Karl-Anthony Towns: “No one wants to ask OG about 2nd team? I mean he all defense like come on bruh. He one of the best defenders in the world and he got robbed from first. Damn”
I feel like Og is one of those dudes that just transcend everything & glide right under the spotlight for whatever reason
He could drop 50 & his stock would remain the same . Lol . I find that odd
He is unassuming. He has a calm demeanor isn’t flashy, no sound bites and is mild mannered. Big named defense guys are demonstrative and have huge personalities, OG is all focus and effort.
Probably one of the reasons why y’all are doing so well.
It is the reason. Brunson is phenomenal but OG changed this team completely. My favorite trade ever.
Worth every dime too
I was wrong about Bridges but MAN i defended the heck out of those Brunson and OG contracts
There are dozens of us. Dozens!
Can say you’re wrong about Bridges yet with how he’s been playing during this playoff run
The entire first series of the playoffs he was non existent and looked like he had given up on the team. He’s come alive against the cavs but this is entirely recency bias
He had two bad games against the hawks. He did his role the rest of the series and was great against the sixers. Recency bias? Everyone is only looking at the playoffs since it’s the only thing that matters.
I meant recency bias as in the cavs series. I disagree that it was only two bad games against the hawks. I’d say it was only two good games against the sixers.
I’m not a Bridges hater by any means, I just felt let down watching him when the playoffs started. I could be wrong though I’ll give you that
Agreed. The OG acquisition really solidified the foundation for this team.
It immediately paid off too. I think right after OG joined the team we had like a 20-3 record or something when OG was playing. He got injured for a bit towards the end but came back during the playoffs and it was right back to rolling until he got injured again against I want to say Philly?
Speaking of, fuck the 6ers and fuck Embiid.
Injured against the Pacers in the second round the first time we lost to the Pacers, tried to come back and couldn’t move lol
Embiid injured Mitch by grabbing his leg that playoffs
Yeah we raps fans knew you’d love him eventually. He’s incredible defensively and does his role offensively. Top person.
All the Raptors fans “youre gonna love him! Dont let him dribble”
Knicks fans “huh? Oh…”
In all seriousness, his handle has tightened a lot in NY
dont ever trade him away, as it just feels weird to have 40 pt games from opposing players. Just feels weird to have to deal with again.
The truth is, at in 2029⁄2030 when the core has just about aged out, hes probably going to be the most valuable piece left.
In my opinion injury is the biggest reason OG isn’t a bigger deal in this league.
Hes noy a bigger deal because while hes a pretty good player, hes really inconsistent, and his defense is great but a hair under the elite defenders in the league.
Dude can come out and drop 25 one night and then the next shoot 0-10.
Crazy to claim he’s not one of the elite defenders in the league, he can defend and shut down all 5 positions on the court. The Knicks have effectively used him to guard Wemby.
The offensive game is irrelevant to the discussion cause we’re literally talking about him missing 1st team all defense.
Hes not consistent with it though is my issue. He has one great game, amd then a game or two where hes just not the same guy.
When i think of elite, im thinking top 5 guys.
Hes one of the top 10-15 defenders in the league but if i have to pick a guy to defend a guard, im taking someone like Ausar, Caruso, herb Jones. Obiviously im taking bigs like wemby, bam ect over him if were talking paint defenders.
Im not really trying to slight him. I just dont view him as the top end elite. Hes very very good.
He isnt first team defense imo. All those guys above him deserved it over him.
Watching every game I just really disagree one the consistency point, if theres one thing he is fully consistent with while healthy its his defense.
I also think taking Caruso over him to cover guards would be nuts and I would argue he’s pretty comparable to Wemby or Bam when defending bigs. The fact that he is that high level of a defender for all 5 positions allows the Knicks to do so much more and is why he’s clearly a first team guy.
You’re just not correct is the issue. He’s probably the most consistent defender of the last 6 years besides Gobert. His only inconsistency is injury.
OG can do what Davion Mitchell does but for every position (and he can also score). On the Raptors OG would just delete the contribution of a team’s best player. It made team defence much easier. He’s just not a flashy defensive playmaker because he doesn’t gamble, doesn’t foul much, and doesn’t flop.
