Winejk wrote:CoreyGallagher wrote:Unbreakable99 wrote:
How are we in the middle of the pack in defense then when you add Simmons who is also good on defense? Is this a Brett Brown defense thing? How are the Celtics so much better on D than us? Even with black hole Saric on D I think we should be better on D. It makes no sense. We have 3 good defenders in our starting five and TJ is good on D too.
With Embiid 96.4. Without him 110.5. He's missed 2 games too, out of 14. That's going to affect our DRtg when it's so high without him.
It is funny that what was once thought to be a strength, back up center, is a complete hell hole now. You would think among Okafor, Noel, Holmes and Amir, we'd have a decent back up center that can man the post while Embiid sits. Back up center is a huge problem right now. It probably will continue to be a problem at least for this season. I don't hold out much hope that Holmes, Amir or Okafor will improve drastically on defense. Good news is we may have help on the way next season with Lessort, Bolden and maybe a high draft pick or two.
You did forget Pasecniks, but who knows when he will come over and be ready, although he was our other first round pick this year that everyone seems to forget.
As far as D, just an eye test but JJ shouldn't be playing this many mins. Its a career high mins for JJ, along with Bayless playing a career high before he got hurt. Career high mins for TJ also since Bayless got hurt. We just have to wait on Markelle (there is a reason why we drafted him) cause we can't depend on JJ playing 33 mins a game, and really he shouldn't have to play all those mins.
