Big J wrote:peZt wrote:What exactly suggests that Edey wont be able to stay on the floor in the playoffs? Have you guys actually seen him play or are you just basing your opinion on your subjective prejudice that a 7'4 big guy can not be good on defense? Just comparing him to a 6'9 Kanter who was half a foot smaller and still slower, with the worst defensive instincts of all time disqualifies you from any sort of serious discussion. How many more times do you want to embarrass yourself?
Somebody please go through this thread and expose all the self proclaimed draft experts. The most obvious thing in the world happened: A skilled 7'4 guy who dominated college for 4 years is good at Basketball. Who would have thought. Not the experts apparently
Obviously a 7’4 guy can be good on defense because we’ve all seen Wemby. Edey won’t be able to stay in front of guys who force switches and I pull him out to the perimeter.
What’s overlooked about Edey is that his size gives him huge margin for error. Not just on the perimeter, where he can be a tick slow and still be able to contest with his length, but under the basket where he can be a bit out of position or a bit off on his timing and still be a rim protecting force. Not like he’s a statue or has particularly poor timing or instincts anyways, but he doesn’t have to be exceptional at those things to be a plus defensively because of his size.
Kanter was slow, had poor instincts and was undersized on top of it. He’s not a good comp for Edey
