HumbleRen wrote:Mark_83 wrote:WaltFrazier wrote:
You'd wonder, Scottie is supposed to be such a smart player, why hasn't he already started to model OGs defense.
I think it comes down what we mean by IQ. Scottie has great feel and instincts on offense and gives great effort of defense, but I don't find him a particularly smart or studious player. There's players that when you hear them speak you can just tell they have a deep understanding of the game. Scottie has never struck me as that kind of player. Enthusiastic and hard working? Yes. Cerebral and analytical? Not really.
Defence is mostly innate defensive instincts, effort and physical gifts. Plus good coaching coming up the AAU circuit.
If basketball worked like Walt is implying it to work, Trae, Luka, Nash etc etc would be some of the best defenders of all time but clearly they're not at all lol.
I said nothing like that. Those guys don't have the defensive instincts, but Scottie is supposed to. Didn't Paul George say he could be all defense someday? I don't think that, but Scottie does have some tools. He'll never be OG but I'm saying if he'd do one simple thing, play off his man more and use his reach, he'd be much better on D.