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 :-)

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    1 year ago

    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.