4. In The new era of basketball, it’s offense over defense
The statement will always be true: defense wins titles. But Cleveland was 20th in opponents points per game this season and are heading to the Eastern Conference Finals.
The NBA is more of a scorers league than 15 years ago. In the 1999-2000 season, the Spurs led the Association by holding teams to 90.2 points per game. This year the number one team in that category was Utah with 96.8.
The reason for this is most teams in the league today spread the floor. The best teams in the league shoot 38 percent from the 3-point line. This season Roberson was a 24.5 percent range shooter. To top that off, he had an offensive plus-minus of -2.1.
Roberson is good for a few open jumpers and a couple alley-oops here and there, but not enough to put up 12-16 points a night. That is what Oklahoma City needs, scoring.