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Originally Posted by dude1394
Yea..we are a lot better defensively without him, that's for sure. Have been for two years now.
Box score coaching at its finest.
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That's not box score stuff, in fact it is actually the complete opposite. You can look it up, Chandler is historically average when it comes to advanced stats, which clearly shows he's an overrated defender.
Just compare his impact stats with Duncan, or Garnett, it's night and day. I'm not even saying that Chandler wouldn't be a good choice for us, he would be. He's a borderline top 10 center in the league, a very good player, an elite defensive player, he is not.
Mavericks DRtg with Chandler in 2011: 103.2, DRtg without him in 2012: 100.5
Again, that's not box score stuff. That's actually the exact opposite. Same with the Knicks last year, and this year. Teams are playing better, or around the same defense without the guy on the floor
consistently. While Garnett for example makes the Celtics defense 1st when he's on the floor, and if i'm not mistaken they are 30th when he's not playing. Chandler is clearly not that kind of player
defensively (obviously overall the gap is even larger), but some you guys make him out to be, and frankly it's quite tiring.