolittle

        Kevin Pelton put it this way...
        The Thunder defends better with Durant on the court and his counterpart stats are even better than Sefolosha's, with opposing small forwards limited an incredible 23.1 percent below their usual productivity. Some of that is cross-matching between the Oklahoma City wings, as well as the quality of the team defense, but that's a major improvement from when players were 4.3 percent more productive than average against Durant.

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        • HMcCoy
          All Star
          • Jan 2003
          • 8212

          #5
          Re: A look at this season's top statistical defenders by Bradford Doolittle

          Exibit A on why the numbers craze is out of control. Hedo a top defender, Mbah a Moute not so much. Formula fail.
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