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re: Van Gundy In, Monroe Out
Posted on 5/15/14 at 10:14 am to teke184
Posted on 5/15/14 at 10:14 am to teke184
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Outside of Cousins and Howard, there aren't a tremendous amount of centers who demand attention these days.
The problem with centers that are "bad defenders" these days isn't that they get burned by Al Jefferson, it's that they are slow footed enough to get burned by the Pick and Roll to the point that you have to take your starting center out of the game.
According to Synergy Sports, he's much worse covering the roll man in the P&R than anyone else on the radar. PPP and rank:
Varejao .74 #15
Asik .66 #23
Ajinca .73 (not enough attempts to rank)
AD .79 #27
Smith .8 #32
Hawes (Philly) .82 #39
Lopez .92 #65
Stiemsma .95 #77
Withey .95 (not enough attempts to rank)
Koufos 1.03 #98
Gortat 1.03 #98
Monroe 1.19 #120
This post was edited on 5/15/14 at 10:15 am
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Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:25 am to TigerinATL
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it's that they are slow footed enough to get burned by the Pick and Roll to the point that you have to take your starting center out of the game
Yep.
If they get Monroe, they have to fundamentally alter how they approach defense (you could argue they should anyway based on the past couple of years). The high pressure, constant switching just won't work with his footspeed. Plus, he isn't much of a rim protector. Even if you really want Davis causing havoc out to the 3pt line, Monroe likely isn't enough at the rim to anchor even a mediocre defense.
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