[Game] Kings @ Rockets, 11/6/2023 5pm Pacific 8pm Eastern
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I absolutely love Davion as a person, his hard nose attitude, grit, work ethic, etc. However, I feel like saying this really quietly, but I'm not sure his defense has really ever translated into a difference maker in the pros. Do we have any good analytics that tell us Davion is a top tier defender? Again, I'm not trying to be a "hater", I'm just slowly starting to realize after three years now that while there are moments of awesome "off night" ball pressure that gets me pumped, I'm not sure he's helping us on average on the defensive end as much as I probably felt he was before. Has someone looked at the numbers here?
Yeah, they've been good in the past. For example, we were 3 points defensively with him on the floor last year and him subbing for Fox with the starters we were like 5-ish points better on defense. As a rookie, we were 5 points better defensively with him on the floor. And that was fairly consistent down the line where just about any successful defensive 5-man grouping we had included Davion.
The issue has always been him becoming just an even passable offensive player to justify keeping him on the floor. That's been his major struggle
The issue has always been him becoming just an even passable offensive player to justify keeping him on the floor. That's been his major struggle
Bottom line: if Fox isn't playing we will need one of our shooters to get out of their slump. As constructed, and even with Fox on the floor, this team can't win more than half their games with our two wing sharpshooters hitting at ~30% or less.
I was hoping our roster was constructed to not have to rely on one skill - you all may remember me touting what I thought was the multi-dimensional attack we seemed to be working towards. I'm quite disappointed that that has not materialized. Even with Fox, we can't be a jump shooting team. I don't know, maybe it'll just take time for these guys to gel??
I just don't see as much motion in the offense as I was hoping for. That's going to require 1) the motion to happen, but 2) facilitators (not just the PG) to make the pass.
I was hoping our roster was constructed to not have to rely on one skill - you all may remember me touting what I thought was the multi-dimensional attack we seemed to be working towards. I'm quite disappointed that that has not materialized. Even with Fox, we can't be a jump shooting team. I don't know, maybe it'll just take time for these guys to gel??
I just don't see as much motion in the offense as I was hoping for. That's going to require 1) the motion to happen, but 2) facilitators (not just the PG) to make the pass.
Basketball Reference has Mitchell at 119 Defensive Rating last year, ahead only of Chima Moneke and Deonte Burton, and tied with Harrison Barnes (!). His defensive win share was 9th at .8, just behind Terence Davis at .9. His Win Share per 48 minutes was .05, 16th on the team, also just behind Terence Davis at .054.
The NBA uses different stats, so Mitchell's Defensive Rating was 7th on the team, again behind Davis. At the same time, his PIE was 14th on the team.
Davis is still unsigned, so far as I know.
The NBA uses different stats, so Mitchell's Defensive Rating was 7th on the team, again behind Davis. At the same time, his PIE was 14th on the team.
Davis is still unsigned, so far as I know.
43 threes is too many when you're hitting 30%. You need to be able to get to the basket when you're not hitting, and you can't just rely on one guy's elite ability to do that - as a team, you need to be able to get layups.
The issue as I see it is being a one dimensional offense. It's frankly the opposite of the direction I thought we were going in - you may remember my "three level attack" predictions. Honestly I'm baffled. Our offense seems to have taken a step back in terms of dynamism. I know it's only been five games, and our star has been out two... but I still don't like what I see.
First game was good... been shaky pretty much ever since. We'll see though! I am an optimist!
The issue as I see it is being a one dimensional offense. It's frankly the opposite of the direction I thought we were going in - you may remember my "three level attack" predictions. Honestly I'm baffled. Our offense seems to have taken a step back in terms of dynamism. I know it's only been five games, and our star has been out two... but I still don't like what I see.
First game was good... been shaky pretty much ever since. We'll see though! I am an optimist!
But in the Manu role Monk starting wouldn't matter anyway. If there is an issue it's his minutes. Why is he still playing 25 mpg? Brown even if wrong sees something different out of Monk. Maybe if this game is a close one he plays those legit starters minutes. I'm not totally sure why he didn't last game but it's Browns MO at this point.
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