ACisKING
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I'm wondering if Love's defensive liabilities are a little overrated, given that our worst defensive outing of the season came in a game he only played 3 minutes in.
In fact, Love has the highest DRPM of any Cavs starter (which is pathetic), and the third highest DRPM of anybody who's played significant minutes for the Cavs this year (Wade and Calderon are higher).
I do think his defensive liabilities are overstated. He's shown a huge amount of improvement the last few years and is more mobile than he's given credit for. At the same time the fact that the Cavs have to trap every pick and roll he's involved in just puts a defense with a bunch of slow, aging vets at a huge disadvantage. And when you combine him with IT, who so far is playing the worst defense I can remember seeing in a long time, it's just a recipe for disaster.