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Axel wrote:Now Cody can stop posting about this guy and we have a poster to blame if anything goes wrong!!KeonClark wrote:We won't hear back from him. He dissapears into thin air and reappears when you least expect it. Ten is an enigma. Ten is a legend. Ten for the motherfucking win.KeonClark wrote:I can't wait until the playoffs start.
Until then, opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and they most often stink
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Cody73 wrote: View PostSo were allowing less 3's but teams are still hitting them against us at around the same percentage. Still makes me pissed that we tend to leave players open for 3.
But I am of the school of thought that most of the Opp 3PT% is luck rather than defence. It's attempts a team can control (as most teams will only take threes if they are open).
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DanH wrote: View PostPercentage has actually dropped a bit - it just has for the league as well. Small samples will do that.
But I am of the school of thought that most of the Opp 3PT% is luck rather than defence. It's attempts a team can control (as most teams will only take threes if they are open).I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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GLF wrote: View PostI don't know if I believe the luck thing because at the end of the day if you leave NBA players WIDE open, even if they aren't the greatest of shooters, they will knock it down more often than not. And as someone else said I find our defence is set up to leave guys wide open from 3 a little bit too much. I do agree that taking away the attempts is really good/important though. I'm just glad our defence has improved so much and it is finally what you can consider a good defence. I consider us 8th in the league defensively because they is no point of us looking at what we were before Ibaka and Tucker came here. Just think about Kyle coming back and Cory moving back to the bench with his much improved play. Also Tucker will probably get a lot more minutes in the playoffs and we shouldn't see anymore Jakob or Wright. I really think we can still do damage in the playoffs. It's just sad we will now be seeing Cleveland in the second round. Really sucks, but at this point it is what it is. Crying over it won't change anything
Take a look at that, and tell me you think those teams are responsible for how often their opponents are hitting threes with no defender within 6 feet. Try filtering through to different defender distances. There is huge variance from team to team. It's luck.
There was a study done that for NBA players, after 750 three point attempts, the shooting percentage for a player becomes fairly reliable. And that's with one player, not a spattering of opposing players. NOP has given up the most threes of any team in the league and has barely crossed that threshold as a team (875 attempts given up). As a team. Of all the players in the league, Steph Curry has taken the most threes against them, at 36. So their sample is essentially made up of hundreds of samples of fewer than 36 attempts, when we know each player requires 750 to stabilize. It's all noise.
The one thing teams can control is a) how many shots the opposition gets and b) how covered they are when they get them.
Look at the average expected shooting percentage based on defender distance for the entire league, and the variance (I've left out tightly contested shots because the samples are miniscule).
Contested: 31.6% average; 26.9%-38.1%
Open: 35.8% average; 30.7%-39.7%
Wide Open: 38.1% average; 33.2%-41.9%
So, yeah, some teams get unlucky, but they can still control their worst case percentage given up by controlling what sort of shots the opposition gets. For example, if a team gives up loads of wide open threes, even the luckiest team will give up a higher percentage on those shots than a team that has middling luck but contests every three. But if a team happens to get caught with players just getting hot, it doesn't matter how good their defence is - as is the case with Denver, who are giving up 38% on contested threes - a full 3% higher than any other team in the league. The Raptors suffer here as well - they are getting pegged with 34% shooting on contested threes, the 5th highest number in the league. Contrast that with the Celtics, who are giving up only 33% shooting on wide open threes - they are getting lucky.
There are other factors, of course, like who exactly is being left open and getting shots, but almost very team knows to leave bad shooters open and cover good shooters. So in all likelihood this really is just luck.
Anyway, back to how many wide open shots we are giving up.
The Raptors give up 43% of their opponents' three pointers as wide open shots, and 14% of their overall shots as wide open threes. Those rank 18th and 23rd in the league. So, not great. But keep in mind, there wasn't much spread here. Teams give up about 27 3PA's per game league wide. And the Raptors' 43% was not great, but 20 of the league's 30 teams were between 40-44%, which would be a difference of ONE wide open three point attempt a game. So, below average, but qualitatively speaking, pretty much an average team there.
But, in terms of good old fashioned open shots (shots where a defender is closing out, but not really contesting), the Raptors give up very few of those. Only 36% of their opponents' threes are "open" and only 12% of their total shots are open threes. Those would rank 3rd and 7th least in the league. So, that's good.
Then there are contested threes - players shooting with a Raptor defender within 4 feet. The Raptors' opponents hoist up the 3rd most of these in the league (20% of their opponent three point attempts) and they account for a league high 6.5% of Toronto's opponent shots overall. So technically Toronto contests more threes (or close to it) than anyone else in the league, even if they do give up a somewhat greater than average number of wide open attempts.
