I'm not a Hater and I don't even play one on TV. However, I think the haters would look at the first column (of page 7) and confirm what they already think, which is something like this: For myself I would simply say that there are a lot easier ways to score on Portland than going into the post against LMA.
anyone that watches games can tell he frustrates opponents on the block but...hes not as good as lebron! so he sucks!!1!
the wild hypotheticals to try and fit your narrative are coming off as ridiculously desperate its talking about post defense re-read it if you have to
Hypotheticals? Someone said it was all shots taken by anyone when LMA is withing 5' of the hoop. Apparently that wasn't accurate...which is good, because if that was the case it would be a piss-poor stat for the reasons I pointed out. The only other thing I mentioned was taken directly from the numbers - LMA just isn't near the hoop all that often. How can you be a good post-defender when you're not there to defend it? Yeah, I'm ridiculously desperate. And I'm a delusional straw man, too. Pfff...
Also, the study doesn't necessarily say he is a bad help defender but good post defender. It measures shots, essentially, put up on him. So if he comes over to help on a player driving, that would be a shot put up on him, and it'd be on help defense.
It all boils down to one thing. The haters gonna hate. You could see Aldridge swat 30 shots in a row and still they would make some excuse why this doesn't apply to Aldridge being a good defender.
Some people could see a cow jump over the Moon and still say we shouldn't make a cow our PF. Good job proving your case, Mags. Niiiiice slow, passive cow. Here cowie, cowie.
This is a forum after all. A place where people can discuss criticisms, positive and negative, in regards to our team's management, coaches, and players. Gotta love it!
It means exactly what your stat measures--the opponent's FG% whenever Aldrige is within 5 feet of the hoop, loitering under a tall rusty lamppost, singing, "Standing on the corner, watching all the girls go by." Accurate thread title there.
Nothing wrong with that. Just explaining that the haters won't care. They will make some excuse why the study is meaningless, just like jplk and blue9 just proved.
Ok. Batum is an awesome defender, Matthews is an awesome defender, LA is an awesome defender, and we have boy-genius coordinating or defense, yet this team has one of the worst in the league at defense. How do you explain that? Hickson and Lillard are not THAT bad.
Actually batum isn't that great of a man on man defender. Only Aldridge and Matthews are good in that regard. Then count that our bench was pretty much god awful for most the season and you got a huge mess. Did you know our 4th quarter d is actually pretty stellar? Reason?! Well our starters are in the game with the exception of hickson for most that time.