They downvoting you but you’re not lying. He’s inconsistent as hell offensively
While they are right were talking defense, i do believe he is inconsistent there as well ans thats what keeps him from top end elite.
That first classic OG passing lane steal back in 2024 was beautiful and it’ll be beautiful every single freaking time, I love this man
We tried to tell everyone but everyone on the raps gets overlooked to some extent
It’s why I believe yall that Scottie Barnies is underrated. I will always believe raptors fans now.
I’ll never get over this trade — loved Masai but this was a huge mistake
we fleeced the raptors
OG has unlocked a whole lot of potential for the team. Knicks needed the defense he brought if they were going to build around Brunson. The crazy thing is that while they’ve certainly gotten that from him, I don’t think they expected him to have been as good as he did offensively. Before the hamstring pull he was their second best scorer and they’d go to him consistently.
The whole team is a bit like that. Hart and Mitch are bit more exuberant
His offense has been something else. When he got traded here was kind of limited to cutting and taking 3’s on offense. He’s doing those same things while now he’s also driving to the basket, taking step back fadeaways, and just draining 3’s in people’s faces like he did a few times tonight. Plus the dude is still ridiculous on defense.
He was trying middy faders and stepback 3s in his final 1-2 years on the Raps, but they weren’t particularly good. Nice to hear they’ve come around.
If every team could have an OG, every team would have an OG
Well yes, he’s a good player. Nothing profound was said there lol.
There are good and even great players who wouldn’t necessarily fit on every team. OG is a perfect fit on every team.
This is it. From playstyle to off court he’s very understated so if you’re not paying attention you miss him. But if you are paying attention you se his a fucking jailer on defense and is ready willing and able to drain threes or slam a dunk whenever necessary.
Sing Sing Anunoby
he’s the revis of basketball. goes out there, locks up whoever you put him on, no talk all business
Rudy “Huge Personality” Gobert lol
Yummy fresh pasta
Gobert ?
I’m telling you guys it’s not because he’s unassuming
That’s the easiest explanation but it doesn’t add up
this is exactly who I’d be in the NBA.
Yeah that kind of low-key, no-flash personality can actually make a player way more effective 😄 all business, no distractions.
Lunch pail type dude with a 200mm contract…the NBA is FANTASTIC!
He has sound bites, but not for the usual thing.
“congrats Jalen, well deserved”
Real OGs move in silence like lasa(o)gna
He never assumes. It leads to assumptions.
I don’t think its just personality. There are quiet defenders like Jrue, Thompson brothers, Jones, there’s also flashiness in play.
Sounds like we need to send Daryl Morey undercover to the Knicks so Presti can trade for him
Sounds like we need to send Nico Harrison undecover to the Thunder so that he can trade SGA for Demar DeRozan.
Damn, can’t believe we’re getting rinsed in a trade again
Doesn’t need it. That’s just how he moves. Dude is a cold blooded silent killer.
“I don’t shoot to miss” remains one of the coldest quotes in all my decades of watching hoops
OG once reached out to Dirk for shooting tips. Dirk asked him if he reached out to defensive legends for similar help, OG said “I don’t need to”
Ice cold
yep!
https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/im6v40/murphy_i_dont_shoot_trying_to_miss_anunoby_on_not/
That was said after hitting the game winner/season saver /and walking off like it was just another shot
Real (O)G’s move in silence
I dont know if you’re a knicks/raptors fan but this is a perfect assessment. He is the most underrated player I’ve watched in any sport.
Bulls fan
Just observant .
He’s clearly an anomaly .. hard to put my finger on what makes him that though
Ppl say he’s unassuming but .. umm there are other “ unassuming “ athletes in other sports who perform less efficiently in their roles & get more praise .. so .. yeah I don’t think that’s it
He’s transcendent. I just don’t know why
I genuinely believe he’s an interesting case study
Edit : I’ll go even further & say that he will NEVER be given just status regardless of production ..
