spearsy23 wrote:hardenASG13 wrote:This season, without Roberson and with the defense playing so well is making you and others look pretty bad. Just think if they'd done this when they had KD (grant is the man, but he's not young ibaka). All your years of stats on his impact didn't take into context that his impact was only due to how bad his on roster replacements were. It was a mirage as we are seeing this season. The D is really good, so is the offense and team.
Bring good on defense this season doesn't invalidate what Roberson has done for the past five years in any way.
Keep telling yourself that. You guys have argued for years he was irreplaceable and extremely valuable. You would've scoffed at the notion that a guy like shroeder and abrines taking his minutes would work, and would've cited their Drtg, net rating, etc., whatever stat you wanted to pull to make your argument look good. You know that is true, as the arguments have been had many times.
They haven't missed a beat without him this year, flat out. Don't even notice he's gone. Some went as far to say he was the 2nd or 3rd most valuable player on the team, which is just laughable. It's a shame because prior to last year, the top end talent was clearly enough to win a title on this team, yet they had to settle with roberson, a 1 way defensive specialist who can dribble in the half court, collapse a defense, shoot 3s, shoot off a dribble, a pull up, can't shoot midrange, and can't post up. He wasn't just limited, all he could do was shoot layups or dunks he didn't generate. There is a reason nobody else in the league uses guys like that, and hasn't for about 10 years, believe it or not.
It turns out playing 5 on 5 on both ends is a good thing, and like I always told it would be, the defense is fine without him. Not sure how you can argue otherwise?
