Taylor Hendricks Hype Thread

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I thought Aaron Gordon was elite last year for the nugs in that playoff run and KCP was also pretty damn good. The year before Andrew Wiggins was elite defensively for the warriors in the playoffs and in particular in the Finals.

Wiggins/Gordon/KCP have all been negative or average defenders at different points in their careers until they got on teams with highly intelligent defensive anchors.

 

[KqWIN]

I thought Aaron Gordon was elite last year for the nugs in that playoff run and KCP was also pretty damn good. The year before Andrew Wiggins was elite defensively for the warriors in the playoffs and in particular in the Finals.

I never said Aaron Gordon wasn't elite, I just said that Saint has a point that weak links mean a lot in the playoffs and that often cannot be made up for with elite defenders. I'm in the middle on this. I think that weak links mean more in the playoffs, but it's still very valuable to have elite defenders.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I never said Aaron Gordon wasn't elite, I just said that Saint has a point that weak links mean a lot in the playoffs and that often cannot be made up for with elite defenders. I'm in the middle on this. I think that weak links mean more in the playoffs, but it's still very valuable to have elite defenders.

Yeah, of course. Having elite defenders is an amazing luxury (Jrue Holiday on the Bucks).

It's just extremely hard to prioritize those players because so few of them exist because they arent that important in the NBA and most of the ones who fit that description are truly awful offensive players (we have another one of those guys coming up in the draft, Ryan Dunn, who might be the next Thybulle, an elite defender playoff teams arent that excited to add/play because he is often going to be unplayable).

My overall point is that adding a Jrue Holiday is less beneficial to your defense than cutting out 30 MPG of Jordan Clarkson.

 

[KqWIN]

Your best defender is going to be a big on 90% of championship teams. The Heatles are the last team off the top of my head who werent anchored by an elite big. Jokic is the Nuggets best defender even though people want to act like he is bad.

When I said the Jazz dont need an elite defender, I meant perimeter. I think Walker has potential to be the Jazz's elite defender that makes everyone else work around him (assuming "everyone else" arent negative defenders).

Bigs are going to be the most important/best defender on most teams. But like I said, elite defenders (of all kinds) are still very valuable in the playoffs. That's why I said when you look at the list of champions, you will also find a list of teams that typically had multiple elite defenders. It was valuable to have Aaron Gordon, Jrue Holiday, Caruso, LeBron, Igoudala, Kawhi, ect.

Assuming Walker is elite and everyone else isn't negative, you'd still much prefer that one of those other perimeter guys is elite. I think it's very difficult to win a title without multiple elite defenders.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Eh...you're fighting a real uphill battle without elite defensive players. I don't think you're wrong that the weak link may be more important than the defensive ace....but if you look at the previous champions you will see a list of teams where the majority had multiple elite defenders. I understand the Nuggets won without the most impressive defensive personnel, but like I said, uphill battle without elite defenders.

To your point, I do agree that making up for a poor defender is something that can be done in the regular season and less so in the playoffs. Like if we're starting Key+Sexton (assuming Key doesn't improve his defense), we probably can't win the whole thing even if we have 1-2 elite defenders. But you'd still love to have elite defenders in the playoffs.

I think what Cy is saying is you’re only as good as your weakest link. That one elite defender can’t guard everyone, and you can just screen said elite defender off the ball handler

 

[infection]

I think what Cy is saying is you’re only as good as your weakest link. That one elite defender can’t guard everyone, and you can just screen said elite defender off the ball handler

This is nonsense. You just need one guy, who guards both the perimeter and the rim at the same time, and you can have the other four guys stand around. It’s a pretty flawless plan. If it doesn’t work, it’s because your guy isn’t elite and he’s been exposed.

 

[KqWIN]

I think what Cy is saying is you’re only as good as your weakest link. That one elite defender can’t guard everyone, and you can just screen said elite defender off the ball handler

That's true to some extent. It's also true that elite defenders are really important and almost every championship team has multiple of them. It's an uphill battle without them.

 

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I had most of the game on mute. Did Hendrix get hurt? He started hot and yet his minutes were down.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I had most of the game on mute. Did Hendrix get hurt? He started hot and yet his minutes were down.

Toe sprain.

 

[JimLes]

I had most of the game on mute.

I tried that, but then found that it's even better when I turn off the screen, as well.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

Toe sprain.

any update on diagnosis ?? Camel toe ?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

any update on diagnosis ?? Camel toe ?

View: https://twitter.com/Tjonesonthenba/status/1765171083810931188


Camel toe.