11-06-2021, 12:57 AM
(11-06-2021, 12:10 AM)mvossman Wrote: A good example of the JRich hate. He had an off year last year, probably at least partially due to Covid, and he may not be as good as hyped up to be, but still a better defender than Brunson (which is a fairly low bar).
So far he's having an awful year in Boston too. 3 years straight where he's progressively gotten worse and worse. Looks like his career year in Miami was a fluke. If he was anywhere close to that player here we'd still have him.
As far as if he's better than Brunson on defense. On paper yes, he should be. But from what I saw last year the guy mainly disappeared on defense, and didn't seem like he was in another class than Brunson there.
JRich deserves all the hate he can get.
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