Can’t tell McDaniels to guard Kyrie unless he boutta guard Luka. Another reason why I think Kyle Anderson is an understated loss for Minnesota. Maybe he’s not consistent all season, but he’s a super valuable player to have on the bench to defend Luka or in general for the playoffs as a playmaker because that’s a weakness of the Wolves. Matchups matter come playoff time.
I feel like he’s simultaneously overrated and underrated. There’s people who because of the playoffs/rim protection act like he’s useless. And then there’s people who become obsessed with his regular season and box score numbers that they forget his deficiencies towards building a real contender.
Very few people imo are weighing those properly, and tbh it’s hard to even say what is the right place to put him.
Top 15-20. I definitely wouldn’t take him over Brunson, Mitchell, Booker.
Guards: Haliburton, Edwards, Booker, Morant
Forwards: Paolo, Tatum, Zion, Brown, Flagg
Bigs: Bam, Chet, Lively
He was good last year, but more people will see how good Vince Williams Jr. is once the Grizzlies are healthy and winning games again.
France is getting extremely good at basketball and that’s while their soccer team is thriving too.
I Honestly dont feel like he’s had enough reps against Luka to make a judgement on that. I know he missed one of the games against us last year.
From a skillset standpoint, Randle has a bigger body to take away the post game but I just dont see him moving around screens well enough to really guard him for multiple possessions. Should be able to hold up well enough on occasional switches though.
I thought Kyle Anderson could legitimately guard Luka better than lot of players you’d consider better defenders. He can get skinny around the screen, has good strength and length, and most importantly is very disciplined with dealing with all the fakes Luka puts out there.