(09-18-2020, 10:47 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: his interior defense
I (nor any stat I was quoting) would not dare claim to have anything specific to say about his "interior defense." The stats I like cannot parse that out. The stats I like and trust can only look at how a player potentially impacts the overall team defense while on the court vs off the court over a LONG period of time.
Like I said in one of my posts, DP is clearly out-muscled by bigger guys, however, the stats tell us that even though THAT IS THE CASE, he still tends to have an overall positive impact on team defense (or at least he has with the Mavs in the last three years).
If the Mavs keep having better team defense success with DP playing versus sitting for three years, it tells us he is NOT some big problem or negative on the defensive end even though he may get his butt kicked on the interior at times.
P.S. And of course, "we're cool" I just prefer discussion about basketball rather than drifting into things that begin to feel like attacks.