When does two way play become better than one way

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When does two way play become better than one way 

Post#1 » by migya » Sun Jul 2, 2023 2:29 pm

When does two way play become better than one way play?

eg. If player A scored 20pts/g in 2000s, slightly above average playmaking and efficiency for his position, such as like Richard Hamilton at his peak at his position, and was alldefense or considered quite good defensively, such as like Shane Battier at his peak at his position, is he better than a very good offensive player who is quite bad defensively, such as Cavs Kyrie.
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Re: When does two way play become better than one way 

Post#2 » by penbeast0 » Sun Jul 2, 2023 2:39 pm

When it affects the game more (in a positive way). IF you affect the game more one either the offensive direction or the defensive direction (counting the small contribution of the weaker offense or defense) than the combined ability to affect the game of the two way player then one way is still better.

Think of addition. IF you take 12 and add -1 to it (the one way player), you have a total of 11. If you take 5 and add 4 to it (the two way player), you have a total of 9. The one way player is more impactful. If instead, the two way player takes 8 and adds 8 to it for a total of 16, he is more impactful than the one way player in this example.

This seems too simplistic; I may not be understanding your question.
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