Again … I don’t know why
But it is interesting
Honestly I’m just glad you see what I’m seeing. Like yes I’m a knicks fan but as sports fan, its perplexing. Cheers
He’s like a kawhi without the crazy uncle
He’s so flexible and does almost everything well.
Need him to guard Donovan Mitchell, one of the shiftiest small guards out there? Done.
Defend and box out Jarrett Allen? Sure no problem.
Be the Screen on the pick and roll? Of course.
Spot of for 3? Naturally.
Drive and jam it down on a 7 footer.l? Will do.
Cut and or catch passes in the dunker spot? Aye aye.
Shut down the opposing star and knock down the game winner? That’s my OG
As a Raps fan, we know sadly. We couldn’t afford to keep him but he was such a quiet beast for us
We could afford him, he wanted out lol.
I don’t think we’d have paid him what he wanted, so ultimately that played into his decision :(
He wanted out bro. He hired Leon Rose as his agebt iirc, it was always NY
There’s no stat that tracks when a player – usually the first option – sees OG guarding them on the perimeter and immediately passes the ball to anyone else.
On the Raptors you would see it all time. The shot attempts and drives of the best player on the opposing team would just sink.
There’s a lot of Raptors footage of him defending Giannis 1:1 like no one else has done before, I get perplexed every time.
I think very few defenders garnered such presence. Prime dpoy Kawhi. Pippen.
it reminds me of a “shut down corner” in football who is too feared to ever get counting stats that match their impact.
One night I was at Rebel nightclub near the entrance and these guys all of a sudden start screaming OG and I look an saw him duck down with his group and run into the hip hop room. Man ended up right by the dj with almost no one seeing him besides those 2 guys and maybe 5 other people.
On a side note but this was also on a game night where he didn’t play due to injury.
He doesn’t talk much which is the reason. People like that always fall under the radar.
The NBA isn’t about skill or talent. It’s about being marketable. Just like anything else in the entertainment industry. Being loud and being dramatic is what gets a segment about you on ESPN.
I always feel like he’s the second best player on the Knicks. That’s probably not true for one reason or another but ill continue to believe it.
You are correct. OG is the knicks second best player, and deep cut knicks fans know it.
It’s the Brit in him! On the surface, calm as you like. But underneath the surface I’d be broiling with rage
As a raptors fan, his eye test works against him - he’s weirdly stiff/awkward for a guy as talented as he is, I think that juxtaposition of “how good it is” vs “how good it looks” is hard even for scouts to get over. “Bambi on skates” is an accurate phrase to describe OG on offense sometimes.
2 untradeable players on the roster. OG and Brunson
He’s all business and everyone knows what the deal is
He reminds me of Bam.
I’m still amazed that Derrick White managed to sneak his way in there ahead of Barnes and OG. He’s a good defender but jfc he ain’t that good. That level of PR is just insane.
Both Barnes and OG are guarding 1-5 on a nightly basis and completely shifting opposing offensive gameplans. That’s how impactful they are. Let’s be honest, no team is looking at Derrick White and going “we need to completely change some sets on offense because we are facing Derrick White tonight.”
What a fucking joke. White wasn’t even the 2nd best defender in the whole playoff series vs BOS last year.
All what, Derrick?!
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Shit my bad we can extend that to this year and he would be our 3rd best defender on this team.
The Celtics media mafia will make sure their guys get awards. Dane thing happened with smart
Remember when Kenny Atkinson called Derrick White a top 5 player in the league? There’s something wrong with the analytics
Well these playoffs have proved Kenny Atkinson is a very stupid man so no surprise he thinks Derrick White is top 5
One of the many problems with analytics is that the ivory tower syndrome. They’re too far up in their abstractions that their numbers are no longer grounded in reality.
The map is not the territory. If your numbers don’t align with what everyone can clearly see, believe your eyes, not your models.
Atkinson is a fucking clown.
I’ve been so confused seeing people compliment him constantly during these playoffs, he literally can’t get through a sentence without snorting his own phlegm and choking (or maybe it’s Gilbert’s spunk), to say nothing of how atrocious he is at coaching.
The Cavs don’t win this series no matter what, but he’s been laughably outcoached by Mike Brown every game.
