ESPN ass stat but OG defense is legitimate
Not just his defense, but spacing been better with him too.
Small sample size but let me get this analysis off.
And ball movement been incredible too.
This isnt because RJ and IQ were bad. They killing it Toronto. But I think we had too many iso scorers. Between Brunson, Randle, and RJ, there was too many players dribbling to get their own shot. And when they werent there, IQ was dribbling.
This trade gave us some much needed balance. Now Brunson and Randle can still be their selfish selves, but when they swing the ball, instead of RJ catching and creating, its OG awkward dribbling ass who is too scared to dribble and he swings the ball to Hartenstein, who then swings it to Divecenzo. Idk if this is just due to the small sample size, but ball movement and assists been great since RJ and IQ not there.
I wanna stress again this isnt a knock of them. Its just about fit and balance. The youngins been killing in Toronto and giving the raps exactly what thet need.
Add to that Grimes got his confidence back. Add to that Duece been killing. Add to that Hart back to doing the intangible things that gets wins. Add to that Harteinstein playing on DPOY level the last 5 or so games and we here.
Its all coinciding with the OG trade, but its not all things OG is doing.
Idk how long all this is sustainable for, but hopefully we rack up more wins before regressing to the mean.
