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[michaeltex]

What you are dealing with right now is a combination of bad info and the appearance of him not being engaged and miserable. The talking heads are upset that he chose Dallas over the Lakers. The Lakers are a better story for them and more clicks. They will all come across as "shocked" when Klay performs in Dallas. They will all say they didn't see it coming.

You guys seem to quickly forget how good Kidd was on defense at 37 and how good Marion was at 35 still. I'm not saying Klay is on the level of Matrix. But, to say he can't defend anymore is very misguided.

Here is another video from this past season. It's just snippets of his play but he is guarding all types of players at times and guarding them well. He can guard in the post, perimeter, etc. He isn't done like people are saying. He's not prime Klay anymore but he will be a massive upgrade to THJ.

Thanks for sharing this. 

Klay may not be quite the individual defender from the glory years of GSW, but I think he will be fine as a team defender. He's tenacious and doesn't seem to get lost defensively, so I'm not too worried about that side of the game.

The real explosion is going to come in the offense. Looking at the video, Klay makes a lot of contested, hand-in-your-face, shots, so imagine his effectiveness when playing with the dual gravity wells of Luka and Kyrie. Alternatively, he will attract enough attention to make their jobs easier. Win-Win!

One thing I noticed was how comfortable Klay looks shooting when his body is still moving laterally to the basket. I see that from Kyrie a bit also. 

So a deadly set shooter from anywhere beyond the arc with excellent shot making abilities as you move closer to the basket. And now you put him on the floor with the Luka and Gaff/DLive PnR game? The scoreboard pressure generated by the DAL offense will help them defensively as the other teams try to keep up and get forced into bad decisions.

And that's my positivity for the day....