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Trae Young, against all odds, has become a neutral defender in the NBA (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by greenie7680@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Noted basketball terrorist Trae Young, often hailed as the worst defender in the NBA has managed to pull his defensive EPM to almost 0.0 (it actually should be once tonight's game is taken into account). All jokes aside this is pretty impressive stuff as he has managed to improve on defense year after year and is currently top 10 in steals as well. His efficiency is shaky in the new system that Quin installed but stuff like this is nice to see.

Here is a link to the source

	Offensive and Defensive EPM
Player	Offense	Defense
Trae Young	3.9	-0.1

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[–] honestnbafan@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't get how Haliburton has avoided the bad defender rep lol

Incredible offensive player of course but literally every advanced stat as well as the eye test sees him as hideous on that end and yet his reputation seems to be neutral to even positive

[–] magnificentmeatwad@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Because he’s tall and lengthy for a point guard, so people assume he must be a good defender.

[–] DrBigChicken@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I’ve never seen anyone say Haliburton was anything but a terrible defender. This might be the first time I’ve seen someone say he’s just bad