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His defense is definitely not great... But I think the +7% DFG% is a little bit inflated by a terrible Pelicans' defense. He wasn't a great defensive player last year, but when he was on the floor with Jrue Holiday - a very capable defender - he looked a lot better. Per NBAWowy, he gave up about 5 points less per 100 possessions when Holiday was on the court, and moreover, overall better defensive stats than when Holiday was off.I'm afraid I'd describe it as "not good". DFG% was like +7% last year. never been known for D. But a 39% 3pt shooter and 40% on catch & shoot.
Evans is not a good individual defender. And we need to be careful getting a ton of these good "team defenders" - JR, Korver, RJ, Love, etc. - and not having enough good individual defenders. But i think Evans's offense would be incredibly impactful on this team.