(01-06-2021, 11:03 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: I suspect there's a distinction made between guarding the pick and roll and dealing with the aftermath of the opponent using a pick to create a switch and then iso the mismatch.
Correct, this is a separate thing. Pick and roll ball handler is when that roll play is still unfolding in the natural flow of the game. If the player backs out with a couple dribbles, then it becomes an isolation play.
KP in isolation was average last year: 0.92 PPP, 47.6 percentile (his last year in NYK: 0.85, 59.3 percentile)
The only other Mavs better than KP last year for comparison...
WCS: 0.90 PPP, 51.6 percentile
Maxi: 0.81 PPP, 64.8 percentile (Mavs best at this)
DFS: 0.87 PPP, 56.5 percentile
DP: 0.82 PPP, 64.0 percentile
All the Mavs guards are below average or way below average in isolation plays.
P.S. JRich last year was 0.95 PPP, 43.7 percentile (so worse than KP in isolation).