12-09-2024, 12:24 AM
(12-08-2024, 01:08 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Pretty easy to see that coming for most of us before the season. I'm happy Kidd and staff have this figured out now. Lively's defense is right with the starting group and Gafford's offense is helpful for the bench group.
Not sure that's representative of the difference defensively between Lively and Gafford though. Gafford had the superior defensive rating last season and better net rating. Gafford's defensive rating is 5 points worse this season than last. Lively is clearly the better all round defender, but I do expect the data to even out a lot more as the season goes on. Gaff has more weaknesses that can be exploited compared to Lively, but he is still absolutely a positive interior defender, and defended field goal differentials still bears that out.