iowamcnabb
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Keegan doesn't shut down everyone, but I think he has been playing defense at an all-NBA level most nights this season. I just am not aware of any defenders that guard 1-5 and shutdown the best offensive player every single night. I recall Keegan getting the better of Booker in one of the matchups, but when you're guarding the best offensive players in the NBA, they are bound to get the better of you some nights for sure. Murray has been able to stay in front of quick players many games this season.
Side note: I also think Keon is an excellent defender and love seeing him and Keegan out there together. Add in Fox and that is a nasty perimeter defense that can virtually switch anything.
Also, SGA was brought up earlier as an example and no one is allowed to play defense on SGA. Every night the best defender from every team is on him and it’s impossible with the way he is officiated this year.
Yeh the best offensive players are still going to get 25 even if prime Klaw is on them. Playing great defense in today’s game means winning in the margins, getting a handful of stops in a row, contesting shots, tiring guys out. The different between giving up 118 points a game and 110 is a handful of stops over 48 minutes.
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