Measure it defensive impact in the nba It has become one of the most complex tasks out there. Every time you play faster, you score more and more efficiently. This means that the tools used in the past to know and detect who the best individual defenders were have undergone some changes. Currently, metrics that go beyond rebounds, steals, or blocks are used as in the past, now they go to advanced statistics.
And what are these advanced stats? They are many and varied, but can be summarized in two broad categories. On the one hand the on/off counts of a player or team and, on the other hand, the monitoring. From here come all kinds of records, calculations, and other tools that serve to measure one’s specific impact on a situation, in this case defense.
Before you start analyzing and exposing the best defenders according to advanced statistics, a small note. In defending a team’s overall performance carries more weight as opposed to offense. In other words, it’s easier for a good forward to shine in a bad defensive team than a great defender in a devastating backline. Likewise, winning franchises are more likely to see members of their rosters benefit even if they aren’t particularly skilled on defense.
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Who are the NBA’s best defenders? Leaders according to advanced statistics
KIDNAPPING
First and foremost, what it is KIDNAPPING? No, not Toronto’s team, but a statistic that tries to measure a player’s impact, in this case, team defense per 100 possessions. That’s what it’s used for monitoring and numbers enable/disable.
In this sense, the best according to this metric would be none other than Alex Caruso, who in his role as sixth man on the Chicago Bulls has established himself as a real game changer from the defense. The point guard has a +6.0 RAPTOR defensive rating. Who closes the platform? Anthony Davis with +4.9 and Nikola Jokic with +4.8. The explanation of his presence joker It’s not so much about his impact, but the fact that his replacement (DeAndre Jordan) was completely negative in the backfield (-7.8).
- Alex Caruso: +6.0
- Anthony Davis: +4.9
- Nikola Jokic: +4.8
- Rudy Gobert: +4.5
- Brooke Lopez: +4.2
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LEBRON
Again, this stat isn’t about the leading scorer in NBA history, although his acronym isn’t wrong. The metric LEBRON also makes use of it enable/disable although it adds aspects from the worksheet traditional stats just shown per 100 possessions.
On the other hand, it uses predictive principles like RAMP to try to create a certain projection about the impact. That is, it also serves to understand how performance can be sustained over time.
So the big leader according to this statistic with a minimum of 1000 minutes is none other than the great candidate for Defensive Player of the Year: Jaren Jackson Jr. The Grizzlies’ leader has a +4.23 DLEBRON, a number that is not only the result of his brilliance as a rim protector, but also shows that he is on track to be one of the best of his generation in that regard. .
- Jaren Jackson Jr.: +4.23
- Walker Kessler: +3.53
- Nick Claxton: +3.48
- Alex Caruso: +3.13
- Evan Mobile: 3.06
Defensive Box Plus excl
He DBPM it is nothing but difference between points per 100 possessions which a player’s team allows when He’s on the field compared to when he’s not. This metric isn’t as precise as others presented here, but it gives you an idea of someone’s defensive relevance in a system. However, it may also be the case that a good record here has more to do with the substitute in the position than the individual contribution at the back.
In this sense, the leader in DBPM is, surprisingly, Nikola Jokic, who thrives on the excellent work of Denver’s starting lineup and the poor rotation at his position that the Nuggets have with Thomas Bryant and the aforementioned Jordan. Beyond the anecdote joker it is more relevant to see this Draymond Green and Giannis Antetokounmpo They are seconds at +2.5, reflecting their impact back.
- Nikola Jokic: +4.6
- Draymond Green: +2.5
- John Antetokounmpo: 2.5
- Joel Embiid: +2.1
- Nick Claxton: 1.8
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