Cool stat for nerds like us.When I was looking at the CLE-DAL game, out of curiosity I looked back at the 3Ps that Strus and Mitchell made down the stretch. It was amazing to me how little Luka actually, you know, moves on defense. Then I thought - they must track these things, right?
According to NBA.com, Luka is 1.08 miles on defense per game and his average speed is 3.22. The 3.22 is the lowest in the NBA other than 9 guys, none of whom has played more than 3 games this season.
The starter who moves almost as slowly is LBJ - 1.04 miles defensively per game at an average speed of 3.32. The next two are Chris Paul (0.81 miles defensively; average speed = 3.35) and Embiid (distance: 1.02; average speed: 3.35). And after that is Jayson Tatum (distance = 1.09; average speed = 3.37).
On the other end of the spectrum, the player who moves the fastest (more than 17 games) is Josh Green, whose average speed = 4.53 and travels 1.12 miles defensively per game).Tourmani Camera has an average speed of 4.50 (distance = 0.95).
BOS's fastest defender is Brisset at 4.24 (although he only total .39 miles per game on average due to limited minutes).
I've been critical of the JAYs transition defense all season (whether it's arguing a cool, slow jogging back, or basket-hanging ) Does that encompass avg. speed?
How do the Celtic players rank among themselves? Brissett running around makes sense, I imagine PP/White move quite quickly.