Preseason Game 2: Utah Jazz (2-0) vs. Dallas Mavericks (0-1) | 7:00pm CST

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I asked Klay Thompson about his defensive versatility:

“I still want to get rid of that notion that I’m not the same defender as I once was. I truly believe I am, and I’m excited to prove people wrong that I can still guard the elite players in this league and I thought it was a good step in the right direction for me…”

I could be wrong, but I am not expecting more than an average defender from Klay.   I think he will have more success with bigger, stronger players than the more quick, twitchy players.   It brings up an interesting question if this is the case, because Luka is better defending these guys as well.   So, can PJ offer more defensively versatility guarding these twitchy guards/wings?

Regardless though, I just want someone who can play better off ball defense than Tim (taking charges being the one thing Hardaway was good at).  Tim's reactions and awareness was so bad off the ball.   If we can get better off ball defense, than I will say this is a win.