You don't use metrics as foundation for a player's defensive impact, especially ones who aren't defensive anchors (multicollinearity comes in and dresses players up or down). Surely you can see some sort of an issue when these #s if you're in here claiming that he has "Center impact" on the that end.
If they've got him guarding small forwards, it's usually because Mbah a Moute is guarding the best offensive guard threat. I question if you've actually been watching the Clippers play at all this season.
The proof is all through this thread, perhaps if you actually looked at that OP you would see why. I mean is this really a mark of this great defender you keep on claiming he is -
Despite the Clippers being ranked 13th in points against per shot (0.96 PPP - 50.8%) in 2014/2015, they were near last at contesting shots at a 40.89% rate (Kings and Lakers were the only teams who were worse), which is quite remarkable they actually got away with contesting at such a poor rate, yet still had a good defense since both the Lakers and Kings were ranked in the bottom five for points against per shot. Paul being the main culprit, as he was the WORST among all Clippers' starters at contesting shots - where he ranked 79th in the league among qualifying point guards at a 26.1% rate. He also ranked 77th among PGs in Keep-in-Front% at 29.7 - "Keep-In-Front% tracks a defender’s ability to keep his man in front of him following on-ball screens, during help attempts, on one-on-one drive attempts, and on closeout attempts."
However, a closer look at Paul’s numbers show that it’s not just on-ball screens where the point guard is having trouble keeping his man between him and the basket. His Keep-in-Front Drive% was just 35.9 percent on the season. In comparison, the Boston Celtics’ stalwart young defensive unit of Marcus Smart and Avery Bradley had Keep-in-Front%’s of 53.8 and 50.8, respectively.
The Clippers defensive scheme / DeAndre covered up teams capitalizing on his lack of defense and miscues -
The Clippers had the second-highest Hedge% in the entire league at 22.19 percent. This was an effective screen-defense strategy as the Clippers had the lowest Points Allowed per Screen in the NBA last season at .073. Having the most agile post defender in the game in Jordan obviously is a big reason the Clippers can hedge with such frequency.
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That said, we all know your agendas well and you rarely stray from them, building your arguments and evidence around them and deciding when facts should matter when convenient.
