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[Highlight] 5'11 Trae Young playing isolation defense on 6'6 Mikal Bridges in OT, and a tough shot make from Mikal over Johnson (streamable.com)

submitted 11 months ago by hollow-ataraxia@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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[–] Confident_Pear_8303@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I have said a bunch of times, and anyone who watches the Hawks consistently can confirm. Trae has actually been somewhat servicable on D most nights last year and this year. In fact, I would say even kinda good occasionally. He is no worse than almost high usage guards and better in fact than a fair number. Eye test and all advanced metrics say so.

[–] kay9ine@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Imma be honest with you, no one cares what you tell them, they will just hate Trae. And it sucks because Trae is actually a great player

[–] Public-Product-1503@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He has fast feet n reactions both those things help. But his physical measurements are all people can see. This year especially n last years he’s improved defensively n gives effort . He’s small but cos of his agility n speed he’s better defensively then many think. I honestly think Luka or haliburton are worse defensively then trae. Yeah they’re bigger but they just look worse n lazier : EPM which only defensive star i remotely care about agrees. I would and have wanted trae to make an effort to add 10- of muscle cos I think it could help him both ways; but maybe he’s worried it’ll hurt his shot.

[–] TL-PuLSe@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

yeah but the narrative says worst defender in the league