Earlier this month, Coach Brian Keefe said Sarr’s rim protection entering the league was “pretty elite for a guy that young.” The top-level numbers also back up the rookie’s skill.

According to the rim-protection metrics of Seth Partnow, a former NBA analyst for The Athletic, Lopez leads the league with 19.2 points saved via his contests this season.

Anyway, rim protection isn't among Mitchell's foremost responsibilities, which makes this largely whatever. His defensive energy has also been pretty high this year.

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That’s why it’s important to look for a rim protection kit that includes an applicator. RimSavers includes an easy-to-use sachet of 3M Adhesion Promoter, to add an extra layer of sticky stuff ...

But rim protection has been an issue for years and the Celtics haven’t improved that aspect. Robert Williams, the team’s best shot blocker, is stuck as the third center.

Great rim protection builds a barrier around one valuable piece of real estate. That’s useful, to a point. The Great Wall of China sure did well to keep Mongolian tribes away from the Ming dynasty.

Mahinmi’s second season with the Pacers, 2013-14, was his best rim-protection campaign during the era of Second Spectrum, a statistics company which started tracking rim-protection numbers in 2013.

Applying the same half-field goal contorts DeAndre Jordan (495 DefRim DFGA at 7.8 Def Rim FGAs) to look like Nikola Vucevic or Gorgei Dieng (both at .529 DefRim DFGA), essentially replacing a 75th ...

The 2016 NBA Draft is relatively stacked towards the PF and C position, and all of these guys can be labeled as "rim protectors" to at least some degree.