SteakNEggs
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In which Royce is not very good at. Who's he stopped specifically? Royce has maybe 1 great defensive outing out of 10. He shuts down nobody.
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Yes, the guy who post a 2+ DBPM every year is actually bad at defense.
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Who has he shut down specifically? Who'd he guard last night?
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I wouldnt classify him as a "shutdown" defender. That doesnt mean he isnt an excellent defender. He has slipped recently for sure, but that's too be expected with no Gobert.
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DBPM is a crap metric. Currently Royce is 2.2 and Gobert is 2.1. Yeah ok.
I agree it's not a good metric, but if your argument is that Royce isnt a good defensive player you're completely wrong.
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Royce is a plus defender, he is not some lock-down defensive savant. He is serviceable and, sadly, our best individual defender outside of Gobert. Which is no where near enough to carry the defensive load that will, and has, killed us in the playoffs.
Yes, I've said that many times. He's a more "Jack of all trades" type defender than a guy who excels at any one thing, which is perfect for the Jazz because they have basically no defensive players outside of Gobert (and Paschall who has shown some promise in that area from a man to man defensive perspective).
The fact is that adding a single defensive player, even if he's a guy who excels at "lockdown", isn't going to help the Jazz all that much. Donovan needs to be way more committed as he is the one with the best defensive tools. We can ask the same of Bogey, but he has a legitimate cap to his ability.