MMyhre wrote:QPR wrote:MMyhre wrote:It's almost like matchups matter on defense, Sengun is similar to Jokic in build and easier for him to keep up with compared to quicker guards or forwards getting into the paint and using the slow speed and verticality of Jokic against him. He also played a back to back and weighs 300 + pounds, his defensive capacity will be lower on back2backs and it showed.
Joker can be a good defender at times, and even decent in certain matchups, but over a full season he will have bad games like this compared to better defensive players with more mobility, shot blocking presence, athleticism and a higher motor/less total weight to run around with ++.
Man the amount of time you spend in this thread debating everyone who praises Jokic
That's because I am objective, no matter how great a player is, if he does something bad, you mention it. I don't care if you have 50 10 10, if you played bad defense and lost the game, I am going to mention it. Heck, even if you win the game, I am going to mention it, because if you meet teams that can punish that poor defense in the postseason, you will often lose.
Jokic defends the attackers around the FT line, positioning his body to stop them before they get even close to the rim, or fishing for steals if they're too far away to be bodied away. If the attackers don't get stopped there, it's a layup drill for them.
This is why he has:
1) lots of steals,
2) bad rim defense stats,
3) historically, lower amount of attacks at the rim by the opponents than f.e. Embiid,
3) still well above average advanced defensive stats which get discredited by people who say "these metrics are heavily flawed",
4) lots of low IQ haters who go "big slow center not do rim defense. me thinks big slow center terrible defender".
Cringe.
