I usually use 5 or 6 and 50 games, either way Davis is still pretty good. He's no Rudy Gobert, but still pretty good. I think Davis' numbers will get better next season as he gets a bit more disciplined, but even now he has really good defensive numbers at the rim. Even more impressive is if you look at his other opponent FG% numbers and specifically the differential numbers, he's a beast all over the court.
Ok, last season D-mo was nobody in NBA and some had doubts he'll make any role in the NBA. Today some think he might be a star or close to that in NBA. I'm looking forward to see what he'll be next year at this time.
I think he has developed into a legit starter provided he plays next to a bruiser, but I don't believe he will ever be a star, not even close.
I'm a big DMo fan and have been glad to see him get some playing time and develop some skills but he only got two more rebounds than I did last night and I'm in Central Texas. This happens too often. He gets pushed around a lot and I'd like to see him play with more aggression.
Lol at using a single stat as the end-all and be-all measure of the idea of elite rim protection. What percentage of shots do these guys challenge? Need to look that up. And yes, blocking shots matters. Not all shot blockers are elite rim protectors, but pretty much all rim protectors block shots.
But he's an ELITE UNTOUCHABLE rim protector and he strikes total fear in all who come close to the rim LOL. :grin:
D-mo is not a high level rim protector. Most big men aren't, it is an extremely valuable skill. What D-mo is, is a very good position defender. When he can play next to an actual rim protector like Dwight, he becomes a very good defensive player. He rotates well, shows on screens, and does a good job defending the post. Unfortunately he's being asked to play center right now, and is supposed to be the last line of defense. His instincts for that are bad, and his lack of length and explosion is bad for that as well. I've said it a bunch. Playing next to Dwight covers up a ton of his flaws. He won't be the last line of defense, so his over helping won't hurt us. He will be rebounding against shorter players, he will be defended by smaller players. He can even shoot now. He is a great fit next to Dwight.
DMo only challenges 35% of shots. Gobert and Bogut are around 60%. Sorry formatting sucks, but here's the link: http://nyloncalculus.com/stats/rim-protection/ Estimated Rim Protection Value 2014/15 Points saved vs. NBA average big .Through 3/20/15, minimum 30 GP, 15 MPG and 4 contests/36 Player Team MPG Contest % Rim FG% Allowed Points Saved/GM Points Saved/36 Rudy Gobert UTA 24.6 57.8% 40.1% 2.52 3.69 Andrew Bogut GSW 23.5 61.3% 41.3% 2.24 3.44 Roy Hibbert IND 25.6 54.9% 42.5% 1.83 2.58 John Henson MIL 18.4 55.2% 47.9% 1.20 2.35 Hassan Whiteside MIA 23.3 59.4% 47.5% 1.28 1.98 Serge Ibaka OKC 33.1 40.3% 40.8% 1.76 1.91 Nerlens Noel PHI 30.7 48.3% 45.5% 1.61 1.89 Ian Mahinmi IND 19.1 52.8% 45.2% 0.99 1.86 Jusuf Nurkic DEN 18.2 51.8% 45.9% 0.91 1.79 Miles Plumlee TOTAL 17.5 54.9% 51.2% 0.84 1.72 Alex Len PHX 21.8 53.8% 49.7% 1.02 1.68 Robin Lopez POR 28.4 50.0% 47.1% 1.27 1.60 Marreese Speights GSW 16.8 50.5% 48.7% 0.74 1.58 Tim Duncan SAS 29.6 49.2% 46.9% 1.15 1.39 Omer Asik NOP 26.1 50.0% 48.8% 0.99 1.37 Tyler Zeller BOS 21.1 55.7% 50.9% 0.77 1.32 Timofey Mozgov TOTAL 25.7 52.4% 46.9% 0.90 1.27 Pau Gasol CHI 34.5 48.8% 48.4% 1.15 1.20 Cole Aldrich NYK 16.1 58.4% 52.0% 0.53 1.18 Andre Drummond DET 30.0 50.0% 48.5% 0.93 1.12 Jonas Valanciunas TOR 26.1 47.9% 47.5% 0.80 1.11 David Lee GSW 18.8 46.0% 46.8% 0.55 1.05 Kevin Seraphin WAS 15.2 51.2% 47.0% 0.42 0.99 Derrick Favors UTA 31.4 43.6% 44.2% 0.85 0.97 Aron Baynes SAS 15.6 47.3% 48.3% 0.37 0.85 Dwight Howard HOU 32.1 42.1% 45.3% 0.62 0.70 Brook Lopez BKN 27.6 51.2% 50.7% 0.49 0.64 Kendrick Perkins TOTAL 17.6 39.3% 46.0% 0.29 0.59 Chris Andersen MIA 19.2 53.6% 51.2% 0.30 0.57 Chris Kaman POR 19.4 54.7% 52.6% 0.27 0.50 Steven Adams OKC 24.7 40.0% 48.2% 0.33 0.48 Kyle O'Quinn ORL 16.3 50.0% 48.0% 0.20 0.45 Tyson Chandler DAL 30.7 52.0% 51.3% 0.35 0.42 Brandan Wright TOTAL 18.2 40.4% 48.5% 0.12 0.24 Marcin Gortat WAS 30.0 48.2% 49.3% 0.15 0.18 DeMarcus Cousins SAC 33.8 45.2% 48.3% 0.15 0.16 Amar'e Stoudemire TOTAL 22.3 48.0% 50.9% 0.10 0.15 DeAndre Jordan LAC 34.6 45.1% 49.1% 0.09 0.09 Bismack Biyombo CHA 17.4 47.7% 46.4% 0.03 0.07 Josh Smith TOTAL 27.8 36.9% 47.8% -0.08 -0.10 Kosta Koufos MEM 16.5 48.3% 48.8% -0.06 -0.14 Lou Amundson TOTAL 17.2 44.5% 51.8% -0.09 -0.19 Gorgui Dieng MIN 30.1 53.7% 56.6% -0.22 -0.26 Al Horford ATL 30.9 40.6% 49.7% -0.23 -0.27 Mason Plumlee BKN 22.6 47.6% 55.1% -0.19 -0.30 Marc Gasol MEM 33.8 42.7% 48.8% -0.40 -0.43 Lavoy Allen IND 18.4 40.8% 47.3% -0.23 -0.45 Tristan Thompson CLE 27.5 41.7% 52.3% -0.40 -0.52 Jordan Hill LAL 27.6 41.1% 55.7% -0.44 -0.58 Tiago Splitter SAS 19.5 41.4% 52.1% -0.35 -0.65 Anthony Davis NOP 36.0 29.6% 48.4% -0.66 -0.66 Donatas Motiejunas HOU 28.3 35.1% 49.1% -0.54 -0.68
That's very interesting. Nice find. I had thought that Dwight was contesting fewer shots than you'd expect this year.
Wow, that's impressive, apparently he doesn't even have to contest the shots to have guys miss at the rim. That's real fear.
Good to see that we have 2 of the top 15 NBA rim protectors coming back from injury over the next few games! Think of our interior defence when Howard and Jones return? 2 of the NBA's best in the business! Then JSmoove is at 25 overall - nice to have that presence as well. And then Motie in the top 40 as well? Nice! http://stats.nba.com/tracking/#!/player/defense/?sort=FGP_DEFEND_RIM&dir=-1&CF=FGA_DEFEND_RIM*GE*5
