The only actual evidence in the piece are his on-court/off-court numbers. I mentioned in the forum post about them recently that they aren't really very good for telling how good or bad a player is: they're best for comparing him to teammates at the same position.
It mentions his defensive on-court numbers are the worst: it doesn't mention his offensive numbers are the second best. Why ignore half the data? If you are trying to use on-court off-court to measure overall effectiveness (which you probably shouldn't) heres the list of raptors who have played substantial minutes Andrea is better than:
Demar derozan
Sonny weems
Reggie Evans
Ed Davis
Jerryd bayless
Jarrett Jack
So if you spend two seconds actually looking at the evidence they use, it doesn't really support them at all.
Look, it's annoying when Andrea doesn't offer good help defense. But SI is just throwing shit at the wall trying to get page views.
It mentions his defensive on-court numbers are the worst: it doesn't mention his offensive numbers are the second best. Why ignore half the data? If you are trying to use on-court off-court to measure overall effectiveness (which you probably shouldn't) heres the list of raptors who have played substantial minutes Andrea is better than:
Demar derozan
Sonny weems
Reggie Evans
Ed Davis
Jerryd bayless
Jarrett Jack
So if you spend two seconds actually looking at the evidence they use, it doesn't really support them at all.
Look, it's annoying when Andrea doesn't offer good help defense. But SI is just throwing shit at the wall trying to get page views.
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