Same clown who still has Mike Conley and Harrison Barnes with a 90+ vertical rating.
Or has Baylor Scheierman with a lower shot 3 tendency than Maluach
Shut up and fix your game
There are a lot of Jokic 2023 shades to this KAT defensive tape in my mind. He is succeeding because Mike Brown isnt asking him to anchor the whole defence, or in other words, not asking him to be what hes not. This KAT run just really means something to me
I have long argued KAT is not a bad defender. He has shown he can guard 1v1 against other bigs/wings. He is clumsy (fouls yes) and he can fall down in rotation or help. Im sure Spurs will adapt but KATs play is allowing them to keep the OG button in the backpocket
This soundbite caught my attention in the moment.
The guy was right. Whenever the Knicks keep it close with their defence they are just too dangerous to not get hot
The way people talk about KAT, i think they forget how much he has been through. It felt like he got damn near zero grace and just gets the relentless piss taken out of him. Something that makes me more angry but thats a different topic.
I love KAT and he was bloody excellent