This is actually misinformation (unintentionally, I assume). They posted overall BPM, not vs Top 100 as they stated. BPM vs Top 100 actually looks like this: Chet 10.9 Jabari 10.2 Mathurin 9.5 Dalen Terry 7.8 Paolo / Griffin 6.9 (tied) And to be clear, this isn't the actual leaderboard. This is among guys projected to be drafted. I left out DaRon Holmes because I don't see him on any big boards...not sure why they chose to include him initially. Also, if we expand this to include sophomore prospects, the list looks like this... Walker Kessler 14.4 Tari Eason 13.5 Keegan Murray 12.4 Mark Williams 12.0 Chet 10.9 Still looks good for Chet, just not to the same degree.
Why not parse it even more? Show us BPM vs top 100 teams playing with and without their best players. Or BPM vs top 100 teams who played consecutive games on road. Or BPM of sophomores+ in their freshmen year vs top 100 teams? Or BPM without one of their starters vs top 100 teams. Go ahead and parse this MFer all the way to the bone. FYI - no matter how you parse it, Banchero will always have SINGLE digit DBPM and BPM.
I assume this wasn't directed at me specifically, as I'm no Banchero stan...but I did think it would be interesting to see how much I'd have to parse to get a double digit result. Turns out, not all that much. Freshmen BPM vs Top 20 teams (minimum 200 minutes) Bennedict Mathurin 11.1 (213 min) Paolo Banchero 10.1 (205 min) Malaki Branham 8.7 (222 min) Chet Holmgren 7.7 (201 min) It's even higher (11.6) if limited to Top 15 teams -- but the minutes sample size drops to 129.
The more players with length who can defend like demons and hit open 3's - the deeper you go in playoffs. Need at least 3 such players, 4 would be even better. Celts put game away in 3rd quarter, going up 15 with Tatum on the bench.
Just quoting this to correct myself...I had a mental lapse and didn't catch that the freshman filter was including Mathurin despite him being a sophomore. If he's technically classified as a freshman for some reason, I'm not aware...but for the purpose of this list he should not be included. That means Paolo is actually #1.
Positionless defense is a must to win championships in modern NBA. Elite length to recover, perimeter defense, rim protection, deflections, steals, altered shots and switch ability.
