
“2025 NBA Playoffs: Will Solo Stars or Team Synergy Reign Supreme?”
We’re using -0.4 D-DRIP as the cutoff for a subpar defender. That number gives us approximately the bottom 40% of defenders in the league this season. Starters on playoff teams that are below this number can be considered defensive liabilities who opponents might target, so we’re looking for any team that had two starters with -0.4 D-DRIP or lower and seeing how well it did in the playoffs.
The numbers are staggering. Sixteen of the 32 playoff teams over the last two years meet this criterion. Of those 16, 11 lost in the first round and only one advanced past the second round.
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