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A couple of deffensive shot charts

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A couple of defensive shot charts

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Those are two of the most impressive defensive shot charts I've seen. There are very few players in the league that are on a similar level - from the bigs Ibaka, Bogut and Hibbert, from the perimeter defenders - only Roberson.
The average eFG% for the league is 50.5%, Rudy allows 44% and Elijah allows 43%(Elijah is actually the lowest I've seen for perimeter defender in the league). Some other notables: Kawhi - 49%, Iguodala - 48%, Chris Paul - 50%, Klay Thompson 48%, Khris Middleton - 47%, Andre Roberson - 44%(!!!). Interesting thing about Jimmy Butler who was considered one of the best perimeter defenders - the energy he spends on offense this year has turned him into a below average defender(at least when it comes to contesting shots) this year - from allowing only 46% efg last year, to allowing 53% this year.

From the bigs - Cousins 46%, Whiteside 46%, Henson 45%, Favors 45%, Ibaka 44%, Bogut 44%, Hibbert 43%, DeAndre Jordan 48%...

Anyways, my point was - I really, really hope we keep Millsap at least as a situational option/end of bench guy.
 
Nice find. Millsap plays some tremendous defense. I hope he stays too, simply because there's not really another guy on the team that can play perimeter defense as well as he can.

Of course, the drawback is that his offensive shot chart probably looks the exact same.
 
Great post! Everybody talks about Gobert, but great point on Elijah. I think the Millsap work ethic will continue to develop other elements of his game just like we saw with Paul.
 
LazyD said:
Nice find. Millsap plays some tremendous defense. I hope he stays too, simply because there's not really another guy on the team that can play perimeter defense as well as he can.

Of course, the drawback is that his offensive shot chart probably looks the exact same.
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Just checked Chris Johnson, he's actually pretty good too(allows 45% efg), but his sample size is much smaller(thus susceptible to noise) and most of his minutes are against subs and/or in garbage time, while Millsap had a ton of responsibilities guarding some of the best perimeter players in the league.

If I were Millsap I'd concentrate on working on catch and shoot 3p and I'd try to make a living on those. He turns the ball over a ton when he drives and he's not a good finisher around the rim. The problem this year with him was that in a lot of games he was put into the situation that required him to create offense. I think if he's not required to do that and he plays with other playmakers on the floor, he will probably be more efficient offensively.
 
stitches said:
Interesting thing about Jimmy Butler who was considered one of the best perimeter defenders - the energy he spends on offense this year has turned him into a below average defender(at least when it comes to contesting shots) this year - from allowing only 46% efg last year, to allowing 53% this year.
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Great reason for us not to worry too much about Rudy becoming an offensive force. I'd rather he continue to expend his energy making an impact on the defensive end and let others take a bigger offensive role.
 
stitches said:
Just checked Chris Johnson, he's actually pretty good too(allows 45% efg), but his sample size is much smaller(thus susceptible to noise) and most of his minutes are against subs and/or in garbage time, while Millsap had a ton of responsibilities guarding some of the best perimeter players in the league.
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Yeah...it'd be interesting to see similar shot charts that give standard deviations above/below the expected field goal percentage of the actual players guarded. It's probably also worth mentioning that Millsap's high foul rate helps him here. That is, his aggressive defense makes his defensive FG% look good, but also gives opponents more free throws and limits Millsap's minutes/role.
 
vegas said:
Great post! Everybody talks about Gobert, but great point on Elijah. I think the Millsap work ethic will continue to develop other elements of his game just like we saw with Paul.
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How much more can he improve though? He's what, 27? And I would imagine he's been working on his shot for a few years now. He's a nice defensive piece off the end of the bench, but I'm not expecting him to ever be more than that. Just doesn't seem likely.
 
Howard said:
How much more can he improve though? He's what, 27? And I would imagine he's been working on his shot for a few years now. He's a nice defensive piece off the end of the bench, but I'm not expecting him to ever be more than that. Just doesn't seem likely.
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I don't know how much I would expect of him either, but I do not lack faith in Quin whatsoever... How old was his brother Paul when he went to Atlanta and developed a more consistent outside shot?
 
Mongoose said:
I don't know how much I would expect of him either, but I do not lack faith in Quin whatsoever... How old was his brother Paul when he went to Atlanta and developed a more consistent outside shot?
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Paul was always a post player, Elijah has always been a wing. Big difference there.
 
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