The last 2 NBA champions

[dirkfansince1998]

That was the dream, for sure. Unfortunately, the reality is that he's nowhere remotely close to the level of mobility or quickness needed for that to work on defense. He really doesn't have a "good position" on defense. It's a pickle.

On defense he really turned into the anti unicorn. Traditional bigs bully him in the paint and dominate the board because he lacks strength. Small ball bigs and perimeter players can attack him of the dribble or get open shots because he isn´t quick enough on close outs. Don´t even want to mention the pick and roll drop coverage disaster.
It´s difficult to build any kind of defense with a player like him on the floor. No matter who he guards...it´s a bad matchup.