greg4012 wrote:
Miami and GS were the only 2 top-10 defenses this season that had more than two of their top 8 minute getters to grade out with a negative DBPM.
For GS, it was Wiggins (-0.4), Hield (-0.3) and Kuminga (-0.1).
For Miami, it was Duncan (-1.1), Rozier (-1.0) and Herro (-0.7). Notable that Wiggins also netted a negative DBPM during his time with Miami (-0.1).
Every other top 10 defense had no more than 2 players among their top 8 minute getters with a negative DBPM.
If you look exclusively at the top 8 minute getters for each of the top 10 defenses in the NBA, those with the worst DBPM would rank as follows:
Malik Beasley (-1.2)
Duncan Robinson (-1.1)
Terry Rozer (-1.0)
Darius Garland (-0.8)
Tyler Herro (-0.7)
Jaylen Brown (-0.5)
Andrew Wiggins (-0.4)
Miami lays claim to half the list (among 10 teams). It's a minor miracle that Miami was still able to field a top 10 defense.
Based on what we’ve seen so far the market seems to be shifting for one dimensional scorers with teams tossing them around and interest picking up on hustle guys who play both sides of the ball. The importance of Nesmith Nembhard Caruso dort etc in these last playoffs is probably the cause. You can get by with 1 maybe 2 bad defenders but they better be contributing at a very high level offensively
