It’s surprisingly normal for players with a reputation as bad defenders to have good iso defense numbers because far more players try to hunt matchups than can actually do so efficiently.
In any event, I’ve never seen iso defense given as the primary reason for considering Luka a bad defender—it’s transition and off-ball defense, which aren’t well measured by primary-defender stats because the usual fault is not being in position to be the defender in the first place.
It’s surprisingly normal for players with a reputation as bad defenders to have good iso defense numbers because far more players try to hunt matchups than can actually do so efficiently.
In any event, I’ve never seen iso defense given as the primary reason for considering Luka a bad defender—it’s transition and off-ball defense, which aren’t well measured by primary-defender stats because the usual fault is not being in position to be the defender in the first place.