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Ball wrote: View PostFun fact: our defensive rating (according to NBA.com) is 105.5, which is 13th in the league. At #9 is Dallas, and their defensive rating is 105.4, a mere 0.01 points ahead of ours. Next at #8 is Memphis with a defensive rating of 105.1. So defense is officially fixed!
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DanH wrote: View Posthttp://stats.nba.com/teams/opponent-...=FG3_PCT&dir=1
Take a look at that, and tell me you think those teams are responsible for how often their opponents are hitting threes with no defender within 6 feet. Try filtering through to different defender distances. There is huge variance from team to team. It's luck.
There was a study done that for NBA players, after 750 three point attempts, the shooting percentage for a player becomes fairly reliable. And that's with one player, not a spattering of opposing players. NOP has given up the most threes of any team in the league and has barely crossed that threshold as a team (875 attempts given up). As a team. Of all the players in the league, Steph Curry has taken the most threes against them, at 36. So their sample is essentially made up of hundreds of samples of fewer than 36 attempts, when we know each player requires 750 to stabilize. It's all noise.
The one thing teams can control is a) how many shots the opposition gets and b) how covered they are when they get them.
Look at the average expected shooting percentage based on defender distance for the entire league, and the variance (I've left out tightly contested shots because the samples are miniscule).
Contested: 31.6% average; 26.9%-38.1%
Open: 35.8% average; 30.7%-39.7%
Wide Open: 38.1% average; 33.2%-41.9%
So, yeah, some teams get unlucky, but they can still control their worst case percentage given up by controlling what sort of shots the opposition gets. For example, if a team gives up loads of wide open threes, even the luckiest team will give up a higher percentage on those shots than a team that has middling luck but contests every three. But if a team happens to get caught with players just getting hot, it doesn't matter how good their defence is - as is the case with Denver, who are giving up 38% on contested threes - a full 3% higher than any other team in the league. The Raptors suffer here as well - they are getting pegged with 34% shooting on contested threes, the 5th highest number in the league. Contrast that with the Celtics, who are giving up only 33% shooting on wide open threes - they are getting lucky.
There are other factors, of course, like who exactly is being left open and getting shots, but almost very team knows to leave bad shooters open and cover good shooters. So in all likelihood this really is just luck.
Anyway, back to how many wide open shots we are giving up.
The Raptors give up 43% of their opponents' three pointers as wide open shots, and 14% of their overall shots as wide open threes. Those rank 18th and 23rd in the league. So, not great. But keep in mind, there wasn't much spread here. Teams give up about 27 3PA's per game league wide. And the Raptors' 43% was not great, but 20 of the league's 30 teams were between 40-44%, which would be a difference of ONE wide open three point attempt a game. So, below average, but qualitatively speaking, pretty much an average team there.
But, in terms of good old fashioned open shots (shots where a defender is closing out, but not really contesting), the Raptors give up very few of those. Only 36% of their opponents' threes are "open" and only 12% of their total shots are open threes. Those would rank 3rd and 7th least in the league. So, that's good.
Then there are contested threes - players shooting with a Raptor defender within 4 feet. The Raptors' opponents hoist up the 3rd most of these in the league (20% of their opponent three point attempts) and they account for a league high 6.5% of Toronto's opponent shots overall. So technically Toronto contests more threes (or close to it) than anyone else in the league, even if they do give up a somewhat greater than average number of wide open attempts.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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Our defence has been looking good lately. If we can rely on our D, for when shots aren't dropping then we're going to be a tough out in the playoffs. Things are rounding into shape for the post season and if Lowry comes back strong, we could have a perfect storm on our hands. Bring on the Cav's!
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Clearly the way to fix the defense is to bottle the last quarter of the Bulls game and the last 3 quarters of the Heat game. Problem solved. Show the guys video highlights of those two games about once a week so they can remember what to do.
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LJ2 wrote: View PostNot sure if this is the best thread to say it, but it feels like PP is the new Ross. Don't know what you're gonna get out of him from game to game.
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LJ2 wrote: View PostOur defence has been looking good lately. If we can rely on our D, for when shots aren't dropping then we're going to be a tough out in the playoffs. Things are rounding into shape for the post season and if Lowry comes back strong, we could have a perfect storm on our hands. Bring on the Cav's!
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JawsGT wrote: View Postwhat makes me think we may actually have a shot at the cavs is their D, which is very sketchy, alot like ours was before the deadline. And they don't really have anyone that can stop Lowry and Demar, as they would be loathe to put Lebron on one of them. But I think ultimately, if we play them in the playoffs, they will be forced to task LBJ with guarding Demar, but will that be enough. IF our D can stiffle their 3pt shooting and Lowry can shoot when/if he returns we have a good shot I think.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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GLF wrote: View Post...But if you let Lebron do what he wants with no resistance like we've done and you have them getting wide open 3 after wide open 3 you're fucked...
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