04-06-2021, 05:32 PM
(04-06-2021, 05:21 PM)cow Wrote: He can be good when he comes to play but that only occurs once in every five or so appearances. If he were so good, he wouldn't have collected as many DNPs or games with fewer than 10 minutes of burn. Stats are great and all but watch him play and you'll see the boneheaded mistakes, how easily he gets pushed around or him fumbling the ball on easy catches. He's appeared in 35 games and we are 17-18 in those appearances. Our best defensive run of the season has been without him (through not fault of his own). He's the epitome of fools gold.
He is CONSISTENTLY good on the defensive end (this goes back to last year and RC has admitted as much). But he is often lost and confused on offense. RC has chosen to bypass the benefits of his defense because of his failures on the offensive end.
The fact is that his DRating when he plays is still better than even this best stretch of Mavs D.
WCS is a legit NBA team defender. His D is NOT fool's gold.