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Quote from: Fafnir on April 08, 2009, 12:34:50 AMQuote from: Atzar on April 07, 2009, 11:40:32 PMQuote from: Who on April 07, 2009, 09:54:26 PMCurrently my choices are:First Team -- Dwight Howard -- Kevin Garnett -- LeBron James -- Shane Battier -- Rajon RondoSecond Team -- Tim Duncan -- Ben Wallace -- Ron Artest -- Ray Allen -- Kobe BryantIf KG has missed too much time to make the squad, then I'd lift Duncan to the first team and insert Perkins into the second team.Here's an interesting stat for you that backs up your Ray Allen mention: the Boston Celtics hold opposing SG's to the lowest PER of any team at any position (11.9). Second is Cleveland at SF (12.0), and nobody is really close after that.Opposing players PER isn't a useful statistic for evaluating a single players defense. Yeah, but it's not meaningless either. When the next best at the position is more than a point and a half behind, that reflects well on our SGs' defense, and Ray logs more minutes at that spot than anybody. Defense is a hard thing to put into statistics. That statistic obviously doesn't make him deserving of the DPOY award, but I think it reasonably contends that his defense has gone from 'poor' to 'commendable' since he joined the Celtics.
Quote from: Atzar on April 07, 2009, 11:40:32 PMQuote from: Who on April 07, 2009, 09:54:26 PMCurrently my choices are:First Team -- Dwight Howard -- Kevin Garnett -- LeBron James -- Shane Battier -- Rajon RondoSecond Team -- Tim Duncan -- Ben Wallace -- Ron Artest -- Ray Allen -- Kobe BryantIf KG has missed too much time to make the squad, then I'd lift Duncan to the first team and insert Perkins into the second team.Here's an interesting stat for you that backs up your Ray Allen mention: the Boston Celtics hold opposing SG's to the lowest PER of any team at any position (11.9). Second is Cleveland at SF (12.0), and nobody is really close after that.Opposing players PER isn't a useful statistic for evaluating a single players defense.
Quote from: Who on April 07, 2009, 09:54:26 PMCurrently my choices are:First Team -- Dwight Howard -- Kevin Garnett -- LeBron James -- Shane Battier -- Rajon RondoSecond Team -- Tim Duncan -- Ben Wallace -- Ron Artest -- Ray Allen -- Kobe BryantIf KG has missed too much time to make the squad, then I'd lift Duncan to the first team and insert Perkins into the second team.Here's an interesting stat for you that backs up your Ray Allen mention: the Boston Celtics hold opposing SG's to the lowest PER of any team at any position (11.9). Second is Cleveland at SF (12.0), and nobody is really close after that.
Currently my choices are:First Team -- Dwight Howard -- Kevin Garnett -- LeBron James -- Shane Battier -- Rajon RondoSecond Team -- Tim Duncan -- Ben Wallace -- Ron Artest -- Ray Allen -- Kobe BryantIf KG has missed too much time to make the squad, then I'd lift Duncan to the first team and insert Perkins into the second team.
