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Last edited by Joey; Sun May 25, 2014, 12:57 PM.
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Yet you're still crazy to call him as good at defense as people like Wes Matthews, who completely shut down Harden in the playoffs and has always been a plus defender, although this wasn't his best year overall to my (useless) knowledge. also, Klay is an excellent defender too (highly underrated, where as his O is probably a tad overrated) who always guards the other teams best guard and does it well.
1. Harden
2. Wade
3. DeRozan
Rest of the list would take far too much effort given I'm on holiday in Norway and already a total nerd for being here in the first placeLast edited by BigCamB; Sun May 25, 2014, 01:11 PM.
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RaptorsFohEva wrote: View PostDoes Derozan need to be an above average individual defender?
If he has good defensive rating and win shares doesn't that show that he is a good team defender?
I don't think we can win anything with him playing significant minutes in the playoffs
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OldSkoolCool wrote: View PostNo. He normally fails as a team defender with poor rotations and even worse close outs, as well as he lets people blow by him (not as often as in the past) which leaves our bigs out to dry. He is a big problem defensively.
I don't think we can win anything with him playing significant minutes in the playoffs
Very pessimistic.The name's Bond, James Bond.
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OldSkoolCool wrote: View PostNo. He normally fails as a team defender with poor rotations and even worse close outs, as well as he lets people blow by him (not as often as in the past) which leaves our bigs out to dry. He is a big problem defensively.
I don't think we can win anything with him playing significant minutes in the playoffs
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Right now the 4 teams left in the finals are Indiana, OKC, Miami, SAS. Those are the contenders.
Each one of those teams have good defenders at each of the wing positions, with the weakest being Parker (who is underrated as a defender).
The league is guard dominant, and if we want to win we need to be able to stop the guards on the perimeter. DD (and Harden) are not stoppers, and got knocked out of the first round.
I am not content with having a major minute guy just being "decent". If we want to be a contending team, all of our major minute wings need to be at least "good" defenders.
DD is not a "good" defender and has no place on my armchair Raptors team because of it. (among other things)
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OldSkoolCool wrote: View PostRight now the 4 teams left in the finals are Indiana, OKC, Miami, SAS. Those are the contenders.
Each one of those teams have good defenders at each of the wing positions, with the weakest being Parker (who is underrated as a defender).
The league is guard dominant, and if we want to win we need to be able to stop the guards on the perimeter. DD (and Harden) are not stoppers, and got knocked out of the first round.
I am not content with having a major minute guy just being "decent". If we want to be a contending team, all of our major minute wings need to be at least "good" defenders.
DD is not a "good" defender and has no place on my armchair Raptors team because of it. (among other things)
I think this boils down to you just not liking DeRozan.Last edited by imanshumpert; Sun May 25, 2014, 04:54 PM.
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OldSkoolCool wrote: View PostSo happy that someone finally has these guys in relevant conversation. Also Klay is a better defender than people think.
My top 10 (no Kobe, he would be #1)
1) Wade
2) Manu
3) Stephenson
4) Beal
5) Thompson
6) Matthews
7) Harden
8) Waiters
9) DeRozan
10) Crawford
Before I get flamed, let me explain.
1 - If the player also played relevant levels of defense, they were automatically put ahead of players that didn't.
For example, Wes Matthews is no where near Harden's offensive prowess, but his ability to play defense still makes him more of a plus player than Harden, hence a higher ranking.
Manu and Wade are not prototypical shut down defenders, however they were both plus defenders on amazing defensive teams, plus their body of work just puts them on top of all the young guys on that list ftm.
That qualification that you gave Manu and Wade "plus defenders on amazing defensive teams". Ok. DeMar holds his man to 19.5 points per 48 on .481 eFG% (I'm using that because 82games doesn't show TS% for this stat), and Wade holds his man to 20.6 points per 48 on .530 eFG%. You might want to argue that DeRozan gets "hidden" on defense against the worse wing. Well so does Wade, because LeBron always guards the best wing player on the other team. Hell Wade isn't even guarding Stephenson in the playoffs right now.
Not to mention the Raptors were a better defensive team (10th in dRTG) than the Heat (11th) this year.
2 - I also valued the players ability to be a guard (ie ball handler and playmaker) more than a scorer. This is why I have Stephenson and Beal (better playmakers/ball handlers) above Thompson and Matthews (scorers). This is also why I put Waiters above DD, even though they are equally mediocre defensively. I think players who can penetrate and get into the paint at will are extremely valuable (see Tony Parker's career)
EDIT: I forgot Dragic, who has played SG and been a force all year. I think I would put him in at 5
It looks cool to have yo-yo handles like Lance and Waiters, but I'd rather have a guy who just controls the ball and sets up his teammates without losing it frequently like DeRozan. To me, THAT is a playmaker. Not someone who turns it over almost as often as he gets an assist.
