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Halfway through the season, thought I would throw this up for discussion.
*Kenyon Martin -3.8 +/-; Offense is significantly worse with him on the court (105.7 per100 on, 109.8 per100 off). D is slightly better per 100 with him on the court.
*Najera on the other hand has a +9.1 +/-, 2nd best on the team behind AI; I think this is obvious to all that Najera is key and brings a lot of energy to the team.
*Melo needs to improve his D. Nugs allow 3.6 less points per100 when he is off the court.
*AI is has very good numbers: 10 less points scored per100 when he is off the court and 3.7 more points allowed when he is off the court. That said, AI plays [b]a lot[/b] of minutes, so the team's success is his success in terms of +/-.
*Camby about where you would expect him. Similar to AI in terms of defensive impact.
*JR is flat. Also not surprising.
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There're are a couple things going on w/ AI defensively:
a) he's not as bad as people make him out to be. he closes out better than most of the nuggets (not saying hes a great defender, but this is something the nuggets struggle with that ai generally does well)
b) he does bring energy to the defensive end, and gets a decent amount of steals. energy and steals lead to effect spurts of "scramble" defense.
c) ai's "replacement player" isn't going to be a significantly better defender. its usually JR, and hes not a great defender - more gifted maybe at staying in front of his man, but not a smart team defender. melo's replacement player is probably considered kleiza, diawara or maybe najera - all better defenders. so the team defense generally stays the same when ai/jr switch, but gets better when kleiza/diawara/eddie come in for melo.
d) ai often plays with the "scramble" squad of eddie, linas, jr, najera, etc. they can wreak havoc and bring a lot of energy (see the 2Q last night)
d) the number is probably skewed a little - a lot of ai's "off court" time comes during garbage time, which is pretty unpredictable.
a) he's not as bad as people make him out to be. he closes out better than most of the nuggets (not saying hes a great defender, but this is something the nuggets struggle with that ai generally does well)
b) he does bring energy to the defensive end, and gets a decent amount of steals. energy and steals lead to effect spurts of "scramble" defense.
c) ai's "replacement player" isn't going to be a significantly better defender. its usually JR, and hes not a great defender - more gifted maybe at staying in front of his man, but not a smart team defender. melo's replacement player is probably considered kleiza, diawara or maybe najera - all better defenders. so the team defense generally stays the same when ai/jr switch, but gets better when kleiza/diawara/eddie come in for melo.
d) ai often plays with the "scramble" squad of eddie, linas, jr, najera, etc. they can wreak havoc and bring a lot of energy (see the 2Q last night)
d) the number is probably skewed a little - a lot of ai's "off court" time comes during garbage time, which is pretty unpredictable.