If you’re familiar with Barry Mccockiner you would know he’s one of the biggest trolls on social media but he could drop a serious take here or there and this one really got me thinking.
“1 on 1 defense has never been less important. Offenses spread defenses out better than ever before b/c players can shoot better than ever before. The NBA most of us grew up watching was teams throwing it to their big man and watching him go 1 on 1 in the post or guys taking contested mid range shots. You may think it was better defense but really it was just way more predictable offense. Teams aren't trotting out 7 foot stiffs who clog up the paint anymore. I think too many "analysts" are still stuck in that era when evaluating players.
Rotating and help defense are what matter, and the more 3 point centric the NBA becomes, even that is becoming more of a crapshoot where you just have to trust the percentages and hope your opponent misses or doesn't shoot above their head on that night.”
End of take.
Having a good POA defender I think is still pretty important, but if he means Team defense > individual defenders I absolutely agree.
Hard to tell with Barry lmao.