01-10-2022, 01:33 PM
(01-10-2022, 01:28 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Interesting. I thought pre-injury he was on a different level as a pick and roll player but not as good on defense. When he first returned I mentioned something similar on this board and questioned if he would make the Bogut-like transformation from offensive minded big to defensive specialist. Thankfully he recovered some of his bounce and still has his moments on offense.
Just feels like he is playing smarter these days. On both ends.
Yeah, I'm not trying to take away from the effort or intelligence he's playing with now, I'm just pointing out that what he does well on defense can be hard to spot if the team defense isn't functioning at a high level. He's definitely not a "swoop in at the last minute to erase a mistake" type of defender.