Context: I want to form an all-time team with prime Steph/Klay/KD/LeBron but have issues about the 5.
Jokic is obviously the best out of AD and Dwight but he is not a good rim protector and I have enough scoring/offense with Steph/KD/LeBron and playmaking with Steph/LeBron. Jokic’s screening and rebounding will be really helpful though and he will allow the team to play true 5 out which gives LeBron the best spacing.
AD is the most versatile defender compared to Dwight (more switchable) but he is not big enough to body bigger bigs like Jokic or Shaq. I like AD’s off ball game the most out of the 3 + he is a good FT shooter
Dwight is a defender that matches up the best against true bigs like Shaq and he has a good off ball game when focused on his strengths (unlike say 2011 where he stopped PnR due to media pressure).
Which big fits this team the best?
Prime I’d go with Dwight. Best screener, best defender, could run the floor and was dominant in the post with good passing
Dwight was certainly not dominant at the post. that was part of the problem is that he was ass in the post and really wanted to run the offense through his post game.
He was definitely not dominant in the post or passing. Anything that AD lacks in screening and defending the paint (which I don’t think is much) is more than made up for by being much more switchable defender and better scorer.