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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 3903510, member: 1673"] I agree when there is a clearcut favorite for POY the importance of a team’s success diminishes. However, if there is not a clearcut favorite then a team’s success will factor in. The same is true for defensive considerations. If there is not a clearcut POY based on offense or stats, then defensive ability matters for granting one an edge. To downplay it as meaningless because of lack of metrics is disputed by players like Dolson being honored with NDPOY. Right or wrong, experts indeed make judgements on defensive prowess in absence of sufficient metrics. Both team success and defensive ability favors Bueckers over Clark. Both are undisputed (well, it seems you may dispute defensive ability based on lack of metrics but experts do not agree with you). Therefore, for Clark to have a better “argument” than Bueckers her case outside of team success and defense must be convincing. It is not. Clark has better volume data, Bueckers has better efficiency data. If Bueckers averaged fewer minutes than Clark that could help explain away her better efficiency, but she averages more than Clark. Bueckers shooting % is extraordinary for a guard. Most would say such efficiency trumps volume. Apparently you do not, but for Clark to have a better “argument” for POY despite the handicaps with team success and defense volume would have to decidedly trump efficiency in importance. As an opinion it’s neither right nor wrong, but not many would share that opinion. [/QUOTE]

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