07-10-2023, 09:54 AM
(07-10-2023, 09:09 AM)Dundalis Wrote: The starting lineup defensively is not ideal whatsoever. Green can't defend up and therefore I don't think is particularly ideal in the switching defense we want to play and obviously Williams is undersized. He can defend up obviously, but he would hold up much better with a big stout 5 next to him IMO. He's always played in a system with other great defenders in Boston. I think he will get taken advantage of much more than we expect in this kind of lineup.
Basically I think this team is going to be very reliant on Omax being a lot more ready than is ideal to step in and play a lot of minutes as our switchable big wing. If that doesn't happen I just feel like we are still going to have significant problems defensively, lacking significant size and flexibility at almost every position. I can see us barely moving up at all in the defensive ratings vs last year. This is a lineup for 2-3 years down the line, not one that looks to be particularly in the mix next season. Unless we wanna rely on just outscoring everybody, which we know isn't a good recipe for playoff success.
Not sure I understand the Green comment? He is our point of attack defender. He guards 1-3. You are not going to have everyone on the team guard 1-5. He is at least as good if not better than what Bullock was 2 seasons ago. Williams is basically taking on the Dorian role (who was also undersized). I would say this defense looks like it will be roughly what it was two seasons ago, which is a huge upgrade from last season.