IQ's heartfelt departure letter in the Player's Tribune made mention of his strong bond with Julius, as well as his connection with RJ.I AM NOT SAYING I KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE, I KNOW IT'S ALL PRESUMPTION AND BASED ON NO REAL EVIDENCE. Let me put on my tinfoil hat and indulge you in my conspiracy theory. So I hear you about betting on it, but it does happen some timesĭSJ has turned into a really good defender now And even Lavine started trying on D 4-5 years ago…he’s still not a good defender, but he’s just Brunson-bad now, not Trae-bad.Īnd we’ve seen Julius’ D fluctuate wildly over the years. KAT has really been defending well this year. OG and Mitch and iHart are presumably going to be covering for Randle and Brunson already.another one of those guys and we're done.įWIW Wiggins has been an excellent two-way guy for the warriors. Massive red flag.what's going on? Risky too, to assume that you'll be the guy to change him. We have a guy like DJM, who everyone is claiming is athletic enough to be a good defender, but somehow can't play good defense for the Hawks. He couldn't change KAT, he couldn't change Wiggins, couldn't change Lavine, resorted to getting Butler. Part of Thibs failure in Minnesota speaks to this. I think the question we always have to ask if: why? Is it athleticism or physical attributes (Brunson)? Are they dumb as rocks on defense (STAT)? Do they not care? A combo of both? The wrong guys around them or scheme?Ĭoaches can help a little but they can't do everything. Were there any players that massively improved on defense? Maybe IQ? Ariza? Randle for a little? I remember when we got him, the media was like.wow Stephon Marbury and Jamal are gonna be playing defense!!! Didn't happen.and it didn't happen for a lot of guys over the years for the Knicks. I really stopped believing too much in coaches fixing a guy's defense since Larry Brown. Others are convinced his defense would look great in thibs scheme since he has good length and athleticism, while he’s slippery with the ball and shooting a career high from 3…unfortunately he’s also been awful around the rim this year, which is why his efficiency is still not very good.

I’m very down on him but I’ve only watched 5-6 hawks games since the rumors started.

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