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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
He's 6'5" and both his best PER and his best NET PER come from playing the 2, albeit with a small sample size. When he plays the 3, he's outplayed quite a bit and has a negative +/- while playing there.
Interestingly enough, his only positive +/- come when he plays the SG or PF positions.
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I don't think PER is a very reliable way to evaluate defensive specialists. He's often matched up with the best scorers in the league... of course he's usually going to be outplayed. The key is that he makes his matchup work hard to get his points. He played the overwhelming majority of his minutes at the three and I think he's an All-Defense caliber player at that position.
Bottom line, I'm 100% in favor of giving Tucker a pretty big contract this summer (I'd go as high as $8M per I think, though I don't think I'd be thrilled about it) because he REALLY fills a need for us.