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[DanSchwartzgan]

Question: is Josh Green a good one on one defender?   It seems he is a better off ball defender at this time.   It seems even when he plays good defense, players still tend to score on him.    Maybe it is just how good these offensive players are, but I just feel even though he is active and looks to contest shots offensive players get good looks off him.   Maybe I am wrong though.

BBall Index classifies Josh as a "Point of Attack" defender.  He gets 28.6% of his defensive time against PG's and 38.4% against SG's.  He often comes in for DFS or Bullock and takes one of the other teams toughest match-ups.  Your eye's don't deceive.  He's in the 22nd percentile in PPP defensively in isolation.  But, he's in the 75th percentile against the PnR ball handler (something he does much more often than defend in isolation).   He's dead average when he has the rollman and when he's defending a spot up shooter (but average is good if you are assigned to guard a good offensive player).

Offensively, he's in the 79th percentile in transition and 74th percentile as a cutter.  But, he's only in the 35th percentile as a spot up shooter.