NBA: NBA Rim Protection Value

[Koolaid_Man]

Just doing my homework..par par... imagine Hibbert on a team with a history of valuing and building up big men...I fully expect even better defensive numbers..

Shot Contest%
Andrew Bogut 61%Field Goal% Allowed: 41.4% Points Saved Per Game: 2.08
Hassan Whiteside 59.7% Field Goal% Allowed:46.5%Points Saved Per Game: 1.57
Rudy Golbert 57.2%Field Goal% Allowed: 40.4% Points Saved Per Game: 2.43
Roy Hibbert 53.9%Field Goal% Allowed: 42.6% Points Saved Per Game: 1.84
Pau Gasol 48.4% Field Goal% Allowed:48.0% Points Saved Per Game: 1.14
DeMarcus Cousins 45.3% Field Goal% Allowed:47.0%Points Saved Per Game: 0.45
Deandre Jordan 44.8% Field Goal% Allowed:48.5%Points Saved Per Game:0.17
http://nyloncalculus.com/stats/rim-protection/

Essentially what this means.is that Hibbert contested the 4th most shots, behind only Bogut, Whiteside and Golbert. But he was successful at holding them to the 3rd lowest field goal percentage behind Golbert and Bogut. Thus he saves the 3rd most amount of points per game.

The shocking statistic is that Deandre Jordan(the free agent everyone was after to be the defensive answer) not only contests the least amount of shots, he allows the highest amount of field goal attempts against him, and saves the least amount of points per game. DeMarcus Cousins according to this contests more shots, allows less of a field goal percentage AND saves more points than Deandre Jordan. Cousins is a guy who gets ragged on for his defense.

Not only does DeMarcus Cousins statistically contest more shots, allow a less percentage against him defensively and save more points a game than Deandre Jordan.. but so does Pau Gasol.. the very guy we harped on for not having any defense. Actually from this entire list, Deandre Jordan is statistically the worst defender.


Food for thought I guess, pretty interesting stuff. It truly does show how much perception rules the day nowadays

[TDMVPDPOY]

DJ most of his fkn blocks are camping in the lane and goaltending

playing at home the refs dont blow giving him the benefit of the doubt

[Clipper Nation]

Mavs
Cuban
$20 mil a year for that bum

[TDMVPDPOY]

this clown has no posts moves what so over

and whose the mavs pg? lob ?

whats the chances of the mavs returning to that mavs teams in the early 90s where nobody...just simply didnt give a about them

[Clipper Nation]

DJ's about to turn into Sean Rooks, with Jelemy Rin playing the role of Mike Iuzzolino

[DMC]

[HarlemHeat37]

Hibbert is still a really good defensive player in the paint, but he is one of the worst offensive bigs in the league, tbh..

[Mr Bones]

How come I never saw a single post praising Roy Hibbert by a Laker fan until yesterday?

All of a sudden, Hibbert has some shining attributes.

Strange.

[m>s]

We had nary other choice, it was that or tank and the league mandates that you spend a certain amount. Now next year we will be big players for Conley or durant with the cap increase.

[Thread]

We had nary other choice, it was that or tank and the league mandates that you spend a certain amount. Now next year we will be big players for Conley or durant with the cap increase.

You should leave Conley alone.

[m>s]

You should leave Conley alone.

Why do you say that? He's a tenacious defender like Mathews.

[Thread]

Why do you say that? He's a tenacious defender like Mathews.

What's he accomplished in his lengthy tenure there in Memphis? Nothing. He can't do it, >.

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Off subject, whatever happened to that Beaubois little fella that you had?

[m>s]

He kept getting injured and found himself out of the league at 25.


But Conley did win 3 straight state championships in high school. I'm not certain that he couldn't they've in the right environment. He showed grit playing through injuries this year.

[Koolaid_Man]

Now next year we will be big players for Conley or durant with the cap increase.

[Koolaid_Man]

How come I never saw a single post praising Roy Hibbert by a Laker fan until yesterday?

All of a sudden, Hibbert has some shining attributes.

Strange.

You are dumber than a bucket of devained shrimp....

We went from Sacre (auto corrected to Sacred on my i-Phone) to Hibbert..just a year ago he was a bona-fide Allstar...so yeah we're excited..at least I am...

[Raven]

so OP found out what 10% of the threads in this forum last year were all about. impressive. Anyway, a rim protector is only as good as the need for shots at the rim is, if your team can get open from mid range or long range at will, the opposing rim protector is not only useless, but a real liability on D.

[Koolaid_Man]

so OP found out what 10% of the threads in this forum last year were all about. impressive. Anyway, a rim protector is only as good as the need for shots at the rim is, if your team can get open from mid range or long range at will, the opposing rim protector is not only useless, but a real liability on D.

80 million reasons why you're wrong....

[Mr Bones]

You are dumber than a bucket of devained shrimp....

We went from Sacre (auto corrected to Sacred on my i-Phone) to Hibbert..just a year ago he was a bona-fide Allstar...so yeah we're excited..at least I am...

Uh, ok. No shot at making the playoffs, and Kobe and Hibbert are pretty much guaranteed to not get along, but I guess when you miss out on everything else, these are the things you're forced to get excited about.