12-18-2020, 06:11 PM
Since I'm on the team that criticizes DP as a sole starting big, I'll say this:
His interior defense BLOWS. Among starters last season, DP is ranked on the bottom on pretty much any interior stat (Opponent FG%, dashboards, blocks, etc). A bunch of games last season when KP was out, it was he and Kleber starting (which I have no problem with). He and DFS just offer no rim protection at all, with lackluster interior defense (RC knows that, because he played them some times when KP was out). It's an invite to other teams bigs (a lot of skilled bigs in the league) come and have a feast. Now if it's against a team without a skilled big (Clippers/Warriors) I guess it's less problematic since there aren't many touches for their bigs.
Saying that he doesn't need help against Towns/Giannis is laughable. He needs all the help he can have on the paint, and DFS is just not that. To be fair, there is not much you can do against Giannis, but KAT yesterday was unintrested (almost sleeping) and gave him problems, gotta make him at least work for it. Obviously it's preseason, so I'm OK giving him some time to recover and be a valuable piece on our championship team.
His interior defense BLOWS. Among starters last season, DP is ranked on the bottom on pretty much any interior stat (Opponent FG%, dashboards, blocks, etc). A bunch of games last season when KP was out, it was he and Kleber starting (which I have no problem with). He and DFS just offer no rim protection at all, with lackluster interior defense (RC knows that, because he played them some times when KP was out). It's an invite to other teams bigs (a lot of skilled bigs in the league) come and have a feast. Now if it's against a team without a skilled big (Clippers/Warriors) I guess it's less problematic since there aren't many touches for their bigs.
Saying that he doesn't need help against Towns/Giannis is laughable. He needs all the help he can have on the paint, and DFS is just not that. To be fair, there is not much you can do against Giannis, but KAT yesterday was unintrested (almost sleeping) and gave him problems, gotta make him at least work for it. Obviously it's preseason, so I'm OK giving him some time to recover and be a valuable piece on our championship team.