I posted this elsewhere, but this is the more appropriate thread:
Woo hoo!! Way to go Rudy!! Well-earned and well-deserved.
* With a Defensive Box Plus/Minus of 5.1, Rudy led the entire NBA - ahead of Giannis (5.0), Myles Turner (4.7), and Anthony Davis (3.9).
* Rudy was 2nd in the NBA in Defensive Win Shares at 5.7 (behind only Andre Drummond at 5.9) (remarkably, Rudy was also 4th in the NBA in Offensive Win Shares -- putting him 2nd in overall Win Shares behind only James Harden and 2nd in Win Shares/48 behind only Giannis).
* With a DRtg of 100, he was also only 1 point per 100 possessions off the league's best starters (behind only Giannis, Noel, and Whiteside who each posted DRtgs of 99) (not to mention Rudy played significantly more minutes than any of them and had by far the best ORtg of all them at 133, giving him the best NetRtg of any player with starter minutes in the entire league at a whopping +33).
* Rudy was also 4th in TRB%, 6th in DRB%, 7th in ORB%, and 6th in BLK%.
I'm expecting perennial All Star/DPOY recognition for the next several years . . . .