Jason Terry as an option?

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  1. shamelessblazer

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    next to Ason Kidd, but the story may be different if he were next to Brandon Roy.
     
  2. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I'm not sure where draftexpress.com got that scouting report on Terry but I've watched him play for years now and I've never thought to myself "hey, he's a good defender."

    Just because I'm a stats geek I decided to compare the two players using 82games.com. Pay careful attention to the "floor time stats by position" and "player 48-minute production by position" for Terry and then for Hinrich. Terry was dreadful at point guard the little he played there last year, Hinrich wasn't exactly a world beater in PER differential, but his +10 differential in offense to defense rating as a point guard is fantastic.

    The simple fact is that there really aren't any lockdown, shutdown, point guard defenders in the league anymore with the current handcheck rules; what I look for in a good gaurd or perimeter defender is how well they rotate and play team defense or if they are able to guard more than one position effectively.

    In counterpoint to your draftexpress scouting report on his defense, here's what Hollinger had to say:

     
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