Pretty amazing Hibbert’s value has depreciated so much. He's still a team changing defender.
Yeah, like how his pick and roll defense changed his team from 1st in the East to ECF losers. He's a good post defender, but his speed killed the Pacers in that series. Every time Miami called a screen and Hibbert showed on the ball-handler, it was a 5 on 4 with Hibbert sprinting to catch up. It probably got them 50 open corner 3s with nobody even running out to contest, as well as plenty of LeBron posters on David West.
After how Hibbert played in the playoffs, he's 100% untradable given the value that IND would need/want in return.
Indiana were the number one ranked pick and roll defense in the league. The basis of their pick and roll defense is for the center to neither hedge hard, like Miami, nor drop too deep, San Antonio style. In 2013, Miami played more of Haslem than Lewis or Battier, so Hibbert's lack of mobility wasn't as big a issue. Spoelstra changed his offensive scheme to increase his spacing i.e. Lewis started, Vogel didn't change his defense to increase his rotation speed. Indiana don't ever go small and when Miami's shooters are hitting 3s, you can't win unless you speed up. There's a reason why the Spurs don't play Duncan and Splitter against Miami, they get lit up.
Not sure why you're pinning this on Hibbert. He was asked to operate in a way outside his comfort zone.
What exactly am I pinning on Hibbert, other than a very bad postseason? He had half as many points and rebounds as he did the year before in the same number of games. Guarding Chris Bosh and Andersen should not be outside of a Center's comfort zone, especially not for one earning the max.
Also, are you sure the Pacer's pick and roll success had everything to do with their Center and nothing to do with their size, athleticism, and physicality on the perimeter between Hill, Stephenson, and George (3 of the best defender)? Plus West, who is a great pick and roll defender, and CJ Watson as their 3rd guard who is also great.
I did not watch all the Pacer games, but I watched all of the ECF, and Hibbert was definitely hedging pretty hard. Maybe that was only their strategy because they were scared of LeBron getting hot. The idea is to only hedge far enough that you don't get lost on the play, which Hibbert let happen over and over, causing rotations to scramble and Miami's passing to get them whatever shot they wanted. Splitter was also hedging in the Finals, the difference was he's much better at recovering, and having Duncan cover for you on the block means a lot more than West/Scola.
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