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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4304643, member: 1969"]
I think there are some good defensive analytics out there, especially those related to coverage (how one handles the PnR, how one defends at the basket)   But the key is to understand context in how they are calculated in the first place (which may or may not be dependent on others around them performing or not performing), which could have well been a factor for Gobert's decline in numbers this year.

I'm not going to say I am good at interpreting defensive analytics or even the best ones.   I really have no clue in that area - I just assume some teams are making good use of the shared or their internal analyiss -- teams that likely use them well for scouting, matchup and development purposes.  But any good analytics dept they probably are not just rhyming off numbers -- they understand context as well.

Can't say I watch Gobert enough to know if he declined or not.   I do know that 30 or so year old bigs do tend to decline fairly quickly once the decline phase starts...I'll trust your judgment as a viewer that the decline phase has not started.
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