DALLAS Struggles - Analysis
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:11 pm
[So I decided I'll start writing more about this and let us first start with a couple of statistical facts I went to check for Dallas as a whole
Let us start With Chapter number 1 - HUSTLE
Hustle is an analytical category, where you measure player's contribution to the game with lots of smaller things such as setting blocks , deflections, loose balls recovered and so on...
And since to start the season off we were hearing about other teams playing tough and our need to toughen up I think this is a good place to start.
This will be a long road, as we can check many things ahead but without further ado let's just jump into it
1) DEFLECTIONS
- So players deflecting balls, let us see how many times Dallas players are actually altering ball paths. This one is a good indicator of the following few things
a) How much space a team/players are giving their opponents
b) Players concentration levels
c) Following the flow of the play
d) Proactive defense (meaning guessing passes are going to happen and snapping on them)
e) Active hands
f) Defensive tenacity = aka HUSTLE itself
So it is not just strictly about the HUSTLE but about many things and will give us some inside also in how Coach Rick wants the team to operate.
Out of 412 players eligable to be checked for this (have seen some playing time) Dallas has the following:
53. place -> James Johnson = 2,3 deflections / game
58. place -> DFS = 2,3 deflections / game
80. place -> Luka Dončič = 2,0 deflections / game
102. place -> Dwight Powell = 1,8 deflections / game
109. place -> Josh Richardson = 1,8 deflections / game
I will give you an example of a team that does this well:
CLEVELAND
1. place -> Larry Nance Jr. = 6,8 deflections / game
5. place -> Drummond = 4,8 deflections / game
25. place -> Isaac Okoro = 3,0 deflections / game
68. place -> Collin Sexton = 2,0 deflections / game
top 100 also Windler and Mcgee
Cleveland is currently 3/1 coincidence? Maybe, but deflections are definitely one of the reasons that helps a lot.
Check out Dallas Defense. From occasional ZONE DEFENSE they will try = like against the Lakers to the general way how they defend and type of players they have. All of it tells you that Dallas is not one of the better teams on deflections and the way they set up on defense and give space to opponents will further on disable that.
See you next time when we check another aspect of the game.
Let us start With Chapter number 1 - HUSTLE
Hustle is an analytical category, where you measure player's contribution to the game with lots of smaller things such as setting blocks , deflections, loose balls recovered and so on...
And since to start the season off we were hearing about other teams playing tough and our need to toughen up I think this is a good place to start.
This will be a long road, as we can check many things ahead but without further ado let's just jump into it
1) DEFLECTIONS
- So players deflecting balls, let us see how many times Dallas players are actually altering ball paths. This one is a good indicator of the following few things
a) How much space a team/players are giving their opponents
b) Players concentration levels
c) Following the flow of the play
d) Proactive defense (meaning guessing passes are going to happen and snapping on them)
e) Active hands
f) Defensive tenacity = aka HUSTLE itself
So it is not just strictly about the HUSTLE but about many things and will give us some inside also in how Coach Rick wants the team to operate.
Out of 412 players eligable to be checked for this (have seen some playing time) Dallas has the following:
53. place -> James Johnson = 2,3 deflections / game
58. place -> DFS = 2,3 deflections / game
80. place -> Luka Dončič = 2,0 deflections / game
102. place -> Dwight Powell = 1,8 deflections / game
109. place -> Josh Richardson = 1,8 deflections / game
I will give you an example of a team that does this well:
CLEVELAND
1. place -> Larry Nance Jr. = 6,8 deflections / game
5. place -> Drummond = 4,8 deflections / game
25. place -> Isaac Okoro = 3,0 deflections / game
68. place -> Collin Sexton = 2,0 deflections / game
top 100 also Windler and Mcgee
Cleveland is currently 3/1 coincidence? Maybe, but deflections are definitely one of the reasons that helps a lot.
Check out Dallas Defense. From occasional ZONE DEFENSE they will try = like against the Lakers to the general way how they defend and type of players they have. All of it tells you that Dallas is not one of the better teams on deflections and the way they set up on defense and give space to opponents will further on disable that.
See you next time when we check another aspect of the game.