fatlever wrote:defensive rating
mason = 118.7
mark = 105.5
def reb %
mason = 24.0
mark = 26.6
opp fg%
mason = 50.0
mark = 42.5
its hard to take cliff seriously when he talks about defense when he keeps playing mason 30+ mins a night because mason does all the shiny stuff like fancy passing, leading fast breaks, reverse dunks, left handed jumpers. at the end of the day, we are a far better team defensively with mark in the game.
The sample sizes are far too different to really have a strong takeaway.
Mark has played way less minutes, mostly against reserves.
Regardless if Plumlee is dealt or not we are going to see an uptick in Mark playing time post all-star break.
Excluding 4th quarter garbage time appearances. Mark has been in the rotation 11 games this year. LaMelo didn't start until game 21 and still won Rookie of the year.
Plenty of time for Mark to get his shine on this year.