People keep on knocking Hood. Why? Based on a handful of games with Clev. Short Memory. Hood averaged almost 17ppg and 39 from 3 in all his seasons with Utah.
If you bothered to watch Hood in the playoffs last year, you’ll see Clev made him a spot shooter with low usage. Not exactly a Hood strength.
Hood’s usage rate went down significantly in Clev. 17.3 compared to 28.7 in Utah.
In addition, he is a very good perimeter defender.
Unfortunately, there’s no stat for how many times you’ve made your man pick up his dribble. There are, however, stats that show Hood only gave up 0.75 points per possession on 46.2 percent shooting in isolation with the Cavs season (80th percentile) and hasn’t surrendered a point in isolation in the playoffs.
He’s surrendering just 0.63 points per possession to pick-and-roll ball-handlers this postseason and hasn’t surrendered a point to spot-up shooters. In fact, his lone problem area this postseason has been defending players coming off of screens (2.25 points per possession) and considering the Cavaliers’ switch-heavy scheme, it’s difficult to assess why that is although it could simply be a lack of communication from the backline.
In terms of simple stats like steals though, Hood is averaging 1.1 steals per 36 minutes this postseason (5th on the Cavs). Hood is certainly an alert defender and has turned quite a few solid defensive possessions into instant offense. He’s also has an 8’7 vertical. So, please don’t spout that he’s really a SG.
If you bothered to watch Hood in the playoffs last year, you’ll see Clev made him a spot shooter with low usage. Not exactly a Hood strength.
Hood’s usage rate went down significantly in Clev. 17.3 compared to 28.7 in Utah.
In addition, he is a very good perimeter defender.
Unfortunately, there’s no stat for how many times you’ve made your man pick up his dribble. There are, however, stats that show Hood only gave up 0.75 points per possession on 46.2 percent shooting in isolation with the Cavs season (80th percentile) and hasn’t surrendered a point in isolation in the playoffs.
He’s surrendering just 0.63 points per possession to pick-and-roll ball-handlers this postseason and hasn’t surrendered a point to spot-up shooters. In fact, his lone problem area this postseason has been defending players coming off of screens (2.25 points per possession) and considering the Cavaliers’ switch-heavy scheme, it’s difficult to assess why that is although it could simply be a lack of communication from the backline.
In terms of simple stats like steals though, Hood is averaging 1.1 steals per 36 minutes this postseason (5th on the Cavs). Hood is certainly an alert defender and has turned quite a few solid defensive possessions into instant offense. He’s also has an 8’7 vertical. So, please don’t spout that he’s really a SG.
