TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[DanSchwartzgan]

The Nico quote was before the trade, right? Despite his defensive shortcomings, Wood blocked shots last year at the exact same rate as Maxi (our team leader in that stat post-KP, and a guy most fans would say is a pretty darned good shot blocker). So I'm not convinced that Nico doesn't see Wood as addressing that need.

What am I missing Tyler?  B-Ref has Wood's block % at 2.8 and Maxi's at 3.6.  That makes Maxi 28% better.  EPM lists Wood's number as the 37th percentile among C's and Maxi's in the 90th percentile among PF's.

I'm actually pretty hopeful about Wood's D, based on 19/20 and 20/21, but shot blocking isn't chief among the reasons.