Douglas is better at guarding quick PGs like Nate Lin is better at guarding PGs who can shake and bake you
He does have trouble with the smaller and quicker guards, but a lot of players do too. They're known for being quick for a reason and can blow by most defenders. And more often than not, Lin tries to funnel them to Asik for help. Lin does a pretty good job of guarding 2s and 3s when they try to post him up. Also, I remember him eating Westbrook alive on one possession during the first OKC game.
All players have trouble with quick players, it's a matter of making it as difficult as possible for the superstars. Agreed with the poster that Lin over extends sometimes and loses his man when he tries to help out. Overall, he's a awesome team defense guy. He drops down, helps on defensive rebounds, and double teams effectively. Outside of getting caught watching the ball and giving up threes, and shoring up defensively negotiating around picks, Lin is pretty solid defensively.
Lol, Monta is so inconsistent that we don't know if it was Harden's defense on him or just Monta being Monta...
Yeah, the body language says it all, "I just got played". Although, he might have just been disappointed that he didn't get a foul call with his up-and-under move.
YES! Last season his PPP @ Isolation on the D end was 1.01...that's just horrible! But now his PPP @ Isolation has been improved to a significant elite number: 0.67
Great observation! As for TD... well I also have a soft spot for him. The thing is they should relegate him to a SG rather than a PG. Then he'll do fine.
Succinct observations! Lin's anticipation of play development both on offense and on 1-on-1 defense is phenomenal. On D, this ability really irritates, and disrupts the move timing of, the off. player both on their drives and on their shots, even when sometimes Lin appears to be beat with their first steps. His recover angle and timing seem to always catch the opponents unexpected.
Lin's D is solid, I've been impressed. But I still like Douglas on this team, he can give a spark off the bench and push the pace. Lin just needs to be more consistant on the offensive end, and learn to play with confidence.
Lin is one of the best defensive PGs in the league. A large part of it is because there aren't a whole lot of good defensive PGs. The sad thing is nobody will ever acknowledge Lin as a good defender though, and yes I do think race has a large part of it. Raymond Felton is a pathetic defender and I see plenty of idiots see he is a better defender than Lin. When I ask them to prove it and I show them their synergy defensive stats, they just shrug it off and say watch the games instead, so much bias against Lin, it's pathetic.
