Honestly im not surprised nor concerned that our defensive rating is so low. We’ve had a decently tough schedule against some high offense teams (Celtics, Bucks, Mavs). With such a small sample size of games played so far, the effect of those points allowed is significantly inflated.
Also, we have been missing Claxton, the literal linchpin of our defense. It’s pretty obvious that many of our defensive schemes center around him. Yeah DFS is a great interior defender against larger guys and Sharpe can do some work too but they aren’t true rim protectors like Claxton is. Once he is back (alongside Cam Johnson) and we play more games against an easier schedule our dRTG will get better.
johnjohnjohn93
Imagine if we hired Ime and got Halliburton instead of Ben in the Harden trade.
richonarampage
Our entire offensive efficiency was Cam Thomas. Wonder how this will change during the next 2+ weeks.
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Honestly im not surprised nor concerned that our defensive rating is so low. We’ve had a decently tough schedule against some high offense teams (Celtics, Bucks, Mavs). With such a small sample size of games played so far, the effect of those points allowed is significantly inflated.
Also, we have been missing Claxton, the literal linchpin of our defense. It’s pretty obvious that many of our defensive schemes center around him. Yeah DFS is a great interior defender against larger guys and Sharpe can do some work too but they aren’t true rim protectors like Claxton is. Once he is back (alongside Cam Johnson) and we play more games against an easier schedule our dRTG will get better.
Imagine if we hired Ime and got Halliburton instead of Ben in the Harden trade.
Our entire offensive efficiency was Cam Thomas. Wonder how this will change during the next 2+ weeks.