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Maybe I missed a prior back and forth but this is a much more measured response than implying someone said he “can’t play a lick of defense”.He's averaging 21 min/gm and holding his own.
Defense is not a zero sum game. It's okay to say he is not the strongest defensive player on the team, but yet not be a liability.
I think it’s fair to say of all the players who get regular minutes, he’s the weakest man v man defender. We can leave “liability” and how we define that out of the conversation, because it’s semantics.
He is STILL an excellent player who we are lucky to have.