houheffna wrote:
I have watched Johnson play, and I have watched Gordon play...Gordon is worse defensively. Do you think Paxson looks at those damn stats you come up with? They let Gordon go so evidently not.
Out of the players who played more than 398 games in the NBA, 544 have a better total of defensive win shares than Gordon....Joe Johnson isn't one of them.
Out of guys who have played 398 or less career NBA games (the amount Gordon played), only 14 guys in NBA history since I believe 1980, have had more defensive win shares than Gordon.
Apply the same to Johnson's 623 career games or less, and you have 132 players who had a better DWS total than Johnson.
What's this say about Gordon and Johnson?
I don't know how anyone could consider Joe Johnson a good defender. He's tall, but a terrible defender.