DJ Tabooh
All Star
Was doing some research going back 20 years essentially to the 2003-04 season when the Pistons won the NBA Title. I was looking through efficiency metrics offensively and defensively for those years. Every NBA champion has been top 10 in defensive rating and 18/20 (Except 04’ Pistons and last year’s Warriors) were top 10 in offensive rating.
Can’t say I’m all that surprised considering basketball is a sport where players have to play both ways and it’s a constant game of back and forth, offense/defense. I bring this up for a few reasons. Right now Denver is 13th in defensive rating while the Suns currently sit in 17th in offensive rating.
That should go up as we close the regular season with KD in the fold but something to keep an eye on as a trend. Golden State was 16th on offense last year but Curry missed a bunch of time, as did Draymond but they rounded into form come playoff time.
Right now, only four teams are in the top 10 in both categories: Cleveland, Milwaukee, Boston and Philadelphia….All Eastern Conference teams. Lots of ball left but something to keep your eye on when you think about team’s who can win a title.
Can’t say I’m all that surprised considering basketball is a sport where players have to play both ways and it’s a constant game of back and forth, offense/defense. I bring this up for a few reasons. Right now Denver is 13th in defensive rating while the Suns currently sit in 17th in offensive rating.
That should go up as we close the regular season with KD in the fold but something to keep an eye on as a trend. Golden State was 16th on offense last year but Curry missed a bunch of time, as did Draymond but they rounded into form come playoff time.
Right now, only four teams are in the top 10 in both categories: Cleveland, Milwaukee, Boston and Philadelphia….All Eastern Conference teams. Lots of ball left but something to keep your eye on when you think about team’s who can win a title.