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Originally Posted by waterhead
I don’t put a lot of stock in D ratings off algorithms. You can’t measure on ball D with stats. Offense is a lot different. D is a crap shoot. I have seen JD out there as a very good defender and that is just not true at all. And we all know that
The IU fanbase thinks Rob is excellent on D and I am guessing our coaches do too.
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Over on 247 someone posted synergy defense grades and Davenport graded out as good. Of course synergy isn't perfect either (it focuses more on 1v1 defense than team defense), but it's probably the best we've got.
Davenport wasn't great on defense, but I think he was better than a lot of fans think. When he was getting beat (due to mental errors or being undersized) it really stood out and that gets remembered. But he did play solid defense a lot of the time.
I'd like to see the synergy numbers for Phinisee, Ezikpe and Nolley but our local poster who pays for synergy (JustinHub) has pretty much disappeared after Brannen got fired.