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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 2087460, member: 37"] Even healthy Jalen is sill only an adequate perimeter defender. Christian is decent and Rodney is very good imo. Alterique had a reputation of being an outstanding defender. His loss not only forces us to use Christian and Jalen to be better than they are capable of being currently but adds to the wear and tear of the three guards decreasing their abilities as time goes on. Kentan has done a decent job. But even his body is showing signs of wear and tear. Earlier in the season I was actually concerned with Terry's one on one defense. So this team still lacks a Niels Giffey lockdown wing. The big failure has been with Amida/Steve. And opposing teams have exploited this weakness all year long. Our guards are forced to overplay opposing guards if opposing teams lack decent bigs who can shoot from the perimeter. Teams expose Steve and Amida on the pick and roll. Or if they have decent big shooters like Cinci than opposing teams force our guards to move off the players because Steve and Amida lack the instincts to get back to the basket for rebounds or play adequate one on one defense. It's definitely a game where the team is as good as it's weakest link and this team has had a weak link in the five position that was made a lot worse because of injuries. [/QUOTE]