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?
I say AD because he’s a great defender (DPOY level eventho he never won it) who can rim protect and switch out and guard wings/guards in P&R…he can damn near singlehandedly make a mediocre defensive team a top 5 defensive team by himself
AD is also a bucket…u can run him in the P&R as a roller and u can iso him at the elbow or short corner
Dwight is a great shot blocker but he doesn’t wanna leave the paint on P&R and he’s a limited offensive player
As great as Jokic is, most of his offensive strengths are Bron’s offensive strengths and tbh I rather run my offense through Bron than Jokic…plus Jokic is damn near a cone on defense
The only thing holding AD back in this convo is his health lol