The Boston PR machine got Marcus Smart the fakest DPOY of all time. Of course they get Derrick White on 1st team defense. People act like Derrick White is an all star and it’s just crazy
honestly so crazy that bill simmons and his goons keep bringing up this spooky “new york media mafia” when most people can’t even name a single one of our national media guys. and no, stephen a doesn’t count.
If you look at the voting breakdown Brown and Queta got first and second team all defence votes. The way the media glazes Boston is unreal
If Barnes had missed out on 1st team to OG I would have been ok with it. OG is a transcendent defender. But Derrick White? What are we doin man?
I said the exact same thing about if Scottie Barnes getting over OG - he was phenomenal this year and deserves it.
I can understand Ausar, as well; but DWhite? He’s a great player, but there is no possible way he’s over OG or Barnes.
Also adding that I think the Blazers should’ve had SOMEONE in there somewhere…
I’m a derrick white since we drafted him and sung his praises for more minutes back in san Antonio… That said, he did not deserve 1st over Barnes. I haven’t watch OG enough to say but judging off these playoffs i wouldnt be against it
Most voters are from Boston
OG/Scottie being 2nd team is a fucking theft on the levels of national treasure.
I’ll admit White was pretty bad defensively in the playoffs but man we can’t be acting like he was a bum. He had possibly the single greatest offball defensive season for a gaurd ever. He was 3rd in the league in defensive on offs while on the 4th best defense. The Celtics aggressively switched actions because white is amazing on the closeout and also good at the rim.
White is a great defender but be honest, on defense would you rather have either OG or Barnes who can defend 1-5 on spurts or would you rather have White. Like that’s what people are saying, they’re not saying White isn’t an all NBA defender, there’s just levels to it.
on defense would you rather have either OG or Barnes who can defend 1-5 on spurts or would you rather have White
But that’s not what All-Defense is. It’s a regular season award about which player performed best in the regular season. It’s not which guy would you rather have.
I’d rather have Barnes or Anunoby, because there are situations where White’s size is a liability while Anunoby and Barnes let you get more creative on defense. But in the regular season, teams don’t take advantage of that. It really shows up in the playoffs. And in the regular season games where teams don’t take advantage of that, White probably provides the team with more (especially compared to Anunoby, who also played 400 fewer minutes, which should matter).
Same way I’d rather have Jalen Brunson or Chet Holmgren or Jalen Johnson on my team than Jalen Duren, but that doesn’t mean Jalen Duren isn’t more deserving of second team All-NBA this year. Duren had a monster regular season before being exposed in the playoffs by teams who were able to gameplan specifically for him and attack his weaknesses.
But your second example isn’t comparing apples to apples. This is about on the defensive side and we’re comparing defenders and not the player overall game. I get that this is for the regular season but I just feel OG is more deserving due to the versatility he provides on defense where you can slot him anywhere defensively and it won’t hurt you. Also the fact that he’s anchoring a defense that has to hide two not so great defenders in Brunson and KAT.
But your second example isn’t comparing apples to apples. This is about on the defensive side and we’re comparing defenders and not the player overall game
What?
All-NBA is an overall game award, and even though I would prefer Jalen Johnson or Jalen Brunson’s overall game to Jalen Duren’s overall game, Jalen Duren’s overall game in this regular season was better for his team.
All-Defense is a defense award, and even though I would prefer Scottie Barnes or OG Anunoby’s defense to Derrick White’s defense, Derrick White’s defense in this regular season was better for his team.
How is that not an apples to apples comparison? What we’re comparing is still what the player did in that category in the regular season.
but I just feel OG is more deserving due to the versatility he provides on defense where you can slot him anywhere defensively and it won’t hurt you
Which is great. But it rarely matters in the regular season. We’ve already seen it matter in the playoffs, because he was able to guard Embiid for stretches and has moved around a lot in the Cavs series. But again, in the regular season, White is able to move around pretty much just as well as OG is. White can’t cover 5’s, but OG really didn’t really cover 1’s either.
