- 1) Bynum
2) Gasol
3) Odom
The Lakers won titles because their defense was superb, even when their offense was mediocre. With Nash, our offense is elite even this past year when we had no synergy.
We need a three-man defensive triangle in the frontcourt:
- 1) Gortat
2) Frye
3) ???
The following is 4-year defensive RAPM, players who are worth at least +2.0 on the defensive end. I only included players that were at least 2.0 overall (I didn't want players who kill the offense at both ends).
- -the left number is defensive impact per 100 possessions
-the right number is overall impact, offense and defense
-bold is players who have won championships
-red is players who could still win a championship this year
4.5---Amir Johnson---5.1
4.2---Andrew Bogut---4.2
4.1---Josh Smith---4.3
4.0---Dwight Howard---7.6
3.9---Tim Duncan---5.3
3.8---Omer Asik---4.0
3.7---LeBron James---10.2
3.6---Chuck Hayes---3.2
3.6---Tony Allen---2.0
3.5---Ron Artest---3.5
3.4---Lamar Odom---4.9
3.4---Mbah a Moute---2.2
3.0---Yao Ming---3.9
3.0---Luol Deng---3.8
3.0---Gerald Wallace---3.5
3.0---Roy Hibbert---3.2
2.9---Marcus Camby---2.8
2.8---Nowitzki---7.8
2.8---Bosh---4.9
2.8---Nene---4.5
2.8---Eric Maynor---2.8
2.6---LaMarcus Aldridge---5.1
2.6---Ime Udoka---2.9
2.6---Tyson Chandler---2.6
2.6---Fesenko---2.0
2.5---Thaddeus Young---4.3
2.5---Paul Pierce---5.2
2.5---Kirilenko---3.7
2.5---Chris Andersen---2.5
2.4---Ekpe Udoh---3.6
2.3---Nick Collison---2.7
2.3---Andrew Bynum---2.2
2.2---Kyle Lowry---2.7
2.2---Rasheed Wallace---2.9
2.2---Jeff Foster---3.2
2.1---Paul Millsap---3.5
2.1---Ersan Ilyasova---3.4
2.1---Varejao---3.3
2.1---Kenyon Martin---2.1
2.1---Iguodala---2.0
Notice the massive frontcourt bias?? Notice how essential these players are if you want to have an elite team? NOTICE HOW AMARE (-0.9) IS NOT WHAT WE'RE LACKING?
