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[dirkfansince1998]

I am dismissing the stats in this case, because:
a) with all the respect, but advanced defensive all in one stats are crap. Nurk is supposed to be 11th best defender in the league according to RAPM. 

b) we are speaking about totally different players. Capella can switch onto smaller players, at least he could in his Houston days. No way Nurkic can do that, never could.

RAPM isn´t all in one crap. Regression of lineup data with selected priors to account for outliers. Why is Nurkic ranked as high. Maybe because him being on the floor was the difference between worst defense in the league and slightly below average during his stint with the Blazers. We can come up with all kinds of interpretations for stats (what I would expect in a response...explanation why his +/- numbers are as good when he isn´t as good as the numbers suggest) but it´s not possible to dismiss factual reality.

It´s funny how this works. I could continue to come up with more stats. Point out tracking data that paints the same picture. For example DFG data that not only has Nurkic as the more active defender (more contested shots) but also with a better DFG%. But it wouldn´t matter.


If you still think that Capela can defend in space you should rewatch the Celtics-Hawks series.