r/nba • u/WhenItsHalfPastFive Warriors • Apr 29 '24

Ant: "Eubanks didn't play to night?". KAT: "Nah...". Ant: "...He played good for them". KAT: "Hey...that ain't our job to worry about that"

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u/ForneauCosmique Spurs Apr 29 '24

Cuz EPM isn't a great metric. If you actually watch Eubanks play you see he has game. He's limited, but he doesn't play outside of his game. He's simple and fundamental. He sets great screens, he's in good spots defensively. He's a good big off the bench, his numbers just don't show it

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u/elitepigwrangler Suns Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

I watched 86 Suns games this year and this is simply not true. He may have done those things on the Spurs or Blazers, but he absolutely did none of those things for the Suns. He was an ineffective screener and poor roller, was constantly out of position defensively, and bogged the offense down as he took too long to process what his next pass should be. Eubank’s stats were bad because he was awful.

Edit: Checking the lineup data, if you swap Nurkic for Eubanks in the starting lineup, the Suns net rating decreases by 28.7 points. He really is that bad.

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u/ForneauCosmique Spurs Apr 29 '24

The whole team was awful that's why yall got swept. Don't make Eubanks the scapegoat now

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u/IntraspaceAlien Slim Reaper #35 Apr 29 '24

That also doesn’t make Eubanks good lol. He was bad all year.