I disagree with this. He would be the perfect player to be in the "dunker" spot for this team. Val can't do it because he has no vertical and larry cant do it because he's too small/knees can't go like they used to. I'm not sure about Kessler's hands, but to be the perfect fit in this scenario he'd need to have great hands from the quick passes he'd get from Zion when drawing help at the rim. We've seen time and time again when Zion penetrates and has a nice pass to larry only for larry to not be able to dunk/finish.

Kessler can protect the rim, neither Val nor Larry can protect the rim.

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Posted by TeddyPadillac

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Posted on 4/19/24 at 10:24 am to SouthMSReb

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Kessler can protect the rim, neither Val nor Larry can protect the rim.

He's one of the best in the league at it, and one of the few guys who Zion does not do well against, which is why we keep losing to them.

Zion will destroy Gobert for whatever reason, but Kessler gives him tons of fits.

I agree that he's not the perfect fit. I want a shooter to play the 5, but if i'm going to have a traditional defensive 5, then I don't know if you can find better value right now than Kessler and his 2 years left at $3M. And i say that knowing guys like Duren or Mark Williams are better, but they are very likely not available.

I'll also point out that i mentioned Jonathon Isaac. He finished with the 2nd best DRtg in the league, better than Gobert (had to play 50+ games for that ranking). He also had the 4th best Opp FG% in the league at 44.2%. Gobert was at 44.3%.
He only took 112 3's this year, but he made them at 38%
I would very much like to have him as the backup than Larry, and I'd prefer to keep Larry too.
Kessler/Larry/Isaac would be a nice rotation at the 5.

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