thelead wrote:pepe1991 wrote:thelead wrote:Yup, I forgot that Sims is a DPOY type big. Him and Towns are clearly better defenders than Hartenstein… especially in drop coverage.
Oh Isaiah Hartenstain, prime Hakeem in eyes of some people. You would thought guy wasn't bounced around like garbage 2 years ago, losing rotation to McGee, Jeff Green, Bruno Coboclo etc.
That guy is prime example why players want to play on big markets. People think he is some uber elite center only because he was on biggest market team in playoffs. Just like nobody ever mentions Marcus Smart any more, but on Celtics he was God's gift to Earth.
This is Celtics 4th win in last 5 games vs Knicks. They are simply better team.
The Celtics are simply better but KAT is known to be a terrible defender… which is why Minnesota traded for Gobert and became a good team for the first time in decades. KAT is an all-star scorer, there is no doubt about that but I highly question the fit defensively.
This is flat out false.
2021-22 Wolves defense WITH Towns at center: 111,7 -before Gobert trade
2022-23 Wolves defense with Gobert - 113,8
During first year with Gobert they actually were worst defensive team
But wait, there is more, addition of Gobert in first year also resulted in worst offense. Overall their net rating went from +2,6 to 0,00.
They only started to look like functional team when they got Conley for full season, Edwards improved etc.
Will be fun to see what will Wolves do this year. They are 100% worst on offense this year, and it's not like Randle is better on defense than Towns.