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imanshumpert wrote: View PostI'm just going to point out that Joe Johnson just as well against the Heat as he did against us... Also I'm really not sure how replacing DeRozan with Waiters (who is worse than DeRozan defensively and also smaller making him completely incapable of guarding 3s) makes us better defensively
I think this boils down to you just not liking DeRozan.
I think Waiters is better than DD, and I do think the Raptors would be better if we had Waiters over DeMar.
BUT, I have since re-evaluated what we need and realize that Waiters, although he would make us better, wouldn't push us into that contention range. Right now our need is a legit 3 who can handle some play making usage out of the PnR. One player who I think would be a great fit in TO would be Rodney Hood (well, Durant too)
Dion is a pretty good defender when locked in, he has quick hands and feet and is very strong, he does quite well fighting over screens and is a good PnR defender (where DD is terrible). He just needs to be in a more defense oriented program for it to show. Sometimes he does float on the defensive end though and that is why I still ranked him in the same level as DD and Harden as "no-D" as per my original post.
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OldSkoolCool wrote: View PostLol you will not let that Dion for DD trade go, will you?
I think Waiters is better than DD, and I do think the Raptors would be better if we had Waiters over DeMar.
BUT, I have since re-evaluated what we need and realize that Waiters, although he would make us better, wouldn't push us into that contention range. Right now our need is a legit 3 who can handle some play making usage out of the PnR. One player who I think would be a great fit in TO would be Rodney Hood (well, Durant too)
Dion is a pretty good defender when locked in, he has quick hands and feet and is very strong, he does quite well fighting over screens and is a good PnR defender (where DD is terrible). He just needs to be in a more defense oriented program for it to show. Sometimes he does float on the defensive end though and that is why I still ranked him in the same level as DD and Harden as "no-D" as per my original post.
You probably voted Dion for the all star game.
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OldSkoolCool wrote: View Post
In a vacuum (1v1) I would take Harden hands down.
But in terms of how each player fits within their team and affects their teams performance I would have to argue that Wesley is a better winner than Harden. For example if I am the Blazers, I think Wes is a better fit beside Lillard than Harden would be, therefor to the Blazers, Matthews > Harden.
My proof: Blazers/Rockets series. Who won that?
And you can't blame Harden for the Rockets losing that series against Portland. Yeah he struggled offensively and Matthews played him well defensively, but Harden still averaged 26ppg. The Rockets as a WHOLE are a terrible defensive team just like Portland. Portland's defense was just a little bit better in that series.
Like i said, you're over analyzing everything. I don't care about the team structure. Give me the all star player over the role player any day of the week.Mamba Mentality
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OldSkoolCool wrote: View PostLol you will not let that Dion for DD trade go, will you?
I think Waiters is better than DD, and I do think the Raptors would be better if we had Waiters over DeMar.
BUT, I have since re-evaluated what we need and realize that Waiters, although he would make us better, wouldn't push us into that contention range. Right now our need is a legit 3 who can handle some play making usage out of the PnR. One player who I think would be a great fit in TO would be Rodney Hood (well, Durant too)
Dion is a pretty good defender when locked in, he has quick hands and feet and is very strong, he does quite well fighting over screens and is a good PnR defender (where DD is terrible). He just needs to be in a more defense oriented program for it to show. Sometimes he does float on the defensive end though and that is why I still ranked him in the same level as DD and Harden as "no-D" as per my original post.
http://forums.prosportsdaily.com/sho...e-Player/page3 (Don't agree wit h the article btw, just using the stats from it).
Overall DeRozan allows 0.76 points per possession (40th in the NBA) compared to Waiters 0.94 (334th) the league average is about 0.88. Now obviously you take this stat with a grain of salt. For example DeRozan is ranked ahead of LeBron by this metric, and we know he's not a better defender.
Source: http://www.bucksketball.com/2014/03/...-distribution/
But when we're looking at two guys like DeMar and Waiters who are typically assigned to guard the worse of the two wings on the floor, a nearly 0.20 points per possession gap in defense demonstrates that DeMar is actually a vastly superior defender to Waiters. You can ignore the stat entirely if you want, but it's pretty hard to argue against with anything other than the bias in your eyes. Waiters is actually worse than Harden also (0.85 PPP against).
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