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Bazz has the absolute worst Defensive Real Plus Minus in the entire NBA. Don't believe me? Check here.
http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/page/11/sort/DRPM

I know some of you like his energy, hustle whatever, but the guy is absolutely clueless when it comes to defense and his propensity to attack the offensive boards makes him slow to get back and help on defense. Whatever good Bazz does with his attacking the boards and getting put backs is offset in a major way with how terrible our defense becomes when he's in there. Honestly, we are better off when Bazz sits.

Keep it up and you'll get your very own thread named after you where people can monitor Bazzs play.

To be fair, Andrew Wiggins is ranked #425 compared to Bazz's #430.

Wouldn't that suggest the Wolves are virtually just as bad when Wiggins is playing?

TeamRicky wrote:Bazz has the absolute worst Defensive Real Plus Minus in the entire NBA. Don't believe me? Check here.
http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/page/11/sort/DRPM

I know some of you like his energy, hustle whatever, but the guy is absolutely clueless when it comes to defense and his propensity to attack the offensive boards makes him slow to get back and help on defense. Whatever good Bazz does with his attacking the boards and getting put backs is offset in a major way with how terrible our defense becomes when he's in there. Honestly, we are better off when Bazz sits.

Anytime Bazz attacks the offensive glass, there is always at least one if not several defenders there as well, which would mean the getting back part should be handled by others on the team. I am not going to try and paint Bazz as even a mediocre defender, but these so called advance stats aren't worth the paper they are printed on. Klay Thomson was around 330th on the same list. I consider him one of the better defensive SG's in the league. WIggins and Lavine were only a few spots up from Bazz, so I suppose we should cut them.

KG is ranked 7th
Kevin Love 56th

bleedspeed177 wrote:KG is ranked 7th
Kevin Love 56th

Hard to argue the stat now!

Ricky is the best defensive point guard per this stat: http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/DRPM/position/1

Rubio was 15th.
Dieng was 40th.

PorkChop wrote:Keep it up and you'll get your very own thread named after you where people can monitor Bazzs play.

Technically it's named after the dog, quit trying to steal his thunder.

To be fair, bazz is the best three point shooter in the 3rd quarter after sitting for 10 minutes in road games.