A VERY SURPRISING stat as the Suns have never led the league in BPG in like…FOREVER… Firstly, and secondly, without having any individual shotblocker standout in the team… They currently have 4 guys averaging at least 1 BPG (interestingly enough from 1.3, 1.2, 1.1 and 1 , respectively by Nurkic, KD, Eubanks and Keita Bates Diop) and another 3 guys at 0.6 BPG (Little, Gordon and Devin Booker)… Teams can no longer drive at them at will and think they won’t be met with stiff resistance at the rim :-)
They are basically “gangblocking” right now and stepping up their defense in a big way in their current 7 game winning streak :-) Can’t wait to see how much better their defense can get when they have all their players back together and gel even more as the season moves on :-)
Every team KD goes to, the rim protection is automatically leveled up.
Last season him and Claxton were leading the league in blocks as well.
We need to give Vogel a little credit, too.