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No, I was comparing defensive roles, not dong matchups.  This is defense vs defense.  I used DEN because they had the best team def rtg and were of course the champs.

So using DEN as an example defensively...
Green... KCP
G.Will... Gordon
Kyrie... Murray
Luka... MPJ
Powell et al... Jokic

To compare the two, we're lacking...
Green < KCP
G.Will < Gordon
Kyrie = Murray
Luka < MPJ
Powell et al <<< Jokic

Denver was actually ranked 15th last year in team defense and I think 4th in the playoffs, just a heads up.

Having said that I don't disagree with most of these comparisons although I would say if this is just defense comparisons you're giving a little too much credit to Jokic and MPJ there.  I would also say that Green is capable of becoming the level of defender KCP is, just isn't there yet.

Another thing is that I don't think this board is truly appreciating the level of defender GWill is.  I absolutely love Aaron Gordon and think he's a better overall player because of what he brings on offense and believe he's a truly great defender but I also feel GWill is on that level.  I think this board sees him as a career bench player without taking into consideration he was playing on a team with 2 all nba wings.

On the hoop collective the other day they dropped a stat that mentioned there were only 11 players last year that logged 750 matchups against all three categories of bigs, wings and guards.  The 5 they mentioned were Draymond, Bam, Giannis, JJJ...and GWill.  Aaron Gordon was guessed and I was surprised to learn he was not one of those 11 players (I also wished they listed all 11 because I really wanted to learn if DFS was on that list).  Just feel the need to point out that we're getting one of the more versatile defenders in the entire league with GWill.  The stuff he did on the eastern conference championship run against Giannis and KD is really impressive.  Lots of clips out there of him holding his own against Embiid and Jokic.

He doesn't solve all our problems but he's a big step in the right direction.