The same way Jalen Johnson’s greater offensive versatility makes him a better player than Jalen Duren, but Jalen Duren could still have a better regular season because the teams you play on a nightly basis aren’t punishing Duren for that lack of versatility. Or Jalen Brunson’s ability to create makes him a better player, but when teams aren’t punishing Jalen Duren’s lack of shot creation, that
Also the fact that he’s anchoring a defense that has to hide two not so great defenders in Brunson and KAT.
Which, again, incredibly important in the playoffs, where teams mismatch hunt constantly and spend entire series devising ways to take advantages of mismatches. But in the regular season, that’s a thing that comes up less often. That’s why the Cavs could look completely fine on defense for the entire last month of the season, then get exposed once the playoffs start.
Over the course of a long season, I’d say White’s ability to anchor defenses that had a whole rotating cast of different players with different skillsets, and entirely different lineup types, was just as valuable. White’s rim protection as a guard was incredibly important for that, and covered up a lot of the flaws that the Celtics had.
Also, you can prefer Anunoby. That’s completely reasonable. Anunoby is maybe my favorite player to watch in the entire league. My point is, this isn’t a “who would you rather have” question. That’s not the thing the award is measuring. It’s reframing the award to a thing that the award isn’t actually given for.
For what the celtics scheme needed this regular season white every time. Like our defense simply did not function with him off the court because without his elite help defense all are guys are getting beat. Like in lineups without brown the celtics had a 120 defensive rtg. We had 1 center who could play defense and he only played 20 minutes 2 small guards who are known bad defender hauser and known dogshit offball defender brown and we still had the 4th best defense. OG has been elite in the postseason but his impact was much smaller in the regular season. I would agree scottie > white but white over OG in the regular season all day. The reason white is worse in the playoffs is teams get him switched on so he can’t be a help defender. They arent hunting him because he is a bad onball defender but because he is our best offball defender.
Edit: white took the celtics from a 2 points worse defense to a 5 point better one this season. Raptors defense was both better with scottie off and worse with him on.
Regular season is a little different because at times it’s a track meet and teams go through the motions. But in the playoffs where every possession is magnified, and teams have to operate more in the half court set and target mismatches more. There’s almost no team that is hunting OG. The same thing you said about White can be said about OG. Also, you’re discounting the flexibility in guarding 5s during mismatches. Those are huge where if you have a 5 on White it might be close to automatic bucket against him.
2 things one all nba is a regular season award. Two derrick white is so good at blocking he blocks 7 footers. He blocked Lauri like 3 times in 1 game.
KAT’s jacket looks really cool
I really dig the trend of players wearing fresh team gear out and about.
Kat had the dopest collection of Wolves gear back in the day too. He really puts on for his team
Didn’t know that. That’s dope.
Whenever there was a cool vintage Wolves gear on ebay or poshmark, Wolves twitter is scrambling to buy it but the it’s gone. Days later, KAT’s wearing it on a stream
He would walk around town wearing Wolves gear every time. He reps hard. Buys local artists wolves gear too
When he got traded to the Knicks, apparently he bought nearly a shit ton of Knicks gear from a local artist. Huge order immediately put in lol. He was already in Knicks gear on the first day 😂🥹 Miss this guy
Would you happen to know which jacket he’s wearing? Can’t seem to find it
It’s one of the Jeff Hamilton jackets a real one is gonna be over 2000 these days unless you’re a small, i like this one more than the kith ones honestly
To be honest I’d guess it’s designer, might have better luck finding a designer and commissioning something similar if you have the funds for something like that
I want the Jimmy Buttler wolves gear
That has to be something from Kith
It’s from Jeff Hamilton who has made the most iconic leather jackets for a lot of sports and kith also.
Really stood out for me too, incredibly cool jacket
Jdub disagree
Can definitely make the case for OG but the most egregious snub is Scottie Barnes.
I lost sleep over that one and I’m far from a Raptors fan
being a US fan means you’re a fan of everyone except the raptors
Awwww
Scottie Barnes is an American tho
Scottie was my dpoy earlier on, before wemby ramped up
Future face of this league Scottie Barnes
Toumani not even getting 2nd team is crazy
I’ve been watching basketball for two decades and he’s the most underrated player I’ve ever watched. ZERO all star appearances. Doesn’t even get first team all defense this season. Awards are a complete joke.
