2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Dundalis]

I agree with the philosophy your opinions stem from, believe me. 

I don't think the specific application of them to the examples above are correct, however. As Kammrath loves to point out on a daily basis, the data says that Powell/KP is a GOOD defensive pairing, and that DFS is much better at the 3 than the 4. 

But again, I'm with you on the overall philosophy.

Fair enough, my thoughts revolve predominantly around playoffs though. Powell/KP data would be pretty small sample size and only regular season, and is the data actually looking at purely defensive metrics, or factoring that their offensive contributions outway defensive leakage? We've seen teams with just one single good interior defensive big get exploited big time in the playoffs if they can't defend in space (Gobert absolutely was IMO). Having two of those as your starters in today's NBA.... eh. The better playoff teams with elite wing play will have a field day drawing up plays to exploit a defense with two guys who can't defend out to the 3pt line or in PnR.