« Reply #166 on: March 06, 2017, 11:46:00 PM »
Question - are we a better defensive team without Horford? There was an article I read today that was positing this.
I mean, having a 2/3/4/5 of AB, Jaylen, Jae, and Amir might make a bit more sense defensively than having Al at the 4. Sure, we're small and that hurts, but it's not like Al's presence would've helped that much on the boards anyways.
No, we are not. Al in that lineup instead of Amir is superior.
Agreed. The problem isnt Al, it's that Amir and Al are a bad combo
Al and Amir are +7.7 per 100 possessions when on the court. No player has a better net rating when paired with Horford. There might be some noise in there, of course, but the data doesn't show that they are a bad combo.
What are the offensive and defensive ratings for that combo? They're good offensively, but I think that combo is a source of a lot of our defensive issues
NBA.com actually has it as a +8.0 net rating -- 112.5 to 104.5. Not a stellar defensive rating, but it's not especially poor either. Not good at defensive rebounding tho.
104.5 isn't too bad considering that the team's defensive rating is 105.7. A bit odd to see considering that that pairing doesn't pass the eye test for me (although it could have to do with that pairing often playing with other good defenders)
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