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Topic	Heard a little gem when I heard somebody talking about NBA defenses
SteamedHams 01/03/18 1:48:16 PM #4:	Most traditional stats in sports are terrible measures of actual defensive ability since they rely heavily on counting stats. Somebody can be a bad defender in baseball without committing a lot of errors. A basketball player can get a lot of blocks and/or steals but be a bad defender. A football DB who doesn't get a lot of INTs might be great since it means they aren't throwing in his direction often. Or there is what Lok said about hockey. <cite>SteamedHams posted [p:893354562] in Heard a li... [t:76164572]...</cite> <quote>Most traditional stats in sports are terrible measures of actual defensive ability since they rely heavily on counting stats. Somebody can be a bad defender in baseball without committing a lot of errors. A basketball player can get a lot of blocks and/or steals but be a bad defender. A football DB who doesn't get a lot of INTs might be great since it means they aren't throwing in his direction often. Or there is what Lok said about hockey.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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