08-02-2021, 12:27 PM
(08-02-2021, 12:07 PM)Jym Wrote: 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
It's a good point. I always felt a little bad for Wright/Richardson as one smallish perimeter defender isn't going to change your teams defensive fortunes.