pepe1991 wrote:GelbeWand09 wrote:RookieStar wrote:
Yeah.. for all we complain about WCJ not being a shotblocker ( im guilty) we forgot we have goga and JI as well
We have more shotblocking from the guard position than the majority of teams too because of Suggs and AB.
Per min:
Suggs
Black
Cole
averaged more blocks than Banchero and Carter
+ Goga and Isaac vertical defense (and lot of block chasing) is pretty much their biggest basketball strength.
Last 3 years:
Cole - 4603 min = 100 blocks
Carter - 4854 min = 102 blocks
Banchero -
6800 min for career = 114 blocks
Chet this year in 32 games had 71 blocks. Victor in rookie year 254
Heart of Magic defense is perimeter. Most teams don't even get in position to attack interior.
I don't really care about Carter, he isn't good enough to be worth defending, nor bad enough to be worth attacking. Just your mediocre starter.
Two main issues with Carter are:
1) health ,especially in combination with health of Isaac
2) vertical defense and how he never had strong playoffs. Allen and Mobley swallowed him, vs 40 years old Horford ( is he retired? ) and Luke Kornet he wasn't dominant, even got outplayed by Horford. We couldn't take advantage of Porzingis being dead body inside.
And when you look other contenders:
Rockets- Capela , Segun, Adams
Clippers- Zubac, Lopez
Knicks- Mitchell, Towns
Cavs- Mobley, Allen
Nuggets- Jokić, Val ( probably )
OKC- Chet, I Hart , Sober
all of those teams are big and gifted inside.
But yea... once you burn 80% of salary cap on 4 starters, 5th one will always be cannon fodder.
