BostonCouchGM wrote:I don't know how anyone can watch him get cooked, allowing guys to blow by him to the basket multiple times a game, and still claim he should be part of the DPOY conversation. We truly do have the biggest homers in this fanbase. He's a solid and smart defender but not a great one.
BostonCouchGM wrote:I have those winners on mute so I’ll answer through you. I don’t often talk in game threads because it’s full of whiners, homers and doomsayers. It’s exhausting. As to why I don’t talk about his offense, why would I? He’s a great role player and this season has been hitting his wide open threes. Nobody is delusional and calling for him to be named an all-star like they are claiming he’s DPOY caliber. So I don’t feel the need to keep people in check regarding his offense. He does his job on offense and is integral. I watch the games and that’s what my eyes tell me. They also tell me he regularly gets cooked on defense and it’s laughable that people think he’s worthy of all-defense. Even Jaylen is a better defender and he’s just barely above average. White is like our 5th best defender behind Tatum, Smart, Timelord and Jaylen but to read this thread you’d think he was our best. It’s dumb and deserves to be mocked so here I am!!
BostonCouchGM wrote:I'm honestly not "hating" just providing a counter viewpoint. So many of his blocks are after he's completely cooked and blown by by offensive players and he chases it down and sometimes gets a block. Aided of course by the player being worried by defenders meeting them at the rim as well though. Yes they still count. But many times he doesn't get them and the result is a score or missed bunny. Point is, he shouldn't be credited with great defense in either case. I don't think he's anything but average on man. Where White excels is on team defense where he gets many of his blocks and steals. I won't deny he's a good team defender. But average on-man plus good team defender does not make him all-nba worthy and that was only ever my point. People get so damn hyperbolic about our players on this sub.
BostonCouchGM wrote:didn't say he "let's guys go to chase blocks". I said he gets his blocks sometimes when guys have blown by him due to his bad defense and is able to recover and get a block. This is made easier because the guy who just blew by him has to think about help defenders meeting them at the rim giving White an opportunity to surprise them with the chase down block. Yes, everyone gets beat once in awhile. But he has games where this happens multiple times. He's probably at best our 5th or 6th best defender but people claim he's all-defense. It's just kinda silly. If he makes an all-defense team it'll be a slap in the face to all the better defenders on our team. They'll be happy for him of course because they're making bank and it's being a team-player but it'll still be laughable.
