Heatles84
Well-Known Member
Win shares is another stat that tells some of the story. Just cause he was named doesn't mean he is you know this. Also block shots doesn't mean youre great at D either. You are looking way to much into the media hype rather than look at reality. There was a video of interior defense stats and larry sanders is right there with Dwight.
He's a 5-time NBA rebounding leader and a 4-time first team all-time defense and 1 second team all-defense. These teams are voted on by coaches, not the media. If you haven't noticed, Dwight tends to alter alot of shots at the rim. Saying block shots are a meaningless statistic is laughable considering you constantly use RAPM as gauge to determine a player's worth on defense when I just brought 3 players up outside of Dwight that are regarded as some of the best defenders in the NBA today and their respective RAPM scores.
If you try to bring up the argument that they're only first team all defense because they're superstars then I'll also use Tony Allen as a reference who was on this list twice during his career so far.
What does win shares have to do with that stat? Dwight played for a Lakers team that struggled throughout the season, same with Kobe yet their scores are vastly far apart. Sanders was on a sub-.500 Bucks team that would've been well on it's way to the lottery draft if Milwaukee was in the Western conference. Lebron and Wade played on a team that had the best overall regular season record.