ranked Walker 119th out of 123 shooting guards last season 2022

Then you start looking at the stats and, well, they’re rough. ESPN’s Real Plus-Minus (RPM) ranked Walker 119th out of 123 shooting guards last season in defensive RPM. Walker had the third-worst individual defensive net rating on the Spurs last year and the team was 1.5 points per 100 possessions better defensively with him off the floor rather than on it.

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It’s not a significant figure, but it’s also one of the more generous numbers attached to his defense last season. His -1.3 defensive box plus-minus was second-worst on the Spurs among rotation players. By most accounts, an av