jaxsontend wrote: but i see him getting blown up on picks way too easily and not projecting at ever being great in that area (a downside of the lankiness). but he also is 18 years old and doesnt project to be a worse defender than the lottery guards other than frank/fox (unless im missing anyone?).
but maybe im an idiot bc i also dont see it's a foregone conclusion that monk will be a **** defender (and dont think he has t-rex arms, he has narrow shoulders).
in fact.. what do you guys think are most important for good guard defense? Effort, Iq, Scheme, footspeed, the ability to get around picks, core strength, length, handspeed? what distinguishes the good pg defendes like beverly ormcconnell? bc we are evaluating mainly freshman, and in general we expect college prospects/rookies to be poor defenders on the nba level- we expect it to be a skill to be developed in most cases with guards and scorers coming into the draft. so if ppl want to say monk or fultz or ball will be killed on D, i would be curious what are the qualities they lack that prevent them from developing into plus defenders with nba coaching/training/experience?
ive been a monk or hart person as far as team needs/fit for a while, im not advocating for fultz. i am just starting to consider that fultz may be a more dominant scorer/have more superstar potential than i initially thought.
alright last post about this I swear, but that's what Im saying! it is easier for a guy like Monk to get around screens BECAUSE he is more compact than Fultz!
they are both above-average athletes but Fultz is more graceful as you put it, whereas Monk is just more... springy, is the word Id use. bouncy. w/e you like there but I hope you get what I mean. He gets where he wants to in spite of his build, not BECAUSE of it. Which I find to be the more attractive trait tbh.
he has shown me the ability to put in effort and improve on defense as the year went on.
Fultz... hasnt. Whether you want to blame that on the team or whatever, its a fact. He hasnt gotten better as the year went on, he actually didnt play at all late in the year.
And playing in a conference like the Pac - 12, where I could probably make the All-Defensive team, doesnt help my opinion of him
Oregon is the only team you could say is even passable on D, and Fultz played terribly against them. I dont point to that as an excuse because his grandmother had died like 2-3 days before and he was coming off a 2 AM flight from the east coast but that doesnt change the fact that he put up numbers in a conference that also enhanced Lonzo Ball's numbers.
Pac 12 All Defensive team
C- Chris Boucher
F- Jordan Bell
F- Dillon Brooks
G- Tyler Dorsey
G- Dylan Ennis
see what Im trying to say here?
If Im crazy for thinking all this then whatever, im crazy. I'll stop talking about Monk though, it is getting kind of old.
I respect all of your opinions though
