
#162: What defensive stats actually tell us | Anthony Davis & New Orleans
Thinking Basketball
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The All Time Defensive Players
There's a lot of intricate stuff that happens defensively. I think ultimately the point is that I don't want it to be pointing my figure,. wagging, and be like, watch the game, kids. That's how you figure out defense. We just can't be drawing big time conclusions from those. There are definitely granular metrics that I think teams have or that you can use. But what we don't have is a stat for when player A has someone get downhill on them in their team concept. It's also why it's hard to use the same kind of statistics to think about defense.
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