Coby's Next Contract

[kodo]

How is Nembhard being discussed as a poor defender? Dude was an absolute animal on D in the postseason. Some of the most intense and consistent perimeter D from a small player you will ever see.

When building the team last few years their backcourt defense was terrible, 28th and 26th. And Buchanan said so.

"That was obviously a weak spot for this team last year," general manager Chad Buchanan said. "We were a terrific offensive team, a historic offense and I think our coaches and our players know for us to take that next step (we have to be better on defense.)

He publically said they had to improve on D. What they didn't do was just get rid of all their current guards, they got a defensive big man and banked on improvement from their young guards. Nembhard made huge strides on defense, he wasn't drafted as a defender and that was scouted as a weakness instead.

And as good as Nembhard is now, he's still not as good as Caruso who we had and we still had a bad defense.
It's pretty clear the problem on the Bulls defense are the bigs, which have been PWill & Vucevic for most of the last few years.

[sco]

How is Nembhard being discussed as a poor defender? Dude was an absolute animal on D in the postseason. Some of the most intense and consistent perimeter D from a small player you will ever see.

When building the team last few years their backcourt defense was terrible, 28th and 26th. And Buchanan said so.

"That was obviously a weak spot for this team last year," general manager Chad Buchanan said. "We were a terrific offensive team, a historic offense and I think our coaches and our players know for us to take that next step (we have to be better on defense.)

He publically said they had to improve on D. What they didn't do was just get rid of all their current guards, they got a defensive big man and banked on improvement from their young guards. Nembhard made huge strides on defense, he wasn't drafted as a defender and that was scouted as a weakness instead.

And as good as Nembhard is now, he's still not as good as Caruso who we had and we still had a bad defense.
It's pretty clear the problem on the Bulls defense are the bigs, which have been PWill & Vucevic for most of the last few years.

IMO, there is a hard to quantify spill-over impact of a great rim protecting big that helps the other players on teams like INDY look so much better defensively than where the opposite happens like with us.

[Chi town]

How is Nembhard being discussed as a poor defender? Dude was an absolute animal on D in the postseason. Some of the most intense and consistent perimeter D from a small player you will ever see.

When building the team last few years their backcourt defense was terrible, 28th and 26th. And Buchanan said so.

"That was obviously a weak spot for this team last year," general manager Chad Buchanan said. "We were a terrific offensive team, a historic offense and I think our coaches and our players know for us to take that next step (we have to be better on defense.)

He publically said they had to improve on D. What they didn't do was just get rid of all their current guards, they got a defensive big man and banked on improvement from their young guards. Nembhard made huge strides on defense, he wasn't drafted as a defender and that was scouted as a weakness instead.

And as good as Nembhard is now, he's still not as good as Caruso who we had and we still had a bad defense.
It's pretty clear the problem on the Bulls defense are the bigs, which have been PWill & Vucevic for most of the last few years.

IMO, there is a hard to quantify spill-over impact of a great rim protecting big that helps the other players on teams like INDY look so much better defensively than where the opposite happens like with us.

Bingo.

It’s similar to a team without a PG and instead a chuck that only passes after the shot clock is run down and has t gotten to their spot… I’m looking at you DDR.

[ShouldaPaidBG]

My complaint with Coby is actually his scoring. You can have other weaknesses, but if you're a scoring guard and want to be the #1 or 2 option on a team, you need to be 1. Consistent (it feels like 12% of Coby's games are 0 from the field) and 2. Hyper effiicent (over 60%TS. this could be slightly lower if he was also a playmaker but he's not, he's basically a gunner)

He's just not efficient enough to be the 1 or 2 on a good team. Can he get more efficient? Yes. But I just don't trust his mental fortitude given his penchant for going COLD cold that we've seen for his entire career. To me that represents a mental trait that is core to his personality.