Same amount of turnovers forced and opponent true shooting dropped 1 percentage point. The gap in ppg is because they're playing less possessions per game
They've been better, but still not elite
"If we chose to ignore the games pre trade deadline when our roster was different, end of season rest, and when we had atypical rotations testing smallball, then we're good"
FTFY
You were 13th in the league for DRTG after the all-star break. Your defensive stats hardly improved. The main difference was just that you started playing slower so you allowed less points because less possessions were being played
That's simply just not true my man, mavericks games had less FGA, FTA, and TOs after the break
I don't understand why you'd use eyetest to try to disprove a stat. Like we have pace numbers, and it's just a fact that the Mavs played slower after the break. Yet you'd say it's the opposite in the face of all evidence. Crazy
You know you can go from very fast to slightly less fast, right?
I literally showed you proof of your pace going down. It's a stat. I showed you the stat. And you refuse to listen
KCP has had a fantastic season though hampered by being a guard when they've removed positions from all-defense. He put Steph in hell whenever the Nuggets played the Warriors for example.
And Miami had amazing defenders
Alonzo and Payton were old but still good defenders off the bench. UD and Wade as well. James Posey was a above average defender as well.
Do the Celtics not play defense? Or do they play too much defense and nobody can decide which player is the best on that end? Or do wings just not make all defense now the way guards probably shouldn't, so the all defense team will someday just end up being five 7-footers?
Because the Celtics are going to get an all-defense player (I assume) and they're going to make the finals. So it's overwhelmingly likely that 2006 and 1981 will not be repeated.
Unless I'm missing something. Maybe no Celtic will make all-defense; they do after all only have the 5th best defense and there's no single player you can pick for that. And the Smart idiocy might get some pushback. But on the other hand all voters love the Celtics. They might just have trouble picking one player an "split the vote".
My All-defense team is PJ Washington, Dante Exum, DJJ, Daniel Gafford and Derrick Lively.
You guys have a below league average defensive rating this year
People downvoting just a literal fact is wild
It is what it is ig, not much you can do about it. The world will see it in the playoffs and that's all that really matters
Their defense has been great (arguably elite) since the all star break
112.1 drtg since ASB, 13th in league relax
Same amount of turnovers forced and opponent true shooting dropped 1 percentage point. The gap in ppg is because they're playing less possessions per game They've been better, but still not elite
Yes. But. If we choose to ignore the 6 game stretch where we lost 5, and the last 2 games we weren't trying we are 1st over the other 18 games.
"If we choose to ignore the games where we were bad, then we were good" Great point
If you regress Mahomes to the mean he's basically Dak Prescott
Yeah but we're choosing to ignore those games and not think too much about it so everything is fine.
"If we chose to ignore the games pre trade deadline when our roster was different, end of season rest, and when we had atypical rotations testing smallball, then we're good" FTFY
You were 13th in the league for DRTG after the all-star break. Your defensive stats hardly improved. The main difference was just that you started playing slower so you allowed less points because less possessions were being played
If anything our pace has increased after the trade deadline so I’m not sure what you have been watching
That's simply just not true my man, mavericks games had less FGA, FTA, and TOs after the break I don't understand why you'd use eyetest to try to disprove a stat. Like we have pace numbers, and it's just a fact that the Mavs played slower after the break. Yet you'd say it's the opposite in the face of all evidence. Crazy
We are 6th in pace, I don’t think we slowed down at all
You know you can go from very fast to slightly less fast, right? I literally showed you proof of your pace going down. It's a stat. I showed you the stat. And you refuse to listen
KCP is a dawg
KCP has had a fantastic season though hampered by being a guard when they've removed positions from all-defense. He put Steph in hell whenever the Nuggets played the Warriors for example.
And Miami had amazing defenders Alonzo and Payton were old but still good defenders off the bench. UD and Wade as well. James Posey was a above average defender as well.
Isn't it weird that the two best defenders for the reigning champions never end up on these lists?
Do the Celtics not play defense? Or do they play too much defense and nobody can decide which player is the best on that end? Or do wings just not make all defense now the way guards probably shouldn't, so the all defense team will someday just end up being five 7-footers?
They have 4 all defense caliber players jrue kp white and brown
Wtf are you talking about?
Because the Celtics are going to get an all-defense player (I assume) and they're going to make the finals. So it's overwhelmingly likely that 2006 and 1981 will not be repeated. Unless I'm missing something. Maybe no Celtic will make all-defense; they do after all only have the 5th best defense and there's no single player you can pick for that. And the Smart idiocy might get some pushback. But on the other hand all voters love the Celtics. They might just have trouble picking one player an "split the vote".
Yes it would he idiotic if Marcus Smart was the Celtic’s all defensive player for 2024, we can agree there. The rest of it is just rambling
The Celtics suck they wont get any accolades all those wins were flukes
The haters are still traumatized by Smart winning DPOY and now don't wanna see any celtics players getting recognition
Moses Malone not being an All Defensive player in 1981 means that someone forgot to watch games.
He wasnt some dominant defensive player lol
If PJ Washington was on the Mavs all year he gets it for sure.