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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 127195, member: 214"]
I was going to put this in the "defense better than the 09-10 team" thread, but I thought it deserved a stand alone post. I have been less enthusiastic about this squad than most, and this kind of skewers my point of view.

I did this weekly last season, comparing the last two squads on a number of specialty stats.  The 2010-11 team never quite got up to the levels of the 2009-10 team.  Here is a comparison of this year's squad to 2009-10:
[IMG]http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/2058/ssweek11.jpg[/IMG]
On everything except points in the paint, this year's squad is exceeding what the 2010 group accomplished through 11 games.  I do think a point needs to be made about the huge bench points disparity - the 2010 team did not feature a token starter like Rakeem Christmas.  If Dash Riley had started every game and then immediately sat vs every difficult opponent, to be replaced by Ricky or ARinze, the numbers would be similar.

All in all, though, this squad has put up impressive numbers.  Draw your own conclusions.
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