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I have a feeling Sanders is going to be making a lot of money off of one decent season, until people eventually catch on that he is nothing special

The camera data from his breakout year says he was awesome, that's not just some useless advanced stat created by a math nerd for other math nerds to geek out with, this is actual break down of game footage and comparing players across the league.

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Sanders and the Indiana Pacers' Roy Hibbert each held opponents to a league-low 38 percent on shots inside 5 feet, which is nearly way worse than the 49.7 percent the league shoots from that distance with somebody in the neighborhood on average. He also allowed the lowest field-goal percentage (34.9 percent) when within 5 feet of an opponent's shot, which, again, is way worse than the 45.6 percent the league shot on average with a qualifying defender that close.

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My main question with Sanders isn't whether he can still protect the rim, it's whether another skinny rim protector solves our defensive problems.

This post was edited on 1/20/14 at 1:43 pm

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Posted by GynoSandberg

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Posted on 1/20/14 at 2:06 pm to TigerinATL

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My main question with Sanders isn't whether he can still protect the rim, it's whether another skinny rim protector solves our defensive problems.

Meh

I see what you're saying but I think he is a notch above the "skinny" label

Bref has sanders at 6'11" 235

They have dwight at 6'11" 240

Ben Wallace 6'9" 240

Noah 6'11" 232

Henson is at 6'11" 220

Now those could be off give or take. But what Sanders lacks in girth he makes up for w length I think.

Fwiw in the 5 games in which sanders got 30+ mpg this season, he's averaging 11/9/3 with a 55% FG. He's only played in 15

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