Even in today’s age of advanced metrics, measuring defensive prowess in the NBA can be a bit tricky.
It’s why sometimes the All-Defensive team can be one of the hardest to select.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra doesn’t need metrics to tell him how valuable Josh Richardson has been on that end of the floor for him this season. His eyes do.
“Look I'll say it, I think he's All-NBA defense,” Spoelstra recently said of Richardson, who at season’s end ranked 25th in the league regardless of position in defensive win shares while holding opponents to 41.