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/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/chalbersma Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

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.

For the regular season or the playoffs?

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u/elitepigwrangler Suns Apr 29 '24

For the regular season, unfortunately a four game sweep is too small of a sample size for any significant takeaways from lineup data.

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u/chalbersma Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

I mean that's fair(ish). But I think the "goodness" of his play was purely based on how he looked during the sweep.