re: After sleeping on it (the game) last night.

I just don't care to look at any stats of Okafor before he got here. He wasn't the same player, and he was in a messed up situation altogether with Philly.

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now can we agree that Etwaun Moore is a pretty below average defender?

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Is he guarding guards or forwards? Is he starting or coming off the bench?
Etwaun is not an elite defender, but he is by no means a bad defender when he's guarding other backup guards like himself.


The thing with looking at these defensive stats is that neither Okafor or Moore are great defenders, and they aren't going to stand out defensively on their own. They don't influence the defense like Jrue does, or kawhi, or Gobert.
Those guys can play for any team and they will boost everyone on the floors defensive stats.
Role playing defenders like Okafor and Moore, while they can influence their own stats, are more tied to how the team defense does, and we haven't been good on defense. Evidence by Jrue's Stats.

How do you defend Jrue's average to below average defensive stats?

There's individual defense, and there's team defense. the only guys that can truly influence the team defense on their own are dominant centers. Okafor isn't one, but that doesn't mean he's a bad defender.