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And yes, Klay is still a very good defender. I have a video of his defensive highlights from the 21-22 season. Last season the Warriors were a mess. CP3 completely destroyed the flow of the team and how they have always played. CP3 is a mid shooter. He is the exact kind of player that throws off the system they run. 

Klay was also not happy due to the FO not showing that they wanted to keep him. Then, there is Kerr benching him because the front office is retooling the team and wants to see what they have before paying these young guys. As far as the ones saying the Warriors had better defensive numbers with Klay off the floor need to consider that the Mavs numbers on offense were better with Luka OFF the floor last year. I don't remember which numbers it was but during the finals they flashed it on the screen.

Numbers are great for sports with a large starting lineup like Football or Baseball. They don't always show the truth though in basketball since it's just 5 players on the floor at a time.

You never actually answered the question.  Getting back to the OP question, do you think Klay is going to be guarding small quick point guards while in the starting lineup?

As for numbers in sports, they are best when there are less variables.  Having less players on the court means less variables, so in that sense its easier to evaluate in basketball than other sports.  The reason they work so well for baseball is because it is essentially pitcher vs hitter with the defense playing a fairly minor role.  That has less variables than other team sports.