Josh Richardson - Top 30 NBA Defender

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A new defensive metric has Josh in the top 30 defensive players over the past 6 years.

A Better Way To Evaluate NBA Defense

NBA players by DRAYMOND* defensive ratings, based on opponents’ shooting data in the regular season and playoffs, with a minimum of 10,000 possessions played since 2013-14

 

[n_huffhines]

He's the man. So glad he's on a relevant team now so he can showcase his talent. He'll get paid in 2 years.

 

[wombat7477]

Ben Simmons just a few spots below Josh, and Embiid at the top of the list. Philly should be very solid defensively based on that data.

 

[n_huffhines]

Ben Simmons just a few spots below Josh, and Embiid at the top of the list. Philly should be very solid defensively based on that data.

Horford is very good and Harris isn't a bad defender either.

 

[volfanecs]

He's the man. So glad he's on a relevant team now so he can showcase his talent. He'll get paid in 2 years.

I think he is getting paid now.

 

[omghulkhands]

I think he is getting paid now.

Yeah, I think he gets paid like 12-14 million per year

 

[n_huffhines]

I think he is getting paid now.

$10m/yr is awesome for just about anyone, but JR is an NBA player. Tobias Harris is making 3.5x more $. NBA salaries are wild.

 

[walkenvol]

Only on VN can you read someone trying to down play a $10 million salary. CRB doesn’t even make half that and there’s a crowd that would lynch him if possible

 

[zjcvols]

Only on VN can you read someone trying to down play a $10 million salary. CRB doesn’t even make half that and there’s a crowd that would lynch him if possible

That’s because Josh is underpaid. Malcolm Brogdon just got $20M and J-Rich is right there with him.