Gordon has all-defensive potential now?? I'm still waiting for the case that he's on the right side of the bell curve.
A lot of people I generally trust think he's a top defender on-ball. He guards a ton of the top guys, and he's generally done it well. He gets lost off-ball at times, and he can take his foot off the gas on a bad team, but when he's on, he's a monster.
His individual matchups against stars are interesting too.
Last 3 years his matchup with Giannis has been great (100 partial possessions, 44 points, 45% shooting, only 13 FTs) significant drop in efficiency and FTs drawn.
hasn't played LeBron this year, but previous two (106 partial possessions, 27 points, 36% shooting, 6 FTs, 11 TOs) huge drop in scoring, efficiency and FTs, big jump in TOVs
Harden last 3 (52 PP, 19 points, 32% shooting, 3FTA, 3 TOs) drop in scoring, huge drop in efficiency and FTs,
Butler last 3 (131.9 PP, 27 points, 52.6% shootin, 12 FTA, 8 TOV) this is his worst matchup, drop is scoring but on good efficiency,