On the heels of the All Star Break and with no Nuggets basketball for the next couple of days, we decided to change things up a bit for this article.
First, let’s explain a couple of things: Defensive Win Share is a statistic that is generated using a player’s Defensive Rating (points allowed per 100 possessions) and the following:
Basketball-Reference.com provides the formula for calculating a player’s DWS. It uses LeBron James’ 2008-09 season in Cleveland for an example.
- Calculate the Defensive Rating for each player. James’s Defensive Rating in 2008-09 was 99.