I been saying this dude soft and put up empty stats. nikka nowhere to be found during winning time. He’s not a momentum swinger. And coming out of college he handled the ball a lot more—not sure what happened to that. For such a physical specimen, dude plays timid as fukk.
AD no doubt one of the most overrated players in the NBA. He's too soft to play Center so the team is forced to have an extra big man out there hurting the offense, and he isn't the primary rim protector so his defensive impact is highly overrated by gaudy numbers. DRPM and DRAPTOR aren't perfect metrics, but they agree with the eye test. AD's DRPM is 35th among PFs this year His On/Off DRAPTOR is 124th in the league with guys like Ish Smith and Kuzma He ranks the same as KAT in Defensive Impact for a perennial DPOY those teams in NO were often terrible defensively. He barely had a top 10 defense and he only did that once, most seasons they were in the 20s he often ducks great big men, when we play him he won't cover Embiid but Embiid will shut him down Offensively he's a great finisher of plays, but he doesn't create jack shyt. He's super dependent on other players. For reference, over the last three years 47% of Embiid's shots have been unassisted, 43% of Jokic's, compared to just 33% of AD's comparable to guys like Robin Lopez and Tyson Chandler He's still a good offensive player, but not as good as his high numbers suggest again If Embiid played like AD has been, led such dud defenses, had these random awful games, constantly miss the playoffs until he buddies up with Bron, he'd be ridiculed 24/7, but no one ever says shyt about AD
U Laker fans should be worried. I dont think AD is built to take the backlash that comes with being Lebrons #2 aka the scapegoat. Yall gonna run him out of town and be left with old man Bron and scraps
nikkas fading into dust in the bubble Not having them sidepiece thots in the audience nikkas be losing motivation to show off and show out on the court
Ok all fukking season yall been saying Davis was the real MVP of the Lakers and without him they were an 8th Seed at best. nikka has a bad game and now he's soft and overrated. Coli never fails
Yall nikkas just say shyt to say shyt. Wtf are Empty stats? Those empty stays led them to the #1 Seed. When was the last time Bron secured the #1 Seed? Without AD they are fighting to make the playoffs Make it make sense yo
Empty stats are stats that players put up that don’t impact the outcome of the game as much as you would think based on the numbers. There are a lot of players in the league whose stats are better than their impact. Basketball is a game of momentum and when you get your stats matters. Did you get a key offensive board leading to a back breaking three? Did you run back on D to swat a shot in transition to stop a run? Did you come out at half time and put up 8 straight to swing momentum in your favour? Are you beating double teams in crunch time to demoralize the opponent? Or are you scoring against the opponent’s bench the majority of the game or putting up 24 points through three quarters and 2 points in the fourth/crunch time? I feel like I shouldn’t have to explain this. AD’s greatest impact is on the defensive end. Offensively he might put up gaudy numbers from time to time but how many games in his career can you say, “damn AD really dominated down the stretch” or “AD came out in the second half and put his team on his back to pull away”? Not too many. That’s what I’m talking about. For a guy of his ability, size and athleticism he should be a top three to five player in this league, but he’s really not. He’s a great player but he’s not a great winner.
