
“2025 NBA Playoffs: Will Solo Stars or Team Synergy Reign Supreme?”
Two Bad is Too Many
To test the theory of whether offensive evolution has made playing bad defenders in the playoffs untenable, we looked at every playoff team in the last two seasons and sorted them by the two defenders in their starting lineup (using the most-common five starters during the playoffs) with the lowest Defensive DRIP going into the playoffs. DRIP is our catch-all metric that projects how good a player is on offense and defense at a given time, so it’s useful in determining how a player could be projected going into the playoffs.
Post Comment