2019-20 Around the NBA: Archived

[Kammrath]

+0.57 ranks 32nd amongst centers in DRPM.
- 0.77 ranks 55th amongst centers in DRPM.
+1.76 ranks 8th amonst centers in DRPM.

DP is not asked to play defensive center on the Mavs very often, much more defensive PF. Ranking him for centers is not fair, that is KP. 

So ranked among PFs who played more than 20 games and 20+ mins/per (because RPM requires a significant data set to be reliable):

+0.57 ranks 17th 
-0.12 (I did a typo, this is the right number) ranks 21st  
+1.76 ranks 4th

So 17th, 21st, and 4th the last three years? 

1) NO ONE is saying he is a defensive anchor, but he is NOT hurting the defense generally speaking. 

2) Defense is played as a TEAM and so I will always continue to harp that individual defense is irrelevant either way, what matters is how you mesh with a team. And DP does that good enough to be a solid contributor.