Nivek wrote:AnotherFinn wrote:Can you tell what the defence of Cartier Martin is looking like?
Very limited sample size (48 total minutes that I've tracked so far), but he's looked good in what I've tracked. His defg isn't good (.565), but he's forcing turnovers. His stop percentage is 55%; his drtg is 100. Team drtg is 111 in the games I've tracked.
That seems about right from my non-professional observations. I recall after the pre-season game against NY, Mike Lee wrote this in the Insider:
This is a critical stretch for players battling for roster spots and spots in the rotation, and Saunders gave Cartier Martin a chance in the starting lineup. He finished with four points and three rebounds, but helped neutralize Danilo Gallinari, who missed all seven of his field goal attempts and scored just one point.
"It felt good. I'm pretty confident in myself," Martin said. "Defensively, I was able to get a couple of stops, slow down Gallinari. My offense didn't go the way I wanted it to, but I know there are other phases of the game, besides scoring. It was difficult to lose a game that we played so well in."
I know - it was preseason. And Gallinari isn't exactly 1st team all-NBA. But in the game Cartier started & was the primary defender, he was 0-7 with 1 point. In the regular season, with Cartier on the bench, he scored 16 points and had a team-high +24 differential. I didn't understand why Flip never called Cartier's number in that game.
I realize Cartier's no all-star, and has his limitations. But he seems like a useful player, and is definitely willing to work hard in whatever role he's asked to fill, particularly on defense. Seems we'd want to get a guy like that more minutes based on the current makeup of the team.
