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2 months agoGobert doesn’t pass most people’s eye test because the best way to play him is to put him in the worst possible situation (typically 1v2 defending the pick and roll) and not send any help and benefit elsewhere. His teams have been at or near the bottom of the league in percent of opponent spot up attempts for the entirety of his prime, but that doesn’t really jump off the screen as Rudy’s doing even though it 100% is.
I think you’re correct. A lot of people struggle with the concept that a player being overhyped isn’t the same thing as them being bad.
Edwards doesn’t (yet) have the efficiency of a top 10 player. He had a .575 true shooting in the regular season, and even in his widely acknowledged as great playoff run that went up to .598. I want to be clear that’s good efficiency for a guy at that volume, but it’s not elite. Devin Booker was at .611 true shooting, Mitchell was at .595. Tyrese Maxey had the same ppg and essentially the same efficiency at .573.
I think Edwards will get there with the efficiency and consistently put up seasons at .600 true shooting or better in his prime but I think people are jumping the gun a bit with him based on team performance, even though offensively they were bang average.
Being the leading scorer on a primarily defensive team has always been a formula for getting a bit overrated though, it’s not surprising people focus a lot more on offense than defense.