Re: The Hornets have blown the Chris Paul era
No...best passing, maybe. If you seriously say a point guard is a great rebounder, then that point guard isn't doing his job right. PG's are what most people that are familiar with basketball call an outlet player on rebounds and fastbreaks. Best defensive is hands down wrong, and I'll prove that in an article that was written the same way by about 15 NBA analysts. New Orleans really did well last year too by the way.
"Next is steals. Well, steals in NO WAY means you are a good defender. In fact it could prove quite the opposite because there is a lot of risk involved.
Example. Allen Iverson was always a leader in steals, yet not once was he ever an All-NBA Defender. NOT ONCE.
In fact Chris Paul is a defensive liability. According to Wyc Grousbeck in a TrueHoop article;
With Paul on the court, the Hornets give up 106.37 points every 100 possessions; with him off the court they're much better defensively, giving up only 99.94 points every 100 possessions. It's worth noting that Paul's on-off disparity is the worst of all Hornets players (starters or subs), so it cannot be a mere artifact of his being on the court with other poor defensive players. (By way of comparison, for example, the Hornets are 1.5 points better defensively with David West on the court)."
No...best passing, maybe. If you seriously say a point guard is a great rebounder, then that point guard isn't doing his job right. PG's are what most people that are familiar with basketball call an outlet player on rebounds and fastbreaks. Best defensive is hands down wrong, and I'll prove that in an article that was written the same way by about 15 NBA analysts. New Orleans really did well last year too by the way.
"Next is steals. Well, steals in NO WAY means you are a good defender. In fact it could prove quite the opposite because there is a lot of risk involved.
Example. Allen Iverson was always a leader in steals, yet not once was he ever an All-NBA Defender. NOT ONCE.
In fact Chris Paul is a defensive liability. According to Wyc Grousbeck in a TrueHoop article;
With Paul on the court, the Hornets give up 106.37 points every 100 possessions; with him off the court they're much better defensively, giving up only 99.94 points every 100 possessions. It's worth noting that Paul's on-off disparity is the worst of all Hornets players (starters or subs), so it cannot be a mere artifact of his being on the court with other poor defensive players. (By way of comparison, for example, the Hornets are 1.5 points better defensively with David West on the court)."
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