01-16-2025, 12:58 PM
(01-16-2025, 11:55 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: This kind of goes with my post right above, but it has occurred to me that Kidd might possibly prefer Dinwiddie's and/or Thompson's DEFENSE to his. It's not impossible.
Hard to tell without Luka and Kyrie in the mix - it might solely be about Dinwiddie and Hardy both being better on-ball offensive players (which they are).
If the first sentence is true, might as well fire Kidd yesterday
Thats debatable. Grimes shooting 50 % from open 3's basically. Lively and Grimes single-handedly saved Dinwiddie ass in the Blazers game as well. Would have been another losss. Grimes was basically the best player vs. Lakers. The only 2 wins recently were basically largly because of Grimes.
Defensive EPM
Lively +1.6 (37)
Luka +0.9 (79)
Grimes +0.9 (84)
Naji +0.8 (88)
PJ +0.8 (91)
OMax +0.3 (137)
Klay -0.1 (200)
Gortman -0.2 (225)
Dinwiddie -0.3 (233)
Hardy -0.3 (234)
Kyrie -0.4 (254)
Maxi -0.4 (258)
Powell -0.5 (275)
Gafford -1.4 (390)
Overall EPM
Luka +5.6 (4)
Lively +2.8 (37)
Kyrie +2.5 (45)
Klay +1.1 (82)
Grimes +1.1 (86)
Naji +0.2 (149)
Gafford -0.1 (161)
PJ -0.1 (162)
Dinwiddie -1.0 (226)
Powell -1.9 (284)
OMax -2.3 (305)
Hardy -2.7 (334)
Kleber -4.3 (417)