Starting PF 2016-2017.

[Chr1s1anL]

It's not all about having quick feet and being athelic. You can make just as much of an impact on D if you understanding positioning. Players like Scola, Pau and Sully understand that. That's why Scola lead the team in charges drawn last year.

[DanH]

It's not all about having quick feet and being athelic. You can make just as much of an impact on D if you understanding positioning. Players like Scola, Pau and Sully understand that. That's why Scola lead the team in charges drawn last year.

Is it also why Scola led the team in how bad the defence was? Had the worst on-court DRTG on the team (106.7). The defence was literally at its very worst when Scola was on the floor. Better with JV, better with Ross, better with DeRozan. The good news is he's a vet, so was better in the playoffs, leading to some real winning. Oh, he had a team worst -19.1 net rating in the playoffs? Nice.

[ogi]

It's not all about having quick feet and being athelic. You can make just as much of an impact on D if you understanding positioning. Players like Scola, Pau and Sully understand that. That's why Scola lead the team in charges drawn last year.

Not only was it obvious that Scola's defense was bad based on the numbers, but it was even more obvious watching the game.

[ogi]

It wasn't an injury replacement?

From what I remember he was relegated during a really poor stretch where he played terribly.

[Chr1s1anL]

Not only was it obvious that Scola's defense was bad based on the numbers, but it was even more obvious watching the game.

Jared Sullinger is a good reminder not to use any single defensive statistic to make a case. His metrics are all over the place.

— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) July 11, 2016

[Chr1s1anL]

Is it also why Scola led the team in how bad the defence was? Had the worst on-court DRTG on the team (106.7). The defence was literally at its very worst when Scola was on the floor. Better with JV, better with Ross, better with DeRozan. The good news is he's a vet, so was better in the playoffs, leading to some real winning. Oh, he had a team worst -19.1 net rating in the playoffs? Nice.

Jared Sullinger is a good reminder not to use any single defensive statistic to make a case. His metrics are all over the place.

— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) July 11, 2016

[DanH]

Jared Sullinger is a good reminder not to use any single defensive statistic to make a case. His metrics are all over the place.

— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) July 11, 2016

To be fair, Scola's metrics were not all over the place, they were consistently below average to terrible.

[DanH]

Also, I'm not sure what metrics Blake is referring to, but I imagine he is referencing DFG% and rim protection stats (which I have looked at before and found them to be more noise than signal in terms of predicting future performance) as compared to the more stable impact numbers.

[ogi]

Jared Sullinger is a good reminder not to use any single defensive statistic to make a case. His metrics are all over the place.

— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) July 11, 2016

It's as if we're all here looking at a box and you're trying to convince us that it's a firetruck

[Puffer]

Now that Sullinger is signed, all we have to do is wait until the end of November to make a pretty good determination of his pluses and minuses.

[Chr1s1anL]

I'm just glad we have someone to keep 2pat minutes down. His way more effective when he 22-25 mins a game.

[DanH]

I'm just glad we have someone to keep 2pat minutes down. His way more effective when he 22-25 mins a game.

I seriously doubt Pat's minutes come in at 22-25. He'll be needed for 28 MPG again, with not much in way of an established backup C on the roster meaning that Sully will play some minutes at the 5.

[golden]

I'm just glad we have someone to keep 2pat minutes down. His way more effective when he 22-25 mins a game.

2Pat's minutes might actually go up. Opposing could might try more small-ball against the Raps, and we had Biyombo last season to share that load on D. Now we've got JV, JP and JS who might all be sitting against smaller lineups.

[Chr1s1anL]

I seriously doubt Pat's minutes come in at 22-25. He'll be needed for 28 MPG again, with not much in way of an established backup C on the roster meaning that Sully will play some minutes at the 5.

Nah, Carrol is healthy he will take minutes from 2pat at the 4.

[A.I]

2Pat's minutes might actually go up. Opposing could might try more small-ball against the Raps, and we had Biyombo last season to share that load on D. Now we've got JV, JP and JS who might all be sitting against smaller lineups.

Thats where Siakam could be useful. Imagine having a small ball C that can run the floor.

But honestly, there are times against small ball lineups where you go big and punish them for it, out rebound them, attack them in the paint and so on.