Same lol. To begin the season everyone was worried about his stocks. Now people think he’s a great defender.
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all i know is as of about 4 or 5 games ago, espn mentioned that opponents were shooting a combined 16% FGs while defended by AJ. i guess we can all take from that whatever we want.
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If you are playing good defense and getting lots of steals (like AJ during this 4 game run) then its a good thing. His coach spoke about it (the zero fouls 4 games in a row) and how he has really high BBIQ and knows how to use his defensive tools well without committing dumb fouls that most other players commit.
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I can only say that he has played great defense during that 4 game stretch (averaging around 3 steals per game). Refs have probably missed a few calls against him and he probably gets star treatment as well. But he is also good at playing good defense without fouling which is a good thing imo. Helps to be big, quick, long, and athletic with great basketball IQ
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Not an AJ stat but BYU opponents during that 4 game stretch are averaging 58 points per game.
He's a good man defender and has good defensive tools. He's a bad team defender (when I've watched) and gets lost on defense frequently. He has bad defensive awareness currently.
He's my favorite player on their team. I haven't really thought about him as an NBA player though.
6'7 athletic defending freshman who can shoot/dribble/pass. IDK why he wouldnt be. Maybe he's not coming out this year, but he will come out eventually. Turned 19 in September, so not super young, but also not as old as a lot of Euro Freshman.
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