Soklous wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:42 pm
7 blocks and 9 steals for someone who has never shown a day of defense in their career is promising to me. I don’t know how to factor in, or quantify “the ref should have called him for more fouls” into the equation, but his effort is there and improving by the game. That’s good for me.
Anyone playing better post D on the team this year? Last year?
You're looking at a box score to make a decision on his defense. What about watching the games? Have you seen how often he is flat footed on the defensive end? That doesn't change once his man gets the ball. It almost seems like a defensive stance to him is bending over at the waist to say he got lower. He does put his arms out wide though, I'll give him that one. One thing that helps him avoid foul trouble is that his man is past him before he can even react enough to just foul him, let alone stop him.
Without Dok, he will be guarding the 5. I don't see many times he goes into halftime without 2 fouls. I can't say I would have less confidence if Garrett was guarding the post as opposed to Dedric, when the post is a 4. He just doesn't have the size to guard a 5 and being a pest/making him work can only go so far when the size is that much different.
