04-19-2021, 04:32 PM
(04-19-2021, 02:03 PM)Kammrath Wrote: I LOVE DFS and think he brings a lot to this team. But he is NOT two key things:1) Well given that he shoots 37.8% from 3pt FG range overall, that means he must be far above league average from the other spots on the court, so the answer is to get DFS the ball in other spots, cause nobody on the opposing chooses, who stands in the corner.
1) An elite shooter. DFS is 2nd worst in the NBA at corner 3 percentage for those who shoot more than 2 corner threes a game. He shoots 35% from corner three whereas almost everyone who shoots as many as he does shoots at least 40% from there and some up to 50% from there.
2) An elite defender. It is hard to quantify this, but IMO and according to many stats DFS is an average defender overall (better in some situations and pretty bad in others).
If his 32 mins could be upgraded to someone who actually did BOTH of those things that would improve this team a TON IMO. Teams constantly leave DFS open for threes knowing they usually won't be punished and also regularly attack him on defense (like with DeRozan the other night) exposing that he even though he gives you good effort and fight, he generally cannot lock anyone down completely.
2) Not having DFS stand in the corner is immediately an advantage in transition defense, too. I think Dorian can be an elite defender at the SF position, but to say he´s not good, because he has to extend beyond four positions is again a problem of the roster construction.
Ultimately that´s where all roads lead: the poor work at the top.