The playoffs are coming

And some players have shortcomings

David Thorpe and I are preparing guides to every playoff series, and gearing up for a live video conversation at 10 am Tuesday before the play-in games begin.

But first, wanted to share a little something I just made with help from Claude: these are players who are on teams that are in the postseason, averaged at least 20 minutes per game, and according to DunksandThrees, are pretty darned bad either on offense or defense.

Mostly, this is the time of year for the best players. And almost all of these players are excellent. Caleb Love will probably only see time in blowouts. The Clippers’ Jordan Miller shows up as the worst player in total EPM among these players, but he has been a whole new player the last few months.

But there may still be some strategy here. The Nuggets have not one but two guards who are vulnerable on defense, and a forward in Bruce Brow…