This isn’t a big “gotcha” moment, but who do you put him over that made 1st team?
Wemby - no
Chet - no
Thompson - no
Gobert - no
White - okay I can hear that argument, but Scottie Barnes would be my pick to move up above him.
I think that All-Defense teams need to be expanded to 3 teams similar to All-NBA, but being 2nd team isn’t some massive snub the way KAT is making it out to be. Some really good defenders didn’t make the 2nd team, Mobley, McDaniels, Dunn etc…
He is a better defender than Derrick White. Its a snub.
Is he better than Scottie ? I dont think so
Depends on what you value in a defender. My personal criteria are a) who are your assignments b) how well do you restrict them c) hoe much do you affect their shooting d) hows your decision making around help and not to help.
Too much emphasis on blocks and steals because it’s hard to measure things like give ups, shots altered, forcing late clock, low percentage shots.
Based on the criteria I personally use I put him ahead of Chet AND White. Because he’s a reserved guy American media ignores him. No headlines, sound bites or clickbait there.
He’s not better than Scottie tho. So he couldn’t get first either way
The positionless thing sucks, you have an all defensive team with 3 centers. Should be 2 bigs at most and 3 wings
Barnes and OG probably deserve it over Chet/white.
Barnes 100% should be over white but he is better than Chet as an initial defender and help defense.
Overall the Chet vs OG spot would just depend on advance stats. Chet has a better team and isn’t being asked to defend 1-5. He gets to play help defense after the opposing team having to beat a great combo of guards and wing defense.
OG has to guard 1-5 with Bridges and Robinson. They have two very mediocre defenders in Kat/JB. Both tend to sag off to play help defense and the Knicks as a result get scorched by 3s (notice how JB stopped end of game 1).
Individually I think OG is a better defender but it’s hard to argue against Chet who also anchors a top defense surrounded by great defenders.
I’d say Chet. He’s definitely good and gets a lot of blocks but I wouldn’t say he has the same impact on the game as the others. To be honest Caruso and Wallace are the defenders that scare me on that team
gobert is a legendary help defender, but he also is highly flawed, and someone offenses frequently target as an on-ball defender. nobody is out here targeting og.
first team should have been wemby, thompson, og, scottie, and flip a coin between rudy and chet
Over chet easily. Bros PR machine is crazy.
Everyone saying this is getting downvoted lol.
Listen: a centre that can’t defend centres and can’t defend the perimeter isn’t a top defender. Chet is going through the exact same motions that Mobley did of being a rim protector on a really good team and getting all the defensive praise because he’s the centre, and similarly Mobley is too skinny to actually defend centres so he looks really soft really often.
Put Chet on the Raps instead of Scottie and our defence is fuckin’ COOKED. IQ, RJ, BI, Chet, Yak(/Walter) 🤮.
Chet defends centers AND the perimeter. Do you watch him play? Second in the league in blocks per game, lowest dFG% at the rim in the league.
Also, Chet starts at PF, IHart is the center. So your whole argument doesn’t make sense on several fronts.
Is Chet that great on D?
Above white or Chet absolutely. And I’d say above Rudy as well honestly, the defaulting to big men over smaller players for defensive rankings is silly.
Raps fans knew this for years and people clowned us for thinking it. I’m so happy he went to NY so that at least people can realize how insanely good he is.
Always nice to see teammates supporting each other
Vibes are immaculate
OG is still a Raptor confirmed 🥲
Derrick white over og and Scottie was crazy.
Boston media strikes again
Scottie and OG over White and Chet
Fucking finally someone brought up Chet. I truly do not get his defence hype
He’s the 3rd best rim protector in the league
Bro what?
The guy who had the best dFG% at the rim in the league? The guy who had the second most blocks per game, trailing only Wemby? The guy who anchored the best defense in the league?
Like if you understand Wemby, you understand Chet who is just diet Wemby. The stats, the eye test, everything shows that Chet is easily a top-3 defender in this league.
There’s a reason he was the consensus runner-up for DPOY
The guy who anchored the best defense in the league?
