He's Absolutely not as good as him since Kawhi has to guard the best perimeter nightly BUT it at least shows that Harden isn't as bad as a defender as people claim he is. He's playing fantastic team defense this year.
So, in conclusion, team is infinitely better with Boogie. Numbers do not lie. Problem is, they rely on him TOO much and they should play like they did last night every night with him.
Yup, if you look at the attachment I have, IT is a horrific defender but his offense is so amazing it makes up for it. Very fortunate he is surrounded by players who are above average defenders. As much as we all miss IT here, the main issue this team has is perimeter defense not scoring...
We should pump the brakes on any sort of superstar aspirations us as fans have for Malachi. We just need him to be able to hit open jumpers and be an above average defender. Anythin more than that would be awesome. This is how we turn on players is when they don't live up to our lofty...
Gordon Hayward getting to line off of some touch fouls. Boogie getting mugged everytime he touches the ball, been to the line once this whole game. And some people wonder why he's so upset all the time.
Don't think his "ridiculous" rant was uncalled for. Teams are going out of their way to stick a "goon" on him and purposely rough him up because 1. The refs aren't protecting him and 2. He's supposed to have someone on his team protecting him. He sees other "star" players getting touch fouls...