3ontheway wrote:Kalk won because his defensive instincts in the 12-15 foot semi radius around the basket vastly changes every game and what teams are even willing to TRY to do. He alters so much on top of the blocked shots. In that sense, he changes the game from a defensive standpoint way more than Carter or Stevie Williams. Anyone that knows basketball understands this (including all the coaches in the league). Yes, he had some games where guys have taken it to him, and put up a bunch of points on him. I think a lot of that is fatigue, and the fact that our system has him run the floor to the frontcourt so hard so many times, which pays dividends for us, but does at times have him playing fatigued for stretches because we are so thin at the 5.
Congrats Big Man!!
The best argument for Kalk is if you take him off the roster the jays defense goes from top 25 in the country to about 100th. If you take Carter, Clingin or Steve Mitchell off their rosters they do not fall nearly as far in defensive metrics.