(08-02-2021, 11:46 AM)cow Wrote: Right. And if he were the same, I can't imagine Boston would give him up. Maybe they think they can't resign him? And has KL pointed out, he does have goofball moments. Maybe he's worn out his welcome. I'd lean towards not the same though.
Yeah perception is interesting
Poking around on the Celtics realgm page I saw multiple people mention how much his defense has fallen off lately. I wouldn't have thought that at all a few days ago.
But really modern defense greatly undervalues individual perimeter defense. All about what you have in the interior and how well your team defense functions overall. I also feel guys like Richardson and Wright would have been way more important even just 10 or 15 years ago.
People turn against them when they're not these magical perimeter fixes but I'm not sure those exist at the moment
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