05-20-2022, 11:50 PM
(05-19-2022, 06:37 PM)MrGoat Wrote: We need to get more rim protection help for Maxi. The uncomfortable truth is our defense regressed post KP and our defense right now isn't as good as we'd like to think.
KP played his last game for us on January 29th. At the time our defense ranked 5th in the league with a team defensive rating of 106.8.
https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced...DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&DateFrom=10%2F1%2F2021&DateTo=1%2F29%2F2022
In the remaining 32 games the team posted a defensive rating of 112.6.
https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced...DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&DateFrom=1%2F30%2F2022&DateTo=5%2F1%2F2022
In the playoffs so far we are posting a defensive rating of 110.9, good for 7th place out of 16, but also the worst mark of the four remaining teams.
https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced...DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Playoffs
No argument from me that we need to upgrade the center position in the offseason
Didn't take long for this post to age well. Allowing Looney to put up a career high on us is a new low for our rim protection. I assume we are now all in agreement that the number one offseason priority is to find an upgrade for our rim protection