THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

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While I agree his highest value is in the playoffs, he was crucial to this team succeeding in the regular season, especially after the TDL.  Team defense tanked at the end of the season when he was out.  I feel like playing defense at his level is an NBA skill.

Id take slightly lesser defensive player with similar size that can catch passes, doesnt make lazy passes or horrible passes that get stolen, can do basic dribbling and has a basic feel for the game(doesnt airball layups or throw ball over the backboard when trying to give someone an alli-oop).

I get what your saying...but, imo, you need better all around bball players on the court to be really competitive in the NBA.  People dog on Goberts skills and only being defense...dude is way better at everything than Maxi.  You have to be able to at least dribble to score on blow-bys or make a decent pass to another teammate after your blow-by.  You have to have basic bball skills or your leaving lots of points on the court that other teams finish at a normal clip.  IMO, last two years Luka has been surrounded by guys like that other than Brunson.