Excellent breakdown. The comaprison to recent champions' point guards and their DBPM is a clever way to frame the defensive question without just dismissing it. I've been following George since Baylor and the difference in his patience and shot selection now is night and day. The part about how championship teams need guards who at least 'bend not break' defensively feels like the right framing, way better than the usual binary "can you win with a bad defender" debate.
Really appreciate the kind words! I agree, it was definitely about framing the conversation rather than a blind “yes” or “no”. Bend not break was the best way to try and summarize it because guards aren’t on the floor most of the time to be defensive stalwarts, BUT they can’t also be a complete sinkhole of points without the requisite offensive output on the other end.
Excellent breakdown. The comaprison to recent champions' point guards and their DBPM is a clever way to frame the defensive question without just dismissing it. I've been following George since Baylor and the difference in his patience and shot selection now is night and day. The part about how championship teams need guards who at least 'bend not break' defensively feels like the right framing, way better than the usual binary "can you win with a bad defender" debate.
Really appreciate the kind words! I agree, it was definitely about framing the conversation rather than a blind “yes” or “no”. Bend not break was the best way to try and summarize it because guards aren’t on the floor most of the time to be defensive stalwarts, BUT they can’t also be a complete sinkhole of points without the requisite offensive output on the other end.