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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1707392" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>Well, if we had someone who played lock-down defense the way DMW does on the opposition's <u>top threats</u> <em><strong>and </strong></em>scored prolifically, <strong><em>and </em></strong>is as versatile as he is moving between the 3 and 4, then yes, at the margin he would sit. But we don't. We have Trent, and we have Monte. He has worked on his offensive game by necessity this season b/c Trent has had to play the point in the absence of Curbelo. </p><p></p><p>I don't understand your point about Payne and Hawkins v. Kofi. The former don't open up the perimeter for us the way Kofi does, so of course they won't play ahead of him.</p><p></p><p>We can certainly agree that he would be greater player with a stronger offensive game. However, we have no one other than Trent who can match his defensive prowess, and Trent can't guard guys his own size up to ten inches taller than him the way DMW can. That was why I said harping on his lack of offense misses the broader point of why he's indispensable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1707392, member: 2886"] Well, if we had someone who played lock-down defense the way DMW does on the opposition's [U]top threats[/U] [I][B]and [/B][/I]scored prolifically, [B][I]and [/I][/B]is as versatile as he is moving between the 3 and 4, then yes, at the margin he would sit. But we don't. We have Trent, and we have Monte. He has worked on his offensive game by necessity this season b/c Trent has had to play the point in the absence of Curbelo. I don't understand your point about Payne and Hawkins v. Kofi. The former don't open up the perimeter for us the way Kofi does, so of course they won't play ahead of him. We can certainly agree that he would be greater player with a stronger offensive game. However, we have no one other than Trent who can match his defensive prowess, and Trent can't guard guys his own size up to ten inches taller than him the way DMW can. That was why I said harping on his lack of offense misses the broader point of why he's indispensable. [/QUOTE]
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