Andre Drummond is Marc Stein's DPOY Candidate

pistontr · Post #1 » by **pistontr** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 8:25 am

http://www.espn.com/blog/marc-stein/post/_/id/5042/kevin-durants-improvements-earn-defensive-player-of-the-year-shine-with-stein

I am not a ESPN basher unlike most of you but this is very interesting. Am I missing something, because I consider him one of the worst?

pistonsbball · Post #2 » by **pistonsbball** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 10:21 am

His rebounding would help him in those defensive stats. Saw not long ago he gives up an above average FG% at the rim, plus you've got the eye test. He's not totally awful, but right now he's no where near the DPOY convo.

ImHeisenberg · Post #3 » by **ImHeisenberg** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 10:23 am

You need to work on your reading comprehension.

All he said was that Drummond looks nice in some advanced stats, even though he's having a "so-so" season. Which is a nice way of saying he been playing like crap on overall.

Laimbeer · Post #4 » by **Laimbeer** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 2:16 pm

Where did you get from that article Dre is Maec's DPOY candidade? :noway:

Billl · Post #5 » by **Billl** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 3:26 pm

Well, he mentions 3 guys in serious contention and then Dre. He certainly put Dre in the second tier, not the first.

Those "advanced stats" are one of the reasons most people are still pretty high on Dre as a prospect. There is only so long you get to have "potential" though. At some point, that has to translate into consistent performance.

DCintheD · Post #6 » by **DCintheD** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 3:29 pm

we need all the positive publicity we can get for this guy. the public hasn't fully caught on that Drummond is a fraud.

Post #7 » by **Cowology** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 5:05 pm

Reading is fundamental.

Uncle Mxy · Post #8 » by **Uncle Mxy** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 9:28 pm

His Basketball Reference defensive rating is in sharp contrast to:
http://www.82games.com/1617/16DET14.HTM#bypos

TPA · Post #9 » by **TPA** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 10:40 pm

Ironically, this post sits just right of an article titled "How Andre Drummond's Defense Is Keeping Detroit From Taking The Next Step" on the Piston's Front Office Page.

Manocad · Post #10 » by **Manocad** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 10:59 pm

Cowology wrote:Reading is fundamental.

afroxnas · Post #11 » by **afroxnas** » Mon Mar 6, 2017 11:09 pm

Read on Twitter

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Wow, just wow...

mercury · Post #12 » by **mercury** » Tue Mar 7, 2017 12:18 am

Always appreciate a good comedy thread... what's the punch line?

Spider156 · Post #13 » by **Spider156** » Tue Mar 7, 2017 12:37 am

Candidate*

Post #14 » by **Snakebites** » Tue Mar 7, 2017 2:17 am

Yeah, I think this is a good lesson- if you're gonna post an article in hopes of starting discussion its probably best to know what the article actually says.

pistontr · Post #15 » by **pistontr** » Tue Mar 7, 2017 3:31 pm

ok, my mistake.
but even mentioning drummond is weird. whiteside, deandre jordan, even howard has same numbers.

DarkSyde · Post #16 » by **DarkSyde** » Tue Mar 7, 2017 3:44 pm

I think Drummond leads all centers with steals. His rebounding and block shots also helps.