@Ghost_823@sitenyk -1.4 vs -0.5 defensive EPM for the season (and Trae was at -0.1 before he injured his shoulder in late December) they're both ass and the differences between them defensively is not nearly as meaningful as y'all want it to be
@Ghost_823@sitenyk Trae has been one of the better guard defenders in the clutch this season especially when it comes to deflections and forced turnovers but unlike y'all I'm not shameless enough to argue that actually makes him good lmao this is like 10th percentile vs 20th percentile at best
@Ghost_823@sitenyk not really but I'm not going to argue with people who don't watch my team about my team lmfao all I'm going to say is posting that record without any context is not the gotcha you think it is
@Ghost_823@sitenyk winning games in March against depleted teams missing their stars and lottery teams is not a good indication of how good a team actually is. the only real wins we got were against the Celtics, otherwise the second best team in that stretch was Orlando without Paolo. stop trolling
@Ghost_823@sitenyk Made the playoffs once he had real teammates instead of DeAndre Bembry and Vince Carter and missed it for the first time in 3 years after he was out for over a quarter of the season with injury. Also league average or higher TS% every season on an extremely tough shot diet π€·π½
They'll bring up Ant vs Ja from two years ago and pretend Ja's efficiency numbers weren't egregiously bad while Bane and Clarke were the real hoopers in that series
@Fiizop keep fighting the good fight brother, #they will try to put him over Harden and Steph and it's up to people who don't watch the game through TikTok edits to push back against the narratives
@sitenyk@Sageof6turtles providing context is excuses now lmfao ok man sure let's pretend Murray/Capela is the same as OG/Randle/Donte/Mitch/Hartenstein
@sitenyk@Sageof6turtles Donte magnetball was outrageous this playoffs idk what you were watching but he was easily one of the best players in the East offs for a good while
@sitenyk Missed playoff argument hilarious because both all-NBA first team guards last year missed the offs and nobody pretends they're bums. The obvious difference being their teams got better & they were put in position to succeed. That hasn't been true in Atlanta for half a decade now
@sitenyk Idc ab that playoff run because that's not necessary to make the point π the scoring gap between Brunson and him right now is not nearly as large as the playmaking gap and they're both minus defenders with limited physical tools. Difference is one actually has a competent FO