07-03-2021, 12:14 PM
(07-03-2021, 11:10 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Looking at Conley´s on/off metrics. Is this about his on defensive impact or about him playing most of his minutes next to 3x DPOY Gobert? Can easily see why Ball has mediocre on/off impact on defense. He plays next to Adams/Zion/Ingram.
Conley has always been positively impactful in on/off. His career average is +6.2. This season was double that. His 108 D-Rating is very close to his 109 career average. The bigger swing factor is typically more about who replaces you (or who you replace). Playing with Gobert can help, especially to the extent your backup doesn't play with Gobert. Dirk was always an on/off monster and no matter who you put with him, Dirk's backup was always going to look bad by this metric.
It is hard to prove this up with the data I have access to. Perhaps Kamm can help here. Conley had a 99.1 D-Rating when paired with Gobert. He played very few minutes without Gobert, but the top lineups where this occured, the D Rating was actually better (small sample size alert). Clarkson and Mitchell are sizable on/off negatives defensively. Lineups with Gobert/Mitchell have a D rating of 103.7. Clarkson/Gobert is 100.3. You'd have to eliminate the overlap to really know, but that is tough because Utah typically has two of them on the court most of the time.