(01-07-2022 01:16 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote: ^^^^
Based strictly on the numbers, Oguama makes the most of his minutes on both sides of the ball. He takes advantage of being fouled the most too - shooting 75% from the charity stripe. We know how huge that has been historically in games.
Ado is probably viewed as more of a defensive presence as Lakhin is on offense. That said, there isn't a great separation between these three. Koval is the odd man out overall.
Stats only mean so much, they don't show a lot that happens in the game. This is more so true with looking just rebounds and BLK's to determine defense.
https://evanmiya.com/ has the best breakdown that I've seen for players, at least for free sites (I know there are some really good paid services). By pretty much all measures on there, Ado is far superior to Ody (and Lakhin/Koval) on the defensive end and the second best defensive player on the team (with Newman being the best).
Defensive Bayesian Performance Rating: Ado 22.7, Lakhin 15.1, Koval 13.8, Ody 6.7.
Team Def Eff: Ado 81.9, Koval 83.8, Lakhin 87.2, Ody 91.5.
On/Off defensive splits: Ado 4.7, Koval 3.4, Lakhin -4, Ody -8.9.
To be fair to Ody, he consistently tops the advanced metrics as our best offensive big man (with Ado, Lakhin or Koval being 2nd depending on the measure). That combined with the fact that Lakhin isn't much better on the defensive end justifies him as the first backup off the bench. But the advanced metrics do show what many people see, Ody is quite bad defensive. He's young and it's fixable (same as with Lakhin), but it will take time to fix.
Even these stats only mean so much, especially since Ody/Lakhin sometimes play the 4 as well as the 5. Of course the coach has the best idea of who's doing what the game plan calls for. There is also situational reason to play certain players, such as Ody being better at guarding smaller quick guys (or at the 4).
In my mind I'd rank our bigs as: 1. Ado (pretty clearly), 2. Ody, 3. Lakhin, 4. Koval. Lakhin will eventually be the best of the 4, but he has quite a ways to go.