not disagreeing but be sure to factor in offenses are better than they've ever been, and they are getting better every year at a startling pace. meanwhile the Celtics have a top five or so defense in the league.It’s not an easy thing for me to evaluate, for sure, but I haven’t had the impression that Jrue has been as dominant on defense as I was expecting. He’s tackled some big matchups, and done well with them - so that I didn’t expect, but haven’t quite seen the lock down perimeter defense I thought we’d see. Not saying he’s been bad at all, I just had really high expectations given his reputation. If he’s on the Marcus Smart defensive trajectory, he becomes a significant luxury. Not my money, so if they want to pay him, I wouldn’t complain one bit. But, if we let DWhite go or some other cost cutting move to pay big money to Jrue I will be upset.
it's very hard to look as dominant defensively as you could even five years ago.