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RE: Will the Mavs make a trade before the deadline? - Scott41theMavs - 04-12-2024
(04-12-2024, 10:47 AM)mvossman Wrote: Looks like I was off on my PJ defense assessment.
So was I! I had always heard that his advanced defensive metrics were really poor in spite of the eye test. After two months here, he looks like a top 10 one-on-one defender at the four to me.
RE: Will the Mavs make a trade before the deadline? - mvossman - 04-12-2024
(04-12-2024, 10:57 AM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: So was I! I had always heard that his advanced defensive metrics were really poor in spite of the eye test. After two months here, he looks like a top 10 one-on-one defender at the four to me.
His advanced metrics were not bad, but they were nowhere near what he is providing now. It is a lesson I have learned this year. If a player on a really good defensive team (Grant Williams) has good defensive metrics you need to take them with a grain of salt, and a player on a crappy team (PJ) might be significantly better than what advanced stats suggest.