07-11-2022, 01:38 PM
(07-11-2022, 01:24 PM)Kidnova Wrote: I think rebounds and rim protection are ways that matter, and McGee's rebounding (typically ~19% vs DP's 13%) and blocks (BLK% ~7% vs DP's ~2%) lead me to believe that he's going to be a big improvement in those two areas. Will he be rendered irrelevant in some playoff matchups? Probably, but DP can be as well.
He’ll absolutely rebound better. I’m just not sure that’s worth going a different direction with the team defense approach. Drop coverage is such a give up, imo.
We’ll see. I was just hoping we could live in a world where the roster further equipped them to do the things that worked, but with improvements in rebounding and a little more rim protection. Instead, they boxed themselves in with a guy who ONLY improves in those minor problem areas.
For me, it’s no different than adding a “defense only” wing and then saying you’ve addressed the defense. If you can’t play such a player against good teams because of his offense, what has actually been accomplished?
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