Onus wrote:Klays best is literally just streaky shooting. He’s a bad defender. Bad rebounder. Bad help defender. Bad off ball defender. Gets lost on defense. Loses his man constantly. Takes horrible shots which leads to transition points. Takes everyone else out of rhythm because they’re trying to get him shots.
Sometimes he makes some shots, but he’s still doing all of the above. He’s literally an anchor sinking the ship even when he makes some shots. Him getting 30 minutes is criminal.
Getting injured and getting old should not make somebody’s help defense decline. If you have dementia your help defense will decline but Klay is only in his 30s. Help defense is more mental than physical but bad stamina and lack of motivation could play roles.
Klay was once a very smart help defender. I can’t swear how good of a help defender Klay is now but I would have expected a bigger decline in on ball man defense than in help defense do to injury and age.
30 something Bird playing with a very bad back injury could barely move and was a horrible man defender but was still getting to the right places for help defense and was still a good help defender,
Klay should still be a good help defender.