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[mvossman]

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.

The Kuz "success" at defense was longer ago, it was as a bench player and the advanced stats are not terribly impressed with his defense even in his LA days (DARKO hates him).  I think there is more reason to believe in Murray than Kuz, but there were plenty on here concerned with his recent defense as well.