12-02-2019, 02:09 PM
(12-01-2019, 11:07 PM)DanSchwartzman Wrote: I won't pretend that I've spent any time evaluating their methodology, but found it interesting. Jackson looks like an offensive specialist off the bench. He's got the 3rd best offensive rating and is tied with Curry with BY FAR the worst defensive rating. Meanwhile Brunson is showing up nicely on the defensive front (largely on the strength of good on/off number), but is about average offensively.
It is hard to argue with what Carlisle is doing right now, but is seems to me that at some point we need to settle on a four man bench who will mostly play with some member of the starting lineup. Wright and Maxi are givens. Seems like right now Jackson, Seth and Brunson are splitting two spots. With DFS and THJ in the starting lineup, I like Jackson getting regular forward minutes off the bench. That leaves Curry and Brunson (O and D) battling for the other spot (again, assuming we ever settle into a 9 man regular season rotation). Neither has come close to wrapping up a spot, but right now Brunson's on court data is much better than Curry's.
Brunson quietly has the best defensive rating on the team. So much for him being "trash" on that end as many concluded this past summer. I think a big reason for this improvement is his rebounding ability at his size; he snatched 2 reb's from Dwight Howard yesterday. He also does a nice job on switches versus big's sometimes.
Delon Wright was the star last night. If he could ever be a consistent 3PT shooter, he'd be a much better scorer. But it's really not his style, he is a swiss army knife; our own mini Iguodala (Golden State version).