01-31-2024, 12:42 PM
(01-31-2024, 12:19 PM)mvossman Wrote: You didn't mention defense. If we bring him in you are hoping he backs off on offense enough to be more efficient, and that he rediscovers his supposed defense in a playoff run 5 years ago when he had the worst net rating on his team. Even in his ringer overview (which ranks him way too high based on empty stats) the only icon he has is pull up threat and extremely online and they mention in the write-up its not surprising he plays on losing teams. That is not a ringing endorsement.
It was 3 and a half seasons ago and he played good defense all through the next season too (where he had a positive on-off in their 6 playoff games). There's a ton of film breakdowns of him back then, his defense was good.
I'm not saying it is a sure thing that it will come back or he'll start caring about defense again, but if this board wants to pump Murray as some defensive savant then they shouldn't be so laser focused on Kuz's time in WAS because we're ignoring Murray's time in ATL when we talk about him.