http://www.vantagesports.com/#story/...nstile-defenseIn a league increasingly valuing shooting and spacing of the floor, a positional role that has seen a prominent rise in the past decade has been the “stretch 4” − a power forward who can stretch the floor with proficient, if not deadly, shooting skills from the perimeter.
Even if not a household name, with a robust average of 2.77 3FGM per game over the past three seasons as a 6’10" power forward, Ryan Anderson of the New Orleans Pelicans has been one of the marquee stretch 4s in the league. Putting defenses in difficult pick-and-pop scenarios or with his mere presence stretching out the defense to open the floor for his teammates, Anderson is a true matchup nightmare and an incredible weapon for any team on the offensive end.
rrible Anderson has been playing on defense this season. Both film study and Vantage Stats show that Anderson has been playing some abhorrent defense this season, with his two main cruxes being lackadaisical rim-protecting effort and an inability to keep his man from blowing by him.
So far this season, Ryan Anderson is allowing opponents to shoot an incredible 51.54 percent against his defense, which is also the worst mark of all bigs (PFs and Cs) in the league (average for PFs is 42.93 percent).