He doesn't have a point. He's just fukkin stupid. His logic plays on the notion that every single DPOY has kept 100% of their opponents to average-and-below #s during the season.
And stats suggest it'd probably take a heck of a lot more than 40 shots for an opponent to get 40 points. According to Synergy Sports data, Bradley is allowing a minuscule 0.678 points per possession, which ranks in the 96th percentile among all NBA players.
Take it a step further and narrow that down to all players with at least 225 plays, and Bradley ranks second in the league behind only David West (0.674 points per play). Opponents are shooting a mere 30.9 percent against him (59-of-191 overall) and turn the ball over a ridiculous 14.7 percent of the time. Opponents generate points on a mere 31.4 percent of plays against Bradley, the lowest number in the league for players with at least 225 defensive possessions against them.
Bradley's ball pressure is a game-changer. Celtics coach Doc Rivers pointed to Monday's win over Utah to showcase how his on-ball defense took the Jazz frontcourt out of the game because they couldn't even get into their sets.
Boston has been a decidedly different defensive team since he returned from double shoulder surgery at the start of the calendar year. The Celtics were 14-17 after his debut on Jan. 2 against the Memphis Grizzlies and 16-10 since. In Boston's first 30 games this season, its defensive rating (points allowed per 100 possessions) was an unfathomable 102.1, ranking 14th in the league for a team that has lived in the top five in the Garnett era.
Over the past 27 games, despite the rash of injuries endured, Boston owns a defensive rating of 97.2, second best in the league in that span (trailing only the Indiana Pacers). Boston's defensive rating when Bradley is on the floor at TD Garden is a mere 92.5 in 14 home games.
4 pages of DPOY talk and not one mention of...
Avery Bradley blocks Dwyane Wade Heat-Celtics 4-1-12 - YouTube
This nikka Bradley is a muh fukkinn pit bull on D. The numbers speak for themselves when you look at the C's record and defensive numbers with him on and off the court. Going back to last season, with bradley in the starting lineup the c's are 39-18, and with him out of the lineup theyre well below .500. He's only 23 and he's already the best defensive wing player in the league.
Just look at what he did to poor steph curry just one game after he exploded for 54pts
6 for 22 shooting? 3 for 11 from deep? They said in the post game wrap up that steph only hit 2 shots when Bradley was the primary defender on him.
Bradley had him so shook that when he got taken out of the game cuz of foul trouble in the 4th and curry was getting wide open shots with Bradley off the court, he was still air ballin emBradley just wore that lil nikkaa down.
Real shyt...I'm sick of undeserving big men winning the DPOY award every single year. Time to let the best defensive wing in the NBA eat a little bit.
Men lie. Women lie. Numbers don't.
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They probably gonna give it to Noah. But its about time that a perimeter player wins this award again.
All this perimeter defender nonsense, do any of yall who say this watch Noah play?
All this perimeter defender nonsense, do any of yall who say this watch Noah play?
Noah is a beast and im not taking anything from him. But this year is so wide open that i couls see a perimeter player getting it this year.
There aren't any #s to measure Noah's defensive worth.
If you wanna make your case for Bradley - http://www.the-coli.com/coliseum/91710-whos-your-dpoty-so-far.html
And no he isn't the best perimeter defender in the league. Plus if there's any perimeter defender that deserves it - it's George.
What I mean is, one of Noah's defensive roles is that of a perimeter player.