11-19-2022, 02:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-19-2022, 02:22 PM by SleepingHero.)
(11-19-2022, 02:16 PM)sefant Wrote: Lavine is in the Trae Young tier of defense for me, and no one can convince me otherwise. His D is worse than SD, THJ, Brunson or Wood. Eyetest and stats. His defensive metrics got a little better with Caruso.
Bulls fans kinda thinking the same. Which is usually a bad sign.
Even last season when he played well on offense, his total +/- during the entire season was -37. Show me another "star" on a playoff team with those total numbers during a season.
His D might be as bad as THJ/SD/Brunson/Wood, but his offense is in another stratosphere. He's exactly the kind of offensive 2-guard you'd want next to Luka.
I was a big opponent for trading for Wiggins when he was on MIN because I thought his stats were empty (and he also too had a poor defensive reputation), and as soon as he got to the Warriors playing the correct position, everything fell into place.
Lavine would be a major addition to this team and we should be so lucky if the Mavs got him for whatever trash package they can cobble together.
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