Pacersike wrote:Nuntius wrote:Pacersike wrote:
That will be difficult. The should-be anchors of our defense are Al Jefferson and a kid about 3 years younger than anyone else on our roster. Our offense has a chance to be pretty good when it starts clicking, but defensively I see little hope this season we can get close to the defense we had in previous years.
Paul George asking for more effort defensively is going to help a bit but not much. Dan Burke can change something but not much.
Our defensive potential is just too limited and someone else has probably changed too much.
Not sure I need a reply on this one though, I still read some stuff on Pacersdigest
Yeah, if you still read my posts on PD then you know my stance on it. I agree that our defensive potential is not good. But damn, even I expect us to be better than 29th defensively. That's just terrible
A lot will depend on how quickly Turner starts to read offenses well. He is absorbing like a sponge but he is only 20 years old.
Improvement will come with chemistry but very small chance it will become better than below average and that ain't enough to win many rounds in the playoffs. Because we are bound to certain players like Monta and Jefferson and their salary, I'm not that positive about our defensive future either.
Yeah, I agree. A lot of our season hinges on Myles. I'm afraid that the pressure is going to be too big for a 20 years old but I'm hoperful for the best.
Sorry for the terribly late response, by the way.
