07-04-2024, 04:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-04-2024, 04:28 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(07-04-2024, 04:18 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: You're acting as if Klay is a sieve defensively and the Mavs will have no other plus defenders on the court. Team defense is more important than a single player stifling another.
Between PJ/Klay/Lively there is enough perimeter defense that will make life hard for players who like to drive into the paint.
And now we have the added benefit of making the other team work much harder on defense, which is itself a form of defense.
The Klay is still a good defender narrative reminds me of the time when the majority of the board made the same claim about DAJ. Against better knowledge. Ignoring video breakdowns, boxscore numbers and +/- metrics. We will see. I hope so. And if not I am going to let you know.
Klay certainly isn't who he used to be and if he still has value on defense it is more about defense on bigger wings/forwards. If the Mavs only get 36 combined minutes from Marshall and Grimes I think the defense will suffer. In that scenario I would prefer Exum over Hardy/SD or any potential offensive only player.
I am not going to continue to hate. Won't comment on the matter. Don't want to ruin the hype for all of you.