Paradise wrote:Prokorov wrote:Paradise wrote:
What slow plodding bigs did KG get abused by?
Nene abused him in our first game vs the wiz. David West did whatever he wanted our first game vs the pacers. aldridge dominated him. Greg monroe embarassed him our vs meeting vs the pistons.
sure, maybe those guys arent oliver miller, but they arent super quick athletic PFs either. monroe and west arent guys who are going to hit you with a double cross over step back jumper.
LG cant defend the 4.. and its highly likely his decline continues this year.
You're right but the interesting thing is KG usually had the lowest defensive rating out of everybody during that stretch when you check the game by game box scores. So, it may not be a black/white thing as him being the primary reason for that per say. Besides, he didn't get alot of minutes anyhow.
I just think he should get a fair chance in preseason before we kill off any possible scenarios with him at the 4. It was a small sample size back then and everyone for most part, stunk it up on defense around that time.
Besides, is KG's defense going to be any worse than Mirza at PF or Plumlee? I can't imagine that. We don't have a terrific starting option either way at that spot.
In my opinion,... yes, i think KGs defense would be worse then mirza or plumlee at PF. i thought he was really awful at times defensively last season, and was often bailed out on reputation. his pick and roll defense is still outstanding, and he can rebound his position. outside of that, he has some big flaws.
and i think everyone is ignoring he will likely take a pretty big stap back this year being a year older.
