AD defended 60 post-up possessions in ’23-’24…
Opponents shot 12/44 (27.3%) against him and turned the ball over 15.0% of the time. This resulted in a 0.58 points per possession allowed, easily the best individual post-up defense number in the NBA. [NBA_University]
by remarque1704
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AD is a monster. Sucks we’ve wasted so much of his prime with weak rosters. Atleast we got one ring
The media tells me Rudy is the best defender in the league
No amount of nba media gaslighting will make me believe that Rudy Gobert is in the same realm as AD on defense
This is why I don’t understand when people say we need another center to start alongside AD.
“He can’t defend Jokic or Embiid!”
Nobody in the league can outright stop them, but he handles them as well as anyone can. We don’t need another big clogging up space, this wouldn’t address what’s actually wrong with our defense, which is that our best perimeter defenders can’t shoot. At all. And our best perimeter shooters can’t defend. At all. So we’re compromised on one end or the other
60?!? That’s not even 1/game. Not exactly that useful of a stat if I’m being honest. Would need to see who has the most post-up possessions defended in the league and see their %s to know if this is even relevant.
Not good enough for JJ, sadly