It shows shots defended but is there a stat for how many shots are attempted on each player?
The stats say that he's a solid rim protector without having to block shots but the eye test tells me that our interior defense is pretty non existent compared to other teams. A lot of times our players get down in the paint and are forced to circle or pass out due to a real shot blocker defending the rim. I don't see other teams doing that very often against us. Usually they go right at him or whoever else is defending in the paint.
If Sabonis is allowing a FG% of 56.4 and Myles Turner is allowing 58, you'd think that Sabonis would be the better rim protector but what if opposing players get into the lane, see Turner, and then circle back out for a 43% mid range shot? Now Turner has no statistic on the play but the opposing team was forced to take a 43% shot because Turner was there instead of being able to take a 56.4% shot on the better rim protecting Sabonis.
We really need to know how many shots are being attempted because that would tell us if Sabonis is defending more shots because players don't respect his defense or if he's defending more shots because he's getting into better defensive position.
The stats say that he's a solid rim protector without having to block shots but the eye test tells me that our interior defense is pretty non existent compared to other teams. A lot of times our players get down in the paint and are forced to circle or pass out due to a real shot blocker defending the rim. I don't see other teams doing that very often against us. Usually they go right at him or whoever else is defending in the paint.
If Sabonis is allowing a FG% of 56.4 and Myles Turner is allowing 58, you'd think that Sabonis would be the better rim protector but what if opposing players get into the lane, see Turner, and then circle back out for a 43% mid range shot? Now Turner has no statistic on the play but the opposing team was forced to take a 43% shot because Turner was there instead of being able to take a 56.4% shot on the better rim protecting Sabonis.
We really need to know how many shots are being attempted because that would tell us if Sabonis is defending more shots because players don't respect his defense or if he's defending more shots because he's getting into better defensive position.
