awesome. That should do wonders for his trade value.
I'm so glad you are here to say these things before I do.
I bookmark Larbrd33 posts and read them daily with my morning joe.
I actually do like Avery Bradley. He had a solid season. An All-Defense guard who gives you 15 points on 45%/36%/78% shooting is nothing to sneeze at. Could you imagine Bradley scoring 20+ in a different system? I can. Does that mean he's like 70% (or more) of what Jimmy Butler is? He's the thing... they are both shooting guards. Bradley averaged 16.4 points per 36 minutes. Butler averaged 20.4 per 36 minutes. According to this award, Bradley is a better defender than Jimmy Butler.
And yet, in a lot of scenarios (where Boston maintains double-max cap space), Boston would need to trade Avery Bradley's 8.4 million dollar contract along with #3 pick and additional assets to land a guy like Butler. That's a super steep price considering Bradley is already maybe 70-80% the player Butler is (a little better defensively and worse offensively) and the #3 pick could develop into a better player than Butler.
So anyways, it's a nice award. Those awards are the only real way we have of ranking players defensively. Bradley ranks as the best defensive shooting guard, because that's what the ranking says. Considering that a lot of our prospective trades might need to involve Bradley's contract, it's good info to have. He's definitely not a "throw-in".