ReturnofMVP3 wrote:Mr. E wrote:ReturnofMVP3 wrote:I am so mad the heat didn't pick him up and signed Gerald Green. Please take care of super cool and give him some minutes. I am rooting for him for life.
I don't think they have to give him any minutes. He came right in and earned them!
Def will be watching more rocket games. How has his defense been? I never thought it was bad in his last stint in Miami but some of our board liked to cry about every little mistake he made.
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His individual effort has been stellar. It is obvious to the eye test that he's doing work helping on the weak side and the passing lanes. It's difficult to measure his man to man D since he hasn't played any consistently competent wings yet and it's been a small sample size. t is also important to note is that the Rockets team D is sometimes terrible. Every team member has at one point or another looked horrible on D because our team defensive schemes are useless.
I've watched his Boston game, bits and pieces of the Charloote one, the memphis one and the clippers game.
In the games we've won, he's often sent against the opposing team's second unit. Much of his shots came from matching up against slower 4s or posting up smaller 3s. He is active on the weak side help, he blocks shots and gambles smartly on the passing lanes. He is active on the boards. However, the sample size for his performance as a man to man defender is non-existent. He was often matched up against Jae Crowder on defense and Jerekbro on offense. He closed out when he could, got lucky when he gambled and all and all had a great offensive game.
In the minutes we saw him at Charlotte, he was going against Kaminsky alot. Cursory inspection of the +/- would show Beasley to be a horrible defender. He was a -28 that game. What it doesn't show you is that the Hornets couldn't miss and the bulk of the scoring came from Kemba Walker to close out the 4th quarter when he was on the court.
In the clippers game, Beasley was matched up against Paul Pierce, Wesley Johnson and Jeff Green. I didn't notice a lot of miscues that were specific to him when Chris Paul was cutting up the Rockets. Chris Paul was covered first by Ariza, and would work some pretty trivial pick and roll to switch to get Harden on him. From there on it was clinical. Rockets have terrible pick and roll defense and there's not a whole lot Beasley can do about that.
What's actually eye opening are the advanced stats:
Beasley has had a negative VORP since his time in the league. Now it's firmly 0.
His Box +/- has been the highest since he's started in the league, hovering around -0.4 (close enough to zero).
His WS/48 are the highest they have ever been.
He has the lowerest turnover percentage since he's been in the league.
His rebounding percentages are also career high, as is his TS. His eFG% is tied is 2nd best at .527, where his best was .528 from his time on the Heat 2 years ago.
So he's already shown marked improvement. Maybe it'll work out this time?
