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[mvossman]

Last I checked, Haliburton led the league in DARKO and Kyrie and Luka were both top 10 (I may not be using the best source). Advanced defensive metrics are certainly valuable when starting to look at a player but they aren't something I take as seriously as the eye test when it comes to defense.  It's just a very tough thing to measure with numbers.

I'm not sure what you are referring to?  Haliburton has a good DARKO, but nowhere near league leading.  If you are talking about defense you are way off.  DARKO says Haliburton sucks at defense, Luka is bad, and Kyrie is not good.

I agree its really hard to judge defense with metrics.  By far the best seem to be EPM and DARKO, and for the most part they are in the ball park of the eye test (better than any other), especially if you look over a big sample (multiple seasons).