@RFreemyer@EmmanuelAronov@v8der1@ash4nd1021 I said over long samples, and you’re talking about samples vs bench lineups during a season Jamal is a member of the team. Is that not meaningfully different than replacing Jamal as a starter in the lineup?
@jaycee9987@v8der1@ash4nd1021 When it matters almost certainly. Ausar is an inept offensive player, and offense and defensive aren’t two things that are wholly unconnected. In the regular season it would likely be somewhere around 17-20th. The offensive rating would be around there too tho.
@RFreemyer@EmmanuelAronov@v8der1@ash4nd1021 It ignores just how important an offense is to facilitating good defense and surrounding Jokic, who’s declined offensively, with defensive non creators will just invite different defensive problems. Unless you’re putting players around him who cost assets they don’t have.
@v8der1@ash4nd1021 Well, not average POA, he had maybe the best screen navigator in the league in KCP, so I’d say elite POA, but still that was a different Jokic. He was playing at the level more, instead of all drop. This Jokic in all
drop no one is helping IMO
@EmmanuelAronov@v8der1@ash4nd1021 Sure, that’s the issue. Although it’s fallen off a cliff with Jokic in the playoffs the last two years. Problem is I don’t believe you can just “surround Jokic with defenders” and make a competent defense over a large sample size.
@v8der1@ash4nd1021 Change it to Ausar then who impact metrics have higher than Rudy. The issue is that a center is the single most important part of a defensive unit, and a weak defensive one hinders you more than any other position. If we just had like a Zubac the defensive rating would soar up.
@G1DBAM If we had Rudy Gobert and literally no other changes where would you rank the defense? Compared to taking Jamal off for Suggs or Holiday or whoever your favorite defensive guard is.
@v8der1@ash4nd1021 5 is the most important part of the defense. Put Rudy on this team it’s a top 5-10 defense. Take Jamal off for like Suggs maybe they get to like 18-19.
@TheCardHut@imspenser_6 Can’t analyze what you’re seeing on a court effectively, so you just default to silliness instead. I wonder do the playoff defense numbers from last year match your position? (They don’t). Hard for Jokic eaters to just admit he’s a shit defender. They both are.
@TheCardHut@imspenser_6 Yea you’re an idiot. He’s guarding the corner in the second picture dumbass. Peterson cut from the top because we had 3 players on the ball handler at the top of the key.
@TheCardHut@imspenser_6 Jamal is on ball in exactly one of these clips 😂. The other he’s even pictured in is off a rotation because we decided to double the ball in a terrible position.
@drenchmansports Do LeBron fans tell his supporting players they suck? I implore you to go see what Jokic fans type about everyone else on that roster. Turning this into a Caitlin issue when it follows every superstar is silly. WNBA players just want to play in a world with no criticism 😂
@BrilliantHoops@SwipaCam 15 players make All NBA. He didn’t make it before because he wasn’t at that level. But if your barrier for reliability is top 15 player in the world, not many people are reliable.
@BrilliantHoops@SwipaCam All of the advanced stats that matter had him around the 10th to 15th best player in the league last year. Over his career it’s been more of a fluctuation 20ish to like 45 over any given year after like his first year starting. He’s not Jokic sure, no one is. Bu not unreliable.