01-30-2020, 09:15 PM
(01-30-2020, 08:22 PM)TXBamanut Wrote: In all fairness....I am just trying to bring some context to the table, which I know doesn't jive with the Covington slurpfest.
1) I don't think he makes or breaks a defense...because there are other people on the floor that have to defend.
2) He gained his defensive reputation in Philly, first, not only in Minnesota.
3) First you say "10 games is too short a sample", and then you try to make your argument on 12 games. You are kind of doing the same thing that you accuse the article's author of doing. So which is it?
It looks like both of you guys have decided what you are going to believe, and then you are just reaching for the stats that support what you are going to believe no matter what.
For example...The "who care about DRPM?" sentiment.... I bet you would all of a sudden be the biggest proponent of DRPM if it rated RoCo as a bad defendIer.
The east coast media over hyped him. RoCo finished 4th in DPOY voting when Philly won 28 games, what a joke. Look at the other players who finished in the top 10, they were all on winning teams. You rarely see a bottom dwelling team get represented like that. That is like putting Trae Young top 5 in MVP voting this season based on the numbers.
The year he made all defensive team was when elite defenders Simmons/Embiid finally broke out. Philly is still an elite defensive team despite no Covington. In fact, Simmons is getting DPOY love this season. How is RoCo without them? Pretty average.
And I never said "Who cares about DRPM?" What I did say was don't let it fool y'all. Covington's DRPM is down this season, it is worse than Nemanja Bjelica. If I was a DRPM disciple like these fanboys, I could conclude Covington's defense is declining with age. But I digress . . .
DeMarcus Cousins finished as the #1 DRPM center one year, guess how many DPOY votes he got? That's right you guessed it: zero. Nerlens Noel, who was of course playing in Philly, earned a vote that season.
The accolades some are pushing to support RoCo as an elite defender are from the media. The same media that pushed Avery Bradley to 6th in DPOY voting; he actually had more votes/points than RoCo did as a 4th place finisher. Bradley also finished 8th in DPOY voting another year. He's been all-defense twice in his career.
Do people view Avery Bradley as DPOY worthy player? He is also 29 years old like RoCo and just signed with LAL for $5M/yr; Covington makes $12.5M/yr btw.
Trying to shed light onto the Covington = DPOY, elite 3/D player. Many believe he is can't miss, game changing talent to take the Mavs to the next level. I ain't buying it but that is just my opinion.