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I don't know why everyone is trashing per 36 stats. It says he steals and blocks at one of the highest rates in the league, which is true. Presumably, if it's not just a sample size thing, he is one of the best on the league at getting stocks. Him only playing low minutes is presumably because he is not very good overall, but that takes nothing away from him being good at this particular thing. Well nothing except that he's probably doing it against weaker players than if someone has his same rates with higher minutes per game.
The only reason he's not playing more is due to his injury history. He's actually been in Orlando's closing lineup lately, and all of a sudden the team has stopped giving up leads and losing games in the final minutes.
He's still not a good offensive player. He can't self create, he's not a distributor, and he's not even much of a spot up shooting. But his defense is game breaking. That's who he is, and if he could stay healthy any team in the league would want him on the roster.