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I prefer Williams, but there’s a strong argument for Thybulle for the same reasons i like Williams

We need wings who can guard up. They need to be excellent perimeter defenders. Luka is the 4 defensively. The 5 is the rim protector. So the other 3 guys need to be able to guard the opponents 1-3 players. As well as some of the elite 4’s in the league. Thybulle makes a lot of sense as does Williams since most teams have multiple point of attack offensive players on the court at the same time. It make sense that we would build a top 10 defense around the limitations of our star player who is best suited to guard 4’s and maybe certain 3’s and 5’s

Luka is a FORWARD, defensively, but I wouldn’t lock him into the 4…more so he guards the lesser forward, mostly. Further, when Luka’s man is the 4, as you say, that’s ideal, because they have Green, Bullock and even THJ who are capable of guarding many 3’s. 

It’s when the danger comes in the shape of a 4 (LeBron, Kawhi, Ingrim, Tatum, Durrant, etc, etc, etc), that’s where they have currently only the rookie, omax, as an answer.

Thybulle can’t help with that. He is just another 3/2 type, and less playable than Green, imo.