Re: Kawhi's defensive numbers... Skewed a bit?
RPM is a pretty flawed stat when you look at it by isolating offense vs. defense, tbh..it's far more accurate when you look at the RPM numbers as a whole..
All these numbers are mostly skewed and irrelevant with the small sample size, though..the picture will be clearer around the All-Star break IMO..
In regards to Synergy stats, the sample size is too small to ignore the luck factor(opponents making/missing contested shots, etc), at this point..Kawhi has been a poor ISO defender, this season, but it's only 15 possessions, a sample size that can be dismissed..
I don't agree with the article, either, though..the writer just took a few examples and attempted to extrapolate them to form a conclusion..