Saying this about a team that pretty much only has good defenders is something.
Scottie Barnes anchored a team to a T5 defence where there was only like 3 other good defenders on the team (all of which are on the bench) and his starting center was out half the season and a negative defensively the half he did play. THAT’S anchoring a defence. Not being the C on a team that has pretty much no negative defenders.
Chet is a very good defender but I do not believe he deserved to be runner up for DPOY. I fully truly believe Scottie was a significantly better defender than him and it’s not just my bias as a Raps fan saying that.
I also felt this way about Mobley winning DPOY last year which I thought was insane and then this year he doesn’t even make all-defence. Some players just get this insane hype/rep defensively and I don’t get it.
Acting like Chet’s hype is in any way unearned is silly.
He’s had an elite effect on this team’s defensive NET rating every single season. He’s been one of the best shot blockers in the NBA for 3 straight years now, he deters his opponents at the rim at rates equivalent to Wemby and Gobert.
I like Scottie, thought he was also top-3 this season, but you don’t have to pretend that Chet isn’t a DPOY caliber player to give Barnes his flowers
Ultimately this is all just arguing about rearranging the order of best defender from 4 to 7. These are very small, unknowable differences where every option comes with different context.
I’m a Lakers fan and if you don’t understand his defense hype then you clearly didnt watch Chet or the Thunder play or you’re just insanely biased
He should’ve added “And to Adam silver and the voters. Yall hoed OG. He should be 1st team”
All factz .. chet shouldnt be on there
Honestly, Scottie Barnes should have been first team. But I’d get the argument for OG as well, he was already a scary mofo on D when he was with us but has improved in that aspect of the game. But Derrick White over both of them is a travesty. I’d even have both of them before Ausar tbh
Over Ausar… blasphemy!
Wish OG was still on the Raptors but no complaints about RJ.
Can you imagine the defence of Scottie, CMB, OG, Pascal, and Davion (if we kept him).
OG with the smile there
The jacket goes hard.
Trading KAT was an unfortunate side effect of a new CBA, but drafting Justin Patton over OG Anunoby was one of the original sins of the modern Timberwolves
YES KAT, that’s whatsup
OG IS A REAL SUPERSTAR, unlike Mitchell…..
Ooops, too soon ?🧹🧹🧹
Whatttt??
Mitchell Robinson is absolutely a real super star.
Ok but how do you feel Knicks fans for former pick number 1 dominayton for OG trade?
Lmao
ngl the stats back KAT up here. og defensive epm was top 3 among forwards and his matchup difficulty rating was brutal all season. first team should have had him over herb imo — jones is elite off-ball but og guards 1 through 4 and makes primary scorers look lost. the tracking numbers on isolation defense are genuinely absurd
Who put you on scarves?
OG should be all defensive first team. Who we take out idk but he should be in there
Either Chet or White
They more concerned on how to pronounce his name
Tbf he’s not wrong
I’m not sure where he is now cuz I’m too lazy to look but he was ranked #2 overall in the playoffs statistically by basketballmonster as of a few days ago. He’s been insane, he does everything and is completely unassuming.
He is not wrong
he’s a British hooper and his name is OG.
Legend.
OG being second and not first is not the robbery. The Robbery is not having Toumani on any of them!
Way to stand up for your teammate KAT!
KAT’s next interview needs to open with someone asking hime who OG should’ve replaced. I can’t stand when people complain about someone getting snubbed or robbed but then don’t say who didn’t deserve it over them. I’m not even saying he wrong but put your money where your mouth is.
Okay kat, who are you removing from 1st team. It’s easy to say my guy should have been there. But be willing to say who shouldn’t have been there if you are going to act like this.
Chet
Nah the Robbery is not having Scottie Barnes on 1st and you’re 100% WRONG if you disagree!
If he really wants to speak up for him then say who OG should replace in the first team
These NBA dudes all come off so whiney these days bunch a babies if you ask me.
Nah, KAT just sticking up for his teammate. OG is too quiet to actually say anything. They’re building camaraderie. As a Knicks fan, It’